2013 will see AMD move to 28nm and integrated graphics for almost all of its PC and tablet processor range.
Desktops get 28nm 'Kaveri' processors.
Following the lead from Taiwanese x86 firm Via, which has been increasingly picked up by Intel, Kaveri chips will go SoC and combine CPUs and graphics processors (GPUs) on a single die - calling the combinations Accelerated Processing Units (APUs).
In the Kaveri case, the APU gets 2-4 'Steamroller' CPU and the firm's 'Graphics Core Next' GPU.
Amongst a flurry of code names and acronyms, the firm also provided further details of its HSA - Heterogeneous System Architecture - which allows the GPU to be used as a number-crunching resource for the CPU "which enables software developers to easily program APUs by combining scalar processing on the CPU with parallel processing on the GPU, all while providing high bandwidth access to memory at low power", claimed the firm.
Kaveris will come with HSA for mainstream PCs, and without for low-end PCs.
High-end PCs, which are expected to have separate graphics cards, in 2013 will continue to get AMD's 32nm Vishera CPUs from the 2012 range with 4-8 Piledriver cores.
APUs for the portable market in 2013 are all 28nm.
Top-end laptops will get Kaveri APU versions with 2-4 Steamroller CPUs, a GCN GPU, and HSA support.
2013 lower-end laptops get Kabini APUs that include 2-4 'Jaguar' CPU cores, a GCN CPU, and no HSA support.
Tablets and fan-less portables in 2013 get 'Temash', which has two Jaguar CPUs, a GCN GPU, and no HSA support.
Not much else has been released about the 2013 products.
For 2012, Tablets are getting 40nm 'Hondo' APUs, part of the firm's Z-Series, which have 1-2 low-voltage 'Bobcat CPUs (4.5W) and a DX11-capable GPU.
