AMD ha anunciado hoy una nueva adición a su familia de procesadores Elite Mobility 2013, ampliando las opciones disponibles para todos aquellos que buscan entretenimiento en HD de calidad, eficiencia energética y un rendimiento acelerado en portátiles táctiles con pantalla pequeña, tabletas e híbridos.

El procesador acelerado de cuatro núcleos AMD Elite A4-1350 es la segunda unidad de procesamiento acelerado (APU) de cuatro núcleos en esta categoría, con una potencia media estimada de o por debajo de los 3 vatios para muchos casos de uso habituales (1). Se espera que la nueva APU empiece a llegar a los clientes en octubre de 2013. Otras APUs AMD Elite Mobility ya están actualmente disponibles en varios equipos, incluyendo el HP Pavilion (2) TouchSmart y el Acer Aspire V5.

“Tras la tremenda acogida que ha tenido el lanzamiento de las APUs Elite Mobility 2013 por parte de los clientes, estamos muy contentos de fortalecer nuestro portfolio con la adición del A4-1350,” dijo Bernd Lienhard, vicepresidente corporativo de la Unidad de Negocio de Clientes de AMD. “Con rendimiento de cuatro núcleos, gráficos AMD Radeon™ HD y larga duración de la batería, el A4-1350 es una solución ideal para nuevos formatos como híbridos y PCs convertibles.”

La capacidad de ofrecer visualización de contenidos multimedia en HD de alta calidad y experiencias de juego en equipos táctiles de pantalla pequeña y formatos emergentes, eleva a las APUs AMD Elite Mobility a una clase propia. Disponible en configuraciones de dos y cuatro núcleos, la serie combina los núcleos “Jaguar” x86 de la unidad de procesamiento central (CPU) con la tecnología Graphics Core Next de la serie de gráficas AMD Radeon™ HD 8000. Estas son algunas de las métricas de rendimiento claves para familia AMD Elite Mobility:

• Hasta un 172% más de rendimiento por vatio de la CPU y hasta un 212% más de rendimiento gráfico por vatio que la generación anterior, (3);
• Hasta 12 horas de duración de la batería en modo reposo (4);
• Hasta un 45% de mayor duración de la batería y casi cinco veces más de rendimiento de la GPU que la competencia (5), (6).
1. Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs on optimized AMD reference systems. PC manufacturers may vary configuration yielding different results. Power consumption estimates are based off measured wattages of the AMD A6-1450 with AMD Turbo Core disabled, which is architecturally equivalent to the A4-1350 and should yield equivalent results. System test results for the A6-1450 (with AMD Turbo Core disabled) are 1.1W for Wi-Fi web browsing, 1.6W for MobileMark 2012, 2.3W for 1080p video playback (H.264), 2.8W for streaming YouTube 1080p playback, and 3.0W for 3Dmark11 Performance. AMD «Larne» reference platform system with the AMD A6-1450 Accelerated Processor with AMD Radeon™ HD 8250 Graphics, 2x2GB of DDR3-1600MHz RAM, 128G SSD, Broadcom wireless adapter, video driver 12.101.0.0 and Windows 8 build 9200. This restricted setting emulates the power consumption of the A4-1350.
2. Test conducted in AMD Labs measuring performance per watt based on system level performance with PCMark 7. Scores were divided by the platform’s TDP wattage where the AMD C-70 APU is 9W and the AMD A4-1200 APU is 4W, to produce a performance-per-watt (ppw) value. The A4-1200 APU scored 1029 on PCMark 7 for a ppw of 257 while the C-70 APU scored 850 on PCMark 7 for a ppw of 94 ppw. The systems tested are the AMD «Larne» reference platform with a configuration including the A4-1200 APU with Radeon™ HD 8180 graphics, 4GB DDR3-1066 system memory and the «Inagua» reference platform with the AMD C-70 APU with Radeon HD 7310 graphics, 2x 2GB DDR3-1066 system memory. Both systems were running Microsoft Windows 8. AMD tests are performed on optimized AMD reference systems. PC manufacturers may vary their configuration yielding different results. TEM-27
3. Test conducted in AMD Labs measuring performance per watt based on visual performance with 3DMark 11 – Performance (1280×1024). Scores were divided by the platform’s TDP wattage where the AMD C-70 APU is 9W and the AMD A4-1200 APU is 4W, to produce a performance-per-watt (ppw) value. The A4-1200 APU scored 297 on 3DMark 11 for a ppw of 74.25 while the C-70 APU scored 214 on 3DMark 11 for a ppw of 23.78 ppw. The systems tested are the AMD “Larne” reference platform with a configuration including the A4-1200 APU with Radeon™ HD 8180
graphics, 4GB DDR3-1066 system memory and the “Inagua” reference platform with the AMD C-70 APU with Radeon HD 7310 graphics, 2x 2GB DDR3-1066 system memory. Both systems were running Microsoft Windows 8. AMD tests are performed on optimized AMD reference systems. PC manufacturers may vary their configuration yielding different results. TEM-25
4. Power projections based on calculations carried out by AMD Performance Labs measuring total system and individual component power at Windows Idle and under various system loads while web browsing and/or viewing a 9:57 minute online video in h.264 format, viewed at 1080P setting at 100 nits. The AMD “Larne” reference platform is projected to measure APU power at 1.2 W at idle, 1.40 W during web browsing, 2.35 W during video playback and 0.02 W during a system S3 “sleep” state. Total system power for the reference platform is projected at 2.8 W at idle, 3.7 W during web browsing, 5.3 W during video playback and 0.07 W during a system S3 “sleep” state. Battery life calculations were derived using a 35Whr battery pack at 98 percent utilization. The power projections are based on the “Larne” reference system with a configuration including the A4-1200 Dual Core 1.0GHz APU, AMD Radeon™ HD 8180 series graphics, 2GB DDR3-1066 system memory and Microsoft Windows 8. TEM-1
5. Power measurements carried out by AMD Performance Labs measuring total system and individual component power while web browsing and viewing a local video playback viewed at 1080P and screen brightness of 100 nits. Total system power was 5.1W for video playback 4.2W for web browsing. The Intel system measured a total system power consumption of 7.3W for video playback and 6.1W for web browsing. Battery life calculations for both platforms were derived using a 33Whr battery pack with 96 percent utilization and showed AMD battery life of 6.2 hours for video playback and 7.6 hours for web browsing. The Intel system calculated battery life of at 4.3 hours of video playback and 5.3 hours of web browsing. The systems tested are the AMD “Larne” reference system with a configuration including the A6-1450 1.0GHz APU with Radeon™ HD 8250 series graphics, 4GB DDR3-1066 system memory and Microsoft Windows 8, and the Acer Iconia W700-6607 with an Intel Core i3-3217U 1.8GHz, Intel integrated graphics, 4GB DDR3 system memory and Microsoft Windows 8. AMD tests were performed on optimized AMD reference systems; PC manufacturers may vary their configuration yielding different results. TEM-24
6. Test conducted in AMD Performance Labs using FutureMark 3DMark for Windows 8 Ice Storm Test as a metric for GPU performance. The AMD A4-1200 APU-based system scored 11,920 while the Intel Atom Z2760 based system scored 2431. The platforms tested were the “Larne” reference platform with an AMD A4-1200 Dual Core 1.0GHz APU, AMD Radeon™ HD 8180 series graphics, 2GB DDR3-1066 system memory and Microsoft Windows 8, versus an Acer ICONIA W510-1666 with an Intel Atom Z2760 1.5GHz CPU, Intel integrated graphics, 2GB DDR3-1066 system memory and Microsoft Windows 8. TEM-18