Next-gen mobile APUs extend AMD performance leadership

USA: Designed to enable the best user experience on today's most popular and innovative PCs, AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced its 3rd-generation Mainstream and Low-Power Mobile Accelerated Processing Units (APUs).

Combining category-leading compute performance1,2 with unique features and rich user interactions, the 2014 AMD Mainstream and Low-Power Mobile APUs (formerly codenamed "Beema" and "Mullins," respectively) are the ideal choice for consumer and commercial client devices alike.

These new mobile APUs feature up to four newly-designed x86 CPU cores with updated, industry-leading AMD Radeon graphics and a hardware-level data security solution based on the ARM Cortex-A5, all on a single, power-sipping system-on-chip (SoC).

Products based on these new APUs are already announced by Lenovo and Samsung, with many more expected on-shelf in time for the 2014 back-to-school shopping season.

"When designing our 2014 Mainstream and Low-Power APUs, we were determined to once again set the standard in graphics and total compute performance in fanless form factor categories - and we've done just that," said Bernd Lienhard, AMD corporate VP and GM, Client Products. "These processors combine the latest core technologies - including the first-ever ARM-based security solution on an x86 processor - with user experiences that will delight consumer and commercial buyers alike in a package that's impressively energy efficient."

The new accelerated processors come equipped with the latest hardware features, impressive performance increases, and enable differentiated software experiences for more natural user interaction, a best-in-class video streaming experience, and a full Android experience on Windows-based PCs using BlueStacks software optimized for AMD.