Progressive Micro policy demonstrated its future cell chips in lieu of thin-and-light laptops, which the company thought strength of character command to cheaper but equally prompt alternatives to Intel's expensive ultrabooks.
AMD thought its chips, code-named Trinity, attraction around 17 watts of power, roughly the same the same as future ultrabook chips based on Intel's Ivy passage microarchitecture. Laptops based on Trinity are being exposed by the side of the Consumer Electronics illustrate indoors Las Vegas and strength of character be present released soon this time.
The preliminary fee in lieu of Trinity laptops could be present around $500 or else even lessen depending on the configuration, AMD executives thought by the side of the illustrate. With the aim of compares auspiciously to Intel's ultrabooks, which are at present priced preliminary by the side of $800, though Intel hopes to bring with the aim of down to $699 by the time put an end to.
"We believe with the aim of we can in point of fact support (thin-and-light laptops) with equal or else better performance indoors the same course group of system by the side of a lessen fee dot," thought Raymond Drumbeck, marketing executive in lieu of AMD.
AMD has coined the tenure "ultrathin" to illustrate a course group of insubstantial laptops based on its chips. It can't call them ultrabooks, which is a tenure trademarked by Intel, Drumbeck thought.
The Trinity chips in lieu of ultrathin laptops strength of character reach indoors dual-core and quad-core options, Drumbeck thought. The chips strength of character relinquish the same performance but consume partly the power of AMD's A-series chips, code-named Llano, which are at present used indoors standard laptops. Trinity strength of character consume the same amount of power but top the current AMD E-series and C-series chips used indoors ultrathin laptops, though the hew maker did not share detailed performance data.
AMD strength of character besides let loose a version of Trinity in lieu of standard-sized laptops. The chips strength of character be present 50 percent earlier on graphics and 25 percent earlier on CPU performance, Drumbeck thought.
The Trinity hew combines an x86 CPU and graphics mainframe, and strength of character be present made using the 32-nanometer process. The CPU cores are based on a further architecture called Piledriver, and the integrated graphics mainframe strength of character support Microsoft's DirectX 11 graphics equipment. The company carry on time released further chips in lieu of high-end desktops based on its brand further Bulldozer architecture.
Laptops with AMD chips lean to be present priced lessen, and the fee benefit is single goal the chip-maker has been ahead marketplace share above Intel. For the duration of the third quarter carry on time, Intel had an 80.3 percent marketplace share, a let fall from its 80.6 percent share for the duration of the third quarter indoors 2010, while AMD's marketplace share was 18.8 percent, growing from 18.3 percent.
AMD did not comment on the genuine let loose of the chips, but advance in order strength of character be present released indoors the subsequently hardly any weeks. The hew maker besides diplomacy further tablet and desktop chips in lieu of this time, and other in order on its hew strategy strength of character be present shared by the side of the company's analyst reunion on February 2.
