AMD Ships Llano and Upcoming AM3+ Support

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AMD let leak today that late last month the Singapore packaging

facility shipped the first Llano products for revenue. This is a big

event for AMD, as their Future Really is Fusion. I take a look at what

all this means for the company, as well as cover how their motherboard

partners are going to handle part of the transition to AM3+.

 

URL: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=1106

 

Quote: "These are certainly exciting times for AMD. The HD 6000

series of graphics chips are doing well in the market. They are now

truly competitive at the high end again. Their CPUs have been holding

their own, especially due to the help that Intel gave them with the

Sandy Bridge issue. They are about to release what looks to be a very

power CPU architecture in Bulldozer, and they will be rewriting the

books when it comes to integrated graphics performance and

capabilities. Certainly AMD will not overtake Intel, but we as

consumers do need a strong and competitive AMD for the sake of our own

wallets."

 

Ryan Shrout

PC Perspective

rshrout ( -at -) pcper.com