AMD is bracing up for severe competition from Intel, NVIDIA and Apple’s new products and hence, has been planning exclusive products to face the competition. The ‘half-node’ CPU/GPU combo chip by AMD’s fusion may be manufactured by contract chip manufacturer TSMC is based on the Fusion technology and has been named code-named Shrike. It plans to integrate a dual-core Phenom CPU and an ATI RV800 GPU core. AMD has sought time to integrate an advanced but low-end RV800-based core, which would consume less power thanks to a smaller 40nm process and also would have advanced graphics support thanks to DirectX 10.1. AMD is also planning to catch up with rivals Intel and IBM by launching a 32nm process in 2010. Looks like AMD has a lot of plans and might just become the next thing big thing and trounce it’s rivals.
Via: Electronista
