AMD Steps Up To The Party With Beema And Mullins APUs

launch tablets, hybrids and 2-in-1 devices. And as AMD confirmed in a conference call earlier this month, products based on Beema and Mullins are in development by companies like Lenovo and Samsung, and set for arrival in the coming weeks. Even full PCs are incoming, based on these new solutions. These new chips employ a few new technologies, including AMD TrustZone technology for security and dynamic overclocking, but in terms of actual performance increases, we are looking at 20 percent power advantages and 50 percent graphics performance benefits compared to Intel Haswell U Pentium chips. Processing performance improvements come in at around three times that of Intel Atom. What remains to be see in how Intel responds to these new solutions, and how many vendors actually create devices powered by Beema and Mullins units in the coming months — but keeping in mind the hustle and bustle of the Windows 8.1 tablets and hybrids market, good things are expected. Oh, and just in case you were wondering, AMD have also initiated Project Discovery, with docked tablets and attachable game controls, so Windows powered dedicated gaming devices could also be incoming.]]>