AMD Talks About APU Commitment at Computex 2013

AMD's Lisa Su took the stage at Computex 2013 to talk about what the chipmaker has in store for the foreseeable future. Su starts off expressing AMD's commitment and confidence in the APU, and how it set a trend for some other competing chipmaker to devote more die space to graphics, in what she believes to be the future of computing for the next decade.

Su also said that APUs lend themselves to new form factors and alternative computing. The new inclusion of AMD APUs inside the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are touted as validations of AMD's technology.

 

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Also confirmed was the company's 2013 roadmap, with Kaveri bring pegged for later this year on a 28nm process. "The message from AMD is that our product portfolio is strong and that we're executing very, very well to our products," said Su.

The AMD SVP also discussed the shift from notebook demand to tablets and other media consumption devices, and how AMD wants to focus on this growing segment.

Our international team was at the AMD press conference at Computex and record it for your viewing enjoyment. Check it out below:

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