AMD annuncia oggi la disponibilità a livello globale della nuova piattaforma AM1, composta dalle APU Kabini dual- e quad-core. Le APU della piattaforma AM1, che utilizzano i brand AMD Athlon e AMD Sempron e sono basate su core Jaguar e architettura Graphics Core Next (GCN), sono montate su schede madri realizzate dai principali produttori. Le APU AMD Athlon 5150/5350 e AMD Sempron 2650/3850 offrono agli utenti finali un'esperienza d'uso bilanciata su una piattaforma aggiornabile in futuro.

Le APU AMD Athlon e AMD Sempron sono caratterizzate dalla presenza di due porte SATA 6 Gbps, due porte USB 3.0, otto porte USB 2.0, connettività PCIe 2.0 e tre diverse uscite video (DisplayPort, HDMI e VGA), per un prezzo molto contenuto. Le APU della piattaforma AM1 sono inoltre in grado di offrire prestazioni fino a 3 volte superiori rispetto alla concorrenza, oltre al supporto a DirectX 11.2 e Windows 8.1.

I prezzi consigliati (IVA inclusa) delle APU della piattaforma AM1 di AMD per il mercato italiano sono i seguenti:

• AMD Athlon 5350: €59.00
• AMD Athlon 5150: €49,00
• AMD Sempron 3850: €39,00
• AMD Sempron 2650: €33,90

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AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced global availability of its new AM1 platform featuring quad-core and dual-core variants of the AMD APU codenamed "Kabini" into the component channel for system builders. The AM1 platform, branded with the AMD Athlon and AMD Sempron APU brands will deliver award-winning Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture and "Jaguar " CPU cores on motherboards from the leading manufacturers. AMD Athlon 5150/5350 and AMD Sempron 2650/3850 APUs provide consumers a balanced computing experience on a socketed upgradable platform.

"AMD consistently builds on its industry leading technology by continuing to offer a diversified product stack which is proven today with the availability of the AM1 platform with ‘socketed’ AMD Sempron and AMD Athlon APUs designed for the mainstream market, " said Bernd Lienhard, corporate vice president and general manager, Client Business Unit, AMD. "With quad-core performance and AMD Radeon graphics the AM1 platform is an affordable solution that provides great flexibility due to an infrastructure built to deliver a multitude of options to our end users and system builders. "

AMD Athlon and AMD Sempron APUs deliver a quad-core solution to consumers that includes two SATA 6 Gbps ports, two USB 3.0 ports, eight USB 2.0 ports, PCIe 2.0 lanes for graphic card upgrades, and a trio of video outputs (DisplayPort, HDMI, and VGA) starting at under $40 USD1. The AMD AM1 platform provides up to 3x more compute performance than its competitors, as well as balanced computing with DirectX 11.2 and Windows 8.1 support to mainstream markets2.

"The new 'socketed' Sempron and Athlon products from AMD provide our customers outstanding value and performance at low power that was previously unavailable for buyers in emerging markets looking to build systems at home, " said Patrick Choy, Director of CPU Product Management, Newegg. "We’re thrilled to see the large number of motherboard manufacturers supporting the platform using the FS1b socket and the flexibility it provides with microATX and MiniITX motherboards for sleek and power-efficient small form factor PCs. "

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