AMD Mobile APU Roadmap for 2012, 2013 Revealed

In 2012 and 2013 AMD will introduce a new series of APUs that go beyond Trinity and the other chips that we have come to know, according to a leaked company roadmap that made its way on the Web.

As we have revealed previously, the start of 2012 will mark the introduction of the first accelerated processing units based on the Trinity architecture, that combines the Bulldozer-derived Piledriver cores with a VLIW4 graphics core known as London.

The Trinity processors will cover a wide range of market and price points, from the performance to the essential sector.

Just as the current Llano-based APUs, these chips will be released into the A8, A6 and A4 series, with some special low-power models being dubbed the E2.

In the second half of 2012, low-end Trinity APUs will make room for a new series of chips based on the Wichita architecture, which essentially is the quad-core version of the current Brazos processors, but featuring a SoC design.

On the low end of the spectrum, 2012 will witness the introduction of the Krishna and Hondo APUs, the latter being specially optimized for tablet use.

Moving into 2013, details are a bit more sketchy, but the roadmap still reveals the code names of AMD's upcoming APUs as well as some of their specifications.

According to the slide, the high-end and mainstream market will be served by a new APU design known as Kaveri that will pack an undisclosed number of Steamroller CPU cores and DDR3 support.

In the mainstream and essential markets, the place of Wichita will be taken by the Kabini APU. Much like the chips that it replaces, Kabini will also come as a system-on-a-chip solution as it integrates both a CPU and GPU as well as the FCH controller traditionally found on the motherboard.

Finally, in the ultra-low power sector, Hondo will be replaced by Samara, which is based on the same Jaguar CPU cores as Kabini, but is optimized to have a lower TDP. (3DCenter Forums via Hardcore Hardware)

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