Next Round of Chip Wars Heats Up: AMD Fusion APU

"Intel isn't the only company putting the CPU and the GPU on a single chip. AMD today announced its new Fusion APU (Accelerated Processing Unit), which combines the two in a low-cost, low-power design."

Coming soon and utilizing a single chip (like Intel) combining CPU and GPU, the Fusion APU hopes to provide battery life of about ten (10) hours, and is said to offer support for 1080p video, DirectX 11 graphics, 3D gaming, video conversion. AMD is initially targeting the mainstream consumer market, with many of the main vendors already onboard, and some products already announced.