(Hothardware.com) AMD launched the first volley of their Fusion technology salvo late last year and since then thin-and-light notebook offerings from various major OEMs have come to market. AMD’s Brazos platform and specifically the Zacate E-350 processor were obvious successes and the company was able to pull down many strong design wins with manufacturers like Lenovo and HP leading the charge, marketing the product’s intrinsic benefits. AMD’s E series Fusion processors offer Atom-like power consumption with more robust CPU and GPU performance, at netbook-like prices. To say the product was a success would be a total understatement. In fact, the company claims to have “sold out” of low cost Fusion processors and shipped over 5 million units. No matter how you do the math, it’s huge.

Today, AMD is lifting the veil on their next generation mainstream mobile processor, code named Llano. This latest volley by AMD is aimed at hitting Intel right in the mid-section, where the bulk of multimedia capable notebooks are sold. These are higher-end machines, where the likes of Intel’s new Sandy Bridge-based Core i5 and Core i7 dual and quad-core processors live. 

The platform we’ll give you a look at today is AMD’s A Series; specifically we have an A8 APU-based machine that we’ll break down for your edification and spin up on the test bench so you can see its performance profile. Let’s get a look at some specifics of the A8 Llano APU or “Application Processing Unit,” as AMD calls it, along with its accompanying FCH or Fusion Controller Hub.

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