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To: combjelly who wrote (259661)	4/12/2009 10:07:59 AM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

New AMD Mobile CPUs/GPUs coming with DirectX 11 and bga form factor to support ultra-light notebooks. It would be nice if they were here a lot sooner, but the design choices look good and are clearly at the pre-production stage where partners need to be designing in the parts (which means they can leak details). There are several parts coming this year and next, but the 2011 "Sabine" is the most interesting: Sabine is based on the Llano CPU, now called an APU, which the firm first mentioned last November. Nothing seem to have changed on that front, but several things have been fleshed out. The first one is that it takes DDR3-1600, not exactly a stretch for two years out, but we will take it. The 32nm process is also a given, but one has to wonder if you will see something on that process from GlobalGoundries sometime in the preceding year. It should be ready long before Llano, and they don't have to wait for the CPU any more. More interesting is the new socket, called FS1, and a BGA version for thin and light laptops. AMD is catching up to Intel here and that is a good thing. Socket height has always been a problem for AMD laptops. The slides also list 128-bit FP, but more on that in a bit. Lots more at: theinquirer.net And at: en.expreview.com