Report: Production of AMD's desktop Trinity APUs from March 2012

[siopao1984]

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Considering the 65W APUs go into production with a two months headstart, we can expect the 65W Trinity SKUs to release before their 100W counterparts. However, AMD may choose to hold out for a simultaneous release. Previous rumours suggested that Trinity may release before Ivy Bridge, but this report concludes a release around the same time-frame, if not later, than Ivy Bridge. New to the A-Series will be a new segment - A10, while the A8, A6 and A4 segments from Llano will continue. AMD expects improved supply for Trinity thanks to higher yields and greater number of wafer starts at GloFo's 32nm. The report did not mention details about Trinity's notebook release - arguably the most important market for Trinity. All information thus far suggests the market maintaining status-quo, with Intel retaining CPU performance leadership abd AMD continuing to offer far superior graphics and good price/performance ratio. Before Trinity releases, AMD's Llano range will see a final refresh with A8-3870K, A6-3670K, A8-3820, A6-3620 and A4-3420 set to release in January 2012. Source: Xbitlabs

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[SantosJB]

This is great for AMD.