Semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has released its new accelerated processor units (APU) processors previously dubbed Llano.
The new chips, part of AMD’s Fusion family, target high end computers and are expected to compete with products from rivals Intel and Nvidia.
A-Series AMD’s Llano chips include both central and graphics processors.
The company said that the new chips feature a longer battery life, which is required for for chips to be used in laptop and desktop computers.
The graphics chipmaker said, "The AMD A-Series APUs enable brilliant HD graphics, supercomputer-like performance and over 10.5 hours of battery life."
The new chips combine four x86 CPU cores with DirectX11 graphics to meet rising demands of modern day games and graphics.
It said, "In an increasingly digital and visually oriented world, consumers are placing ever-higher priorities on multitasking, vivid graphics, lifelike games, lag-free videos, and ultimate multimedia performance."
"To meet these needs, the AMD A-Series APUs combine up to four x86 CPU cores with powerful DirectX11-capable discrete-level graphics and up to 400 Radeon cores along with dedicated HD video processing on a single chip."
