Thread: AMD Fusion (Ontario and Llano) Processor

What is the most important architectural element of the merger of AMD chips.

The most significant feature of the merger is obviously going to be the integration of ATI GPUs in AMD's CPU. The two will reside on a single die. This is unlike some series ix Intel in the GPU and CPU to reside in separate nuclei, but in the same package. Is expected to significantly increase performance. The experience of the ATI GPU in the area will significantly improve the position of AMD.

What is APU or accelerate Processing Unit.

With the merger of the CPU and GPU, AMD has given a new name to the single array containing the two is now called APU or accelarate Processing Unit. According to AMD The merger offers powerful CPU and GPU capabilities for HD 3D and intensive workloads in a data processor in a single die called APU.

What are Plain and Ontario?

Plain and Ontario are the key names for the two variants of the merger. The Llano is expected to have an integrated PCIe 2.0, DDR3-1600 dual channel memory controller. And also has 1MB of L2 cache per core. Ontario is aimed at net books, tablets and other low power devices and is more of a system on a chip.