Record Number of AMD Trinity Laptops on the Way

AMD has recently held its conference call with financial analysts and has given some indication of where it stands in regard to its upcoming series of accelerated processing units. 

Advanced Micro Devices could certainly do with some more interest on the part of those companies known for making PCs, especially mobile ones. 

Despite the fact that the Llano series of accelerated processing units (APUs) weren't bad at all, they weren’t used in many notebooks. 

Even the ASUS K53TK that we have only just spotted is more of an indication of how few AMD-based laptops there are. 

Granted, AMD didn't really have its sights seriously set on the mobile segment before Fusion, but still. 

It is with budding ease of mind that we report on AMD's higher expectations for the Trinity series of processors. 

The Sunnyvale, California-based company is hard at work preparing the supply of Trinity APUs. 

What's more, it says that there will be more design wins than ever. 

"We are successfully ramping production of Trinity APUs as our customers are preparing to launch a record number of AMD notebook designs beginning this quarter," said Rory Read, chief executive officer of AMD. 

Granted, as we said above, AMD doesn't have much of a track record to compare its expectations with. 

Nevertheless, the new A-Series seem to have a bright future, not just in laptops (ultrathin or otherwise) but in desktops too. 

For those that want a quick rundown of what the chips can do, Trinity are 32nm-based units with four x86 cores and Radeon HD 7000-series graphics (DirectX 11 included). They are expected to deliver 56% faster graphics and 29% better productivity compared to their predecessors, all the while consuming 35W of energy. 

The launch is supposed to take place on May 15, or so we've heard, and there will be a 17W model eventually too, for ultrabooks.

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