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Advanced Micro Devices was late with chips for netbooks by about two years as it initially did not recognize their prospects, which naturally translated into domination of Intel Atom-based netbooks on the market. When it comes to tablets, AMD does acknowledge huge market potential of the new form-factor and plans to jump on the bandwagon sometimes in 2012.

As reported, the first-generation AMD's ultra-low-power platform based on accelerated processing units (APUs) code-named Brazos will employ Ontario and Zacate processors with 9W or 18W thermal design power, which is too high for handheld devices like slate personal computer. The second-generation APUs for ultra-thin notebooks, netbooks, tablets and other low-power devices - code-named Krishna and Wichita - will be made using a 28nm process technology, which will ensure considerably lower consumption of energy and dissipation of heat. As a result of that, AMD will position code-named Wichita APU for netbooks as well as tablets.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mobile/...s_in_2012.html

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