Eee PC

AMD is set to unleash super-thin laptop which means real competition on Intel-based Ultrabooks, with purportedly to have enormous battery life and superior graphics performance. The 18mm-thin reference machine, which AMD demonstrated at its current financial forecast day, was manufactured by Compal and illustrates AMD’s latest Accelerated Processing Unit (APU), dubbed Trinity, which will be [...]

AMD mentioned in a recent analyst event that the chip maker has started manufacturing processors in IBM’s foundries in a possible attempt to boost production of its upcoming A-Series Trinity APUs. AMD’s processors and APUs were usually made by Globalfoundries, an independent semiconductor foundry created in March of 2009, after AMD spun off its chip [...]

Most of the top PC makers have already entered the ultrabook bandwagon, using the latest Intel processors, quick boot technology as well as other newfangled features on their devices. While Intel has trademarked the word “ultrabook” it certainly doesn’t have the monopoly on ultraportable laptops. However, chip maker, AMD, believes that computer makers would consider [...]

Netbook is already losing its fame, while computer usage model either trends towards tablets or thin and light Ultrabooks.  However, ASUS still believes some people might want one, especially if it is the ASUS Eee PC SeaShell 1225B, with AMD APU core . This portable consumer electronics device measures 11.6 inches in diagonal with a screen [...]

Acer has just started selling its latest nettop based on AMD’s high-end Brazos APU for $329.99, or 251 EUR. The new Revo RL70  bears a strong resemblance to the rest of the company’s nettops, but this time it received a somewhat more refined design that won’t make it feel out of place in the leaving [...]