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AMD Fusion-powered HP Pavilion dm1 makes its way to the market, Fusion and Radeon 6000M chips ready to enter mass production

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The 11.6-inch HP Pavilion dm1 is one of the first netbooks to use the AMD Fusion technology. Thanks to AMD’s powerful and yet tiny and energy-efficient APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) the dm1 is capable as much as a standard notebook.

The dm1 supports up to 8GB RAM and 320GB HDD, while its processor runs at 1.6GHz. It can handle 1080p video content and DirectX 11 graphics, but it’s also quite sparing on the battery.

The Pavilion dm1 is only 1-inch thick and you can have it in the USA from 9 January for $450.

Fusion is the latest AMD innovation combining CPU and GPU into one tiny nail-sized chip (APU). AMD is preparing three Fusion series – C, E and A.
The C-series are meant for netbooks and tablets, the E-series will be suitable for low-power notebooks and the A-series will bring life into lots of notebooks and all-in-one desktops (iMac-like).

AMD is also ready with its next-gen mobile graphics – the Radeon 6000M Series. Similar to the Fusion APUs, the 6000M GPUs are both performance-boosters and energy-efficient. The 6000M chips also support 3D visualization with the help of stereoscopic glasses.

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New two-, three- and six-core AMD CPUs are 100MHz faster, get benchmarked extensively

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AMD is launching a few slightly upgraded CPUs. The first is a new six-core AMD Phenom II X6 1100T, which is clocked 100MHz higher than its predecessor. And from the Island of Misfit Toys come the new X3 and X2 Athlons, which are getting a similar speed bump – and in the spirit of holiday gift-giving, the new X3 is priced the same as the older, slower X3...

The AMD Athlon II X3 455 is clocked at 3.3GHz, up from 3.2GHz of the 450, and costs the same. The Phenom II X2 565 got a 100MHz bump too (to 3.4GHz) but it costs $10 more than the previous model.

Both these X2 and X3 CPUs are actually quad-cores with one or two defective cores. If you’re really lucky, those cores might just be disabled but otherwise working cores, opening up the possibility for getting one more core for free (again, if you’re really lucky).

The AMD Phenom II X6 1100T enjoys a speed bump of 100MHz as well – it’s clocked at 3.3GHz (up from 3.2) and the maximum Turbo Core (AMD’s Turbo Boost) frequency is 3.7GHz (up from 3.6). The 1100T is a good $30 pricier than the 3.2GHz 1090 though.

Check out the performance benchmarks of these CPUs – the six-core X6 1100T struggles against a quad-core i5 when the task at hand is not much multithreaded, but on proper multi-threading tests it pulls ahead, even breathes down the neck of some i7 processors.

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Intel and AMD six-core CPUs

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"Intel and AMD six-core CPUs to come in May"

I knew this will be happening eventually, but that kind of speed certainly exceeded my expectations. Apparently six-core CPUs will be flooding the market before the year has been halved. AMD and Intel both have plans of releasing those so regardless of your preferences it might be a good time to start saving.

According to DigiTimes Intel will hit first in march with its Core i7-980X. The first member of the new Gulftown family will be able to run 12 threads simultaneously but will cost north of 1000 US dollars. Ouch!

AMD will take its time until May but will release three six-core desktop processors under its new Phenom II X6 1000T series. The Phenom II X6 1075T, 1055T and 1035T, will each adopt a 45nm process, unlike their Intel competitor and its 32nm process. AMD will also update its quad-core CPU lineup with the new II X4 960T .

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The Kohjinsha AMD Neo netbook

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The Kohjinsha AMD Neo netbook has a dual display… Say what?!

We’ve seen lots of “dual-something” products (did somebody say dual-SIM phones?) but who would guess that there will be a dual-display netbook? Well, there is – the Singaporean company Kohjinsha has just announced one. And we have it caught on video.

OK, a dual-display 17-inch multimedia laptop sounds impressive. But a 10.1″ NETBOOK with two screens… that doesn’t even qualify as odd. What’s the point? Instead of a large enough screen you get a second 10.1-inch screen so your initial display becomes twice as wide.
Anyways, the swivel netbook seems cute and some might find this idea nice. The Kohjinsha seems well equipped – it runs Windows 7 and packs a promising 1.6 GHz AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 processor, up to 4GB RAM and 160GB of storage. When not in use, the second screen is under the other and to start using it, you just have to pull it out. As a result, when folded, the netbook is considerably thicker than the others of its species.

And there is another deal breaker – the frame. It would’ve been great if there was no frame at all between the two displays or if it was almost invisible. The Kohjinsha netbook isn’t frameless so the displayed information will be separated by the black frame in the middle.

The price of approximately 750 euro (that makes around 1100 US dollars) sounds steep but keep in mind that this is the first netbook of its kind and being unique comes at a price. We expected it to hit the shelves in Japan by the end of the year.