AMD New AMD-based Tablet PC Processor Wins 2013 “Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI” Award

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Elite Mobility SoC for tablets and hybrids, codenamed “Temash,” recognized for unique achievements in compute power and extended battery life

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced its lowest-power accelerated processing unit (APU) for tablet, hybrid and clamshell notebook PCs is the winner of the 2013 Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI award, the third consecutive win for AMD. The award is given by the Taipei Computer Association, a driving force behind the annual event and the leading technology organization in the country.

“We are very excited to receive this important award from the Taipei Computer Association for the third consecutive year, each year for our innovation in APUs,” said Lisa Su, senior vice president and general manager, Global Business Units at AMD. “It’s been our goal to deliver a more complete, full-featured experience on tablet and hybrid PCs, and we’ve been successful with our third generation A-Series APUs. It’s a great honor to be recognized for our innovation and technology leadership at this prestigious event.”

Available in dual and quad-core configurations, the new 2013 AMD Elite Mobility ultra low power APU, codenamed “Temash,” is the world’s first quad-core x86 system-on-a-chip (SoC) designed for tablet and hybrid PCs. The new APUs are designed to deliver the best entertainment and productivity experiences in the widest range of highly mobile devices, from media tablets to performance tablets, hybrids and small-screen touch notebooks, 13-inches and below. In coming months, key OEM partners will launch multiple new designs featuring this new APU.

To determine award winners, extensive reviews are conducted by a panel of esteemed government officials, academics, research analysts, editors-in-chief of key media outlets and industry experts to select winning products based on outstanding design and cutting-edge technology in nine product categories.

AMD and other award recipients’ products will be displayed at the Best Choice Award Pavilion by Taipei Computer Association at the upcoming 2013 COMPUTEX TAIPEI exhibition June 4-8. AMD’s product showcase will be located at Booth #L0617a in the TWTC Nangang exhibition hall.

Supporting Resources

• Visit the 2013 Mobility APU landing page for videos, photos and more
• See how the world of client PC systems is changing
• Visit the AMD APU website for more information
• Get recent AMD APU news
• Check out AMD APU demos
• Follow all news from AMD on Twitter at @AMD_Unprocessed
• Get more information about the 2013 Best Choice of COMPUTEX TAIPEI Award

Source: AMD

[dMog]

and gee..it has windows 8 ...and one keeps hearing how everyone hates it...????

[LazyPotato]

and gee..it has windows 8 ...and one keeps hearing how everyone hates it...????

Mainly cause of the GUI,it sucks how Microsoft thought that 'GUI' is comparable to Windows 7's.

[dMog]

and gee..it has windows 8 ...and one keeps hearing how everyone hates it...????

Mainly cause of the GUI,it sucks how Microsoft thought that 'GUI' is comparable to Windows 7's.

well i agree with that..the metro function was to be used for touch screen...why that was FORCED onto non touch interfaces is showing some proof that microsoft has lost touch with some of the bits and pieces of reality

[LazyPotato]

and gee..it has windows 8 ...and one keeps hearing how everyone hates it...????

Mainly cause of the GUI,it sucks how Microsoft thought that 'GUI' is comparable to Windows 7's.

well i agree with that..the metro function was to be used for touch screen...why that was FORCED onto non touch interfaces is showing some proof that microsoft has lost touch with some of the bits and pieces of reality

Yeah,they force-fed us that touch GUI...

[dMog]

well...i can see the merits of metro if i had a touch screen...seen a few people that have win8 tablets and they are quite functional..and if you want to word process on tablet..well an ipad kind of sucks for that