AMD's Fusion Plans

profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
edited November 2006 in Science & Tech
With features such as a unified CPU/GPU chip offering reduced power consumption and lower cost on the horizon, AMD may be poised to make a splash with their new Fusion project. In addition to the obvious benefits to laptop design, a unified chip with robust graphics capabilities built in might assuage the fears of corporate customers who are wary of Vista's increased graphics demands. Could Microsoft be another big winner in this strategy?
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Chipmakers AMD and Intel are locked in a fight to the death, but will AMD's acquisition of ATI, longstanding maker of high-performance graphics chips, give it an edge?

The answer, according to experts at some of the largest research firms, is maybe -- with a promising outlook for AMD.

Perhaps most promising is AMD's Fusion program, which will combine AMD's CPUs with ATI's GPUs (graphics processing units) in a single, unified processor.

Fusion products are expected to debut in late 2007 or early 2008, according to AMD.
Source: NewsFactor Network

Comments

  • QCHQCH Ancient Guru Chicago Area - USA Icrontian
    edited November 2006
    I can see someone offering a nice mini-ATX with integrated video and CPU all on one board. All you'd need is memory, PSU, and a HD..... This could make small business (and folding farms) buy reasonable systems for cheap. Just a hunch....
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