AMD hybrid Temash and Kabini systems demonstrated

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/08/2013 08:19 AM | source: | 5 comment(s)

AMD showed off a quad-core Temash APU based business-oriented tablet as well as a multimedia-oriented convertible notebook/tablet based on the Kabini APU. Separately, AMD demonstrated AMD A6 “Kabini”-based reference design (developed by Wistron) of a convertible notebook-tablet. Even though A6 “Kabini” (four Jaguar x86 cores, Radeon HD 7000-class graphics engine) will belong to low-power/entry-level family of solutions, the convertible with the APU inside could easily run Torchlight II video game in 1920*1080 resolution at around 25fps in DirectX 11 mode. Such performance levels were previously available only on notebooks and desktops. Thanks to new APU, the game can be played on high-performance convertible tablets as well.

Koniakki
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#4572498 Posted on: 04/08/2013 09:05 AM

"The Other Guys" LOL!!!! Best thing in that demo video. Nice one.

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#4572515 Posted on: 04/08/2013 09:38 AM

inb4 ermahgerdamdsuxors!!!!

That's not bad for an entry level tablet

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#4572799 Posted on: 04/08/2013 07:00 PM

Nice! That's what I'm looking for in an entry level portable computing device. If my laptop ever dies I think I'll be taking a very serious look at one of these.

Anyone heard confirmed pricing on these?

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#4573003 Posted on: 04/09/2013 12:02 AM

inb4 ermahgerdamdsuxors!!!!

That's not bad for an entry level tablet

Indeed, my AMD C50 tablet can run a lot, but the CPU part really falls short with only 1ghz. The 6250 is pretty decent for a lot of older games (like Freelancer or any Quake III based game) but it's not that great for slightly more demanding software.

Let's just hope it's affordable. I'm still waiting for a decent performing tablet at a nice price to replace my W500. The only performance improvements that have been made since are build quality and battery life. Performance is as low as it was more than 2 years ago (or even lower, the new atoms are very slow, especially GPU-wise)

Android and iOS tablets are nice, but if you really want to do something more with the tablet than just browse and fiddle with apps that can't really do very much, you're still going to want a decent x86 one.

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#4573008 Posted on: 04/09/2013 12:10 AM

I wouldn't mind if they built an ultrabook running the Kabini APU. It'd be great for on the go computing.

I'm looking forward to replacing my 6 year old MacBook and a Kabini APU powered ultrabook would do the trick.

Bobcat sucked, so I'm hoping Kabini can fill the gap as an in-between of Bobcat and Trinity.

Add a 7" tablet as a companion mobile device, it'll be even better.

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