Wednesday, March 14th 2012
AMD Preparing A4-3420 Socket FM1 APU
AMD is close to launching a new value accelerated processing unit (APU) in the FM1 package, the A4-3420. This model has been available in OEM/tray package to system manufacturers since January, but now AMD is releasing it to the retail channel, in the PIB (processor in a box) package. This chip has two x86-64 cores clocked at 2.80 GHz, and Radeon HD 6410D graphics with 160 stream processors, with its engine clocked at 600 MHz. The L2 cache size is 512 KB per core. It packs an integrated memory controller supporting dual-channel DDR3-1600 MHz memory, and a PCI-Express 2.0 root hub for discrete graphics. Its rated TDP is 65W. Expect a US $65 price.
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DonanimHaber
12 Comments on AMD Preparing A4-3420 Socket FM1 APU
With ~4 months that (allegedly ...) separate us from Trinity's arrival, and with it socket FM2, I hardly see any reason for anybody to purchase this production reject - there will be no upgrade path to AMD's future APU chips, only to other FM1 parts which have been released already. and its performance should be roughly on par with the crappiest Sandy Bridge offerings (= Celeron series) which still have Ivy Bridge ahead of them.