PN [AMD demos Trinity APU And Lightning Bolt I/O interface]

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[font=arial, sans-serif]During CES 2012 AMD demonstrates the capacity of "Trinity" by a demonstration of the company's meeting room. A laptop with the new processor under the hood rolls a DX11 game, compresses the video and play high definition movies simultaneously on three different monitors. The company also fits in to give rival Intel a swipe, and press hard on the case of demonstration in real time without pre-recorded videos.[/font]



[font=arial, sans-serif]35/45W TDP | 17W Trinity APUs (above)[/font]

[font=arial, sans-serif]AMD "Trinity" comes in two versions targeted to higher performance systems and ultra-thin laptops. The first variant may be about the same TDP values ​​that the current A-series, but can offer up to 50 percent more total computing power of CPU and GPU. The more energy-efficient variant has the same capacity as "Llano", with a TDP value of only 17 W.[/font]



[font=arial, sans-serif]Computers with "Trinity" under the hood reaches according to AMD market sometime in 2012, but closer to date listing.[/font]

[font=arial, sans-serif]On the other hand AMD demonstrated upcoming I/O technology reminiscent of Intel's Thunderbolt. However the demonstration was done in a close room with no solid information reveal. Lightning Bolt is an AMD technology that can deliver USB 3.0, DisplayPort and Power over a single cable with mini DisplayPort connectors.[/font]

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[font=arial, sans-serif]The technology is designed to be very simple and affordable. On the notebook side is a mux that combines power, DisplayPort and USB 3.0 into a single DP-like cable. The other end of the cable would connect to a Lightning Bolt breakout box that would provide USB 3.0, DisplayPort and power ports.[/font]

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[vivek.krishnan]

Yah! now we see intel and AMD slug it out in this too.

Why can they just f***in standardise the technology? Plus, I am betting Intel's will win, but AMD's will be cheaper as its not associated with Apple.

 

[ALPHA17]

^^ No Intel is in the dark with Thunderbolt, it forsook the industry standard USB 2.0 / 3.0 and decided to place its eggs in Apple's basket, and Intel buyers had to wait for Ivy-Bridge to show up with native USB 3.0 support. And let us not forget that only Apple products show up with Thunderbolt ports, so they are an isolated bunch.

Another thread on this was going, here it is --> http://www.techenclave.com/topic/488989-thunderbolt-technologytransfer-a-full-length-hd-movie-in-less-than-30-seconds/

AMD going in another vein, essentially is taking its own standard and making it compatible with older standard [USB 3.0 / USB 2.0 as both are physically the same], this will make sure people get the best of everything.

We can only wait see what will be the outcome, whether the trusted USB adaptor will be phased out in favor of these new technologies OR will it still remain standing.

Just my views on this topic, may the cheapest and most compatible standard win. Cheers!!