AMD inches ahead of Intel in notebook processor performance by launching Carrizo

If you are an AMD fan, you can be little happier now due to the launch of new sixth generation processors for notebooks. The new A series SoC class processors codenamed 'Carrizo' are designed to perform better than i series from Intel. AMD has smartly combined graphics and traditional CPUs in such a way that they deliver higher graphic performance compared to its competition. AMD already has a stronghold in gaming market, and with this launch of new processor chips, AMD targeting what is now called immersive computing, where the graphics going to be even more immense. Carrizo has four excavator CPU cores and a 8 graphic processor unit cores. AMD has enhanced the security feature in Carrizo by using a security processor core from ARM. Carrizo offers 2x performance over its competitors products in terms of battery life and processor performance. AMD is taking the full advantage of 14 nm and 16 nm finFET process for manufacturing its latest processors including Carrizo. Although much of the manufacturing is done by Globalfoundries, AMD is independent enough to take services from other foundries such as Samsung and TSMC. In another architectural innovation Carrizo gets rid of Northbridge Southbridge type interface. Carrizo embedds ARM Cortex-A5 core to provide enhanced security. Carrizo support High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) hardware decode, and also is the first He...