AMD CES 2013 Press Event Live Blog
by Anand Lal Shimpi on January 7, 2013 7:05 PM EST- Posted in
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07:40PM EST - Done!
07:40PM EST - And we're done, nothing too earth shattering here but good to see AMD. The really exciting stuff will be what happens around 2015, it's just a matter of getting there - hopefully Kabini/Temash can help
07:38PM EST - And of course the 11.6-inch tablet using AMD's Z60 APU
07:37PM EST - Both systems use standard voltage A10 parts
07:37PM EST - 15.6-inch and 14-inch AMD A10 notebooks from Vizio
07:37PM EST - All of the Vizio PCs are Microsoft Signature, no bloatware, it's insane that this is a feature
07:36PM EST - 24-inch Vizio All-in-One running AMD A10
07:34PM EST - Now talking about AMD's partnership with Vizio
07:34PM EST - Richland looks like Trinity with a software update
07:33PM EST - Kaveri will be 2H2013 with GCN support
07:33PM EST - Temash demos: 1) showing better GPU performance than Clover Trail, 2) showing 1080p gaming performance
07:30PM EST - Temash: dual/quad-core, less than 5W, goes into fanless designs - full Windows 8 compatibility
07:29PM EST - CPU + GPU performance gives it an advantage over the i3, obviously non GPU accelerated workloads won't look as good
07:29PM EST - Now Temash - tablet APU
07:28PM EST - 15W Kabini TDP, running OpenCL image processing workload
07:27PM EST - Comparing Kabini and a Core i3-3217U Ultrabook
07:27PM EST - Kabini - 50%+ performance increase from Brazos 2.0, first quad-core x86 SoC, shipping 1H2013
07:26PM EST - Face login is self explanatory, screen mirror pushes your display to other devices wirelessly
07:26PM EST - Use integrated front facing camera to recognize gestures
07:25PM EST - These sound like GPU computing applications that leverage the APU hardware
07:25PM EST - New software with Richland systems that enable things like gestures, face login, screen mirror, etc...
07:24PM EST - 20% - 40% increase in performance over AMD A8/A10 Trinity systems
07:24PM EST - Talking about Richland
07:23PM EST - HP AMD Sleekbook announced today as well - 15.6" system with touch
07:21PM EST - ASUS is taking the stage to talk about their AMD platforms
07:20PM EST - Recapping 2012 successes in the APU/CPU space
07:19PM EST - We want Kabini details
07:19PM EST - Now going to talk about APUs
07:18PM EST - Increasing performance year over year in each segment by 25%
07:18PM EST - 2nd gen GCN architecture
07:18PM EST - Talking about the Radeon HD 8500M, 8600M, 8800M GPUs
07:16PM EST - "we intend to continue to lead in this market"
07:16PM EST - 3 of 4 available consoles today, all have AMD hardware - so will the ones in the future
07:15PM EST - AMD is partnering with a CiiNOW - cloud gaming platform to stream 3D gaming content to lightweight clients
07:14PM EST - The latter is pretty easy when Nintendo, Sony and MS all will use AMD GPUs next gen
07:14PM EST - AMD wants to lead in the 4 corners og gaming: content, client, cloud and console
07:14PM EST - PC gaming hardware remains a very large and relevant market
07:13PM EST - Now talking about AMD's position on the Green500 list
07:12PM EST - Holding up the "ultimate AMD gaming notebook"
07:11PM EST - Recapping 2012 GPU launches
07:10PM EST - Talking about Radeon Graphics now
07:10PM EST - First quad-core SoC: Kabini
07:10PM EST - The 2013 lineup: Solar System/Sea Islands (GPUs), Richland & Kaveria (APUs), Kabini (ultrathins), Temash (tablets)
07:09PM EST - Going to talk about AMD's execution for the rest of the event
07:09PM EST - Talking about surround computing and how to bring that to reality, a lot of this sounds like what Carrell was trying to do before he was let go - Holodeck by 2016 right?
07:08PM EST - Lisa is going to talk about Vision and Execution
07:08PM EST - Lisa Su just took the stage
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Seawolf2 - Monday, January 7, 2013 - link
In the last few weeks I have started to worry about the future of AMD. The new Opterons were released about two months ago, and except for the per-release publicity, little has been published in the internet about these processors. For the many of us (small business people) that do not need to run the Bank of America client database they look like a good value proposition, but please allow independent testers like Anand to test them and provide hard data, in which we could base our purchase decisions.JonnyDough - Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - link
Only in the last few weeks? Smart investors dumped their stock over a year ago. That's why it went from $8 a share down to $2 a share...I guess you don't get on tech sites much huh?
Beenthere - Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - link
Stock price has nothing to do with product quality. The 6300 series Opterons have been well received and are an excellent value and low power consumption design. For the past 40 years...armchair exSPERTS have been proclaiming that AMD is going out of business.I guess you don't read much about PC tech, huh?
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6430/amd-launches-op...
cknobman - Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - link
Yeah and smart investors (like myself) picked up a sh!tload of AMD stock when it was going for $2 as share.Your misguided if you think AMD is going under or if you wont see their stock climb back up. I think it will be around $4 by years end.
wumpus - Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - link
I seriously wonder how smart an invester had to be to not be aware of any better stock than AMD in the last 10 years or so. Since at least the release of Athlon, the best buys were AMD's chips but Intel's stock (the bloated prices of Intel's chips help cause both to be true).I can't really say that about AMD's chips anymore. I hope they (or even just the graphics side) can stay in business.
CeriseCogburn - Monday, January 14, 2013 - link
We WON'T see this kind of endless pictures advertisement for ANY OTHER COMPANY at all here for the entire 2013 CES event.It just won't happen.
This is the big time AMD love. Enjoy it amd fanboys, you are many.
A thousand breaks here and you still whine and lie.
It is incredible.
jwcalla - Monday, January 7, 2013 - link
They are certainly all-in on Windows platforms.Alexvrb - Monday, January 7, 2013 - link
Yeah, if I didn't know better I'd say these were x86 chips intended to go toe-to-toe with other x86 chips! Oh wait...xcomvic - Monday, January 7, 2013 - link
I know is PC Fanboys don't care much but I was kinda hoping Nvidia would provide the GPU for the Xbox Loop since PS4 was getting AMD. For competition ya know?staticx57 - Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - link
Competition is great, but AMD needs the money from MS more than Nvidia does. I hope it helps them say relevant.