AMD A10-4600M Review: A Closer Look At AMD's "Trinity" Discussion

[Fat Dragon]

for me the magic chip in that lot is the 25W A10 with 384 shaders.

should be able to shoe-horn that into an 11.6" chassis, now who will provide me one?

i will accept a thin-light thin-bezel 13" screen from HP or Lenovo if it comes with the A10-4655M

The significantly decreased clockspeed in the 4655M's GPU, and the less-than-expected GPU increase over Llano, make me think I'd be a bit underwhelmed by it...

[Atom Ant]

I would have to take a look at the legal paperwork before I go as far as removing the processor in this system. AMD loaned these prototype systems to tech journalists only after we agreed to sign a pretty specific loan agreement. I suspect there is language in there to prevent people from completely removing the APU and dropping it into another notebook, but if not, that's certainly something we would consider trying.

That would be great, because I'm afraid will take lot longer to find an A10-4600M APU to buy and try by customers. To get a good working A8-3550MX took 9 months after purchasing my Vostro.
Meanwhile I would not wish you any trouble, if there is a regulation to take it apart, so take good care of those agreement.

[Mr.Mischief]

Nice review Jerry, Trinity shines better and better! If you still have this laptop couldn't you take it apart and try that A10-4600M in older Llano laptops? Some of them already have new bios like the Vostro 3555 and really curious will work or not?

I read in another review that they use different sockets.

The laptop models require the new FS1r2 socket (or FP2 interface, for the low-voltage models), though this is going to be inconsequential for most notebook owners who don’t upgrade their processors. Unfortunately, an interface update is much more of a concern on the desktop, since Trinity requires a Socket FM2-based motherboard. Owners of Socket FM1 platforms must retire their boards after just a single generation. Ouch.

Products And Platforms : AMD A10-4600M Review: Mobile Trinity Gets Tested

[R3d]

That's for desktops.

There's no mention of compatibility between mobile Trinity and and FS1r1. Considering that the preview units use the same A60 and A70 chipsets, the difference would have to be the socket itself, and Trinity looks to have the same pin layout as Llano.

Of course, laptops probably will still require a BIOS update to support Trinity, if Trinity is even compatible, which would be unlikely unless the manufacturer has really good support for their products.

[cknobman]

I am personally quite impressed with Trinity.

If I decide to get a new laptop this year it will most definitely be a Trinity based laptop.

[fakeplasticblah]

I am personally quite impressed with Trinity.

If I decide to get a new laptop this year it will most definitely be a Trinity based laptop.

The gains in battery life outshine the missing (expected) graphics performance. Looking forward to the probooks with this chips. 13" inch if posible.

[kevhuynh]

The gains in battery life outshine the missing (expected) graphics performance. Looking forward to the probooks with this chips. 13" inch if posible.

I'd put money that we're going to see every single variant possible.

Stick a 1600x900 14" or 13" laptop with trinity for dirt cheap and I'm in. Call it a day.

[cknobman]

I'd put money that we're going to see every single variant possible.

Stick a 1600x900 14" or 13" laptop with trinity for dirt cheap and I'm in. Call it a day.

That is the spec I am looking for as well. I just hope we see some notebooks in that size with a top of the line Trinity and not one of the really cut down chips.