AMD has unveiled its Accelerated Processing Units (APUs), which bring together a processor and graphics on a single die.
Revealed at CES, the Fusion-branded APUs offer competition to Intel's Sandy Bridge, which also crams CPU and GPU onto a single die, as well as its low-power Atom lineup.
AMD promised tablets and embedded systems using Fusion APUs would arrive in the first quarter, while netbooks and laptops are already being shown off at CES from the likes of HP, Lenovo and Toshiba. AMD hasn't yet released a desktop processor, however, with Bulldozer notably absent from the official launch.
All three are using the Zacate processors, now renamed E-series, as opposed to the Ontario lineup, now called C-series, which AMD said were designed for HD devices and "other emerging form factors".
HP is using a 1.6Ghz E-350 APU in its US$449 Pavilion dm1 netbook, claiming 9.5 hour battery life. Alongside its other laptops unveiled at CES, Lenovo is offering up the ThinkPad X120e, which also runs an E-350 APU in the $400 device.
Meanwhile, Toshiba is using the E-240 in a 15.6in laptop, the $400 Satellite C655D. AMD said it's also expecting Acer, Asus, Dell, Fujitsu, MSI, Samsung, and Sony to unveil devices running an APU at the show.
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