Duals and quads
On Wednesday AMD released the Catalyst Win 8.1 Preview driver and buried deep in the bowels of the update were a few interesting products, namely upcoming Kabini parts.
The Feature Highlights document, included in the download and uncovered by CPU World, features information on five Kabini dual-core and quad-core chips. They will appear under A6, A4 and E-series branding, depending on the features and clocks.
Obviously, the A6 series will pack the most punch. The A6 5200 will be joined by two new parts, the A6-5250 and A6-5350, both of which are apparently quads like the 5200, but they should end up faster. The A4 series is to be bolstered by the A6-5100 and A6-5150 dual-cores.
As for the E1 series, which currently features two Kabini chips, it will get four new parts, the E1-2200, E1-2600, E1-2650 and E2-3100. All of them are expected to feature two cores, lower clocks than the A4-parts and fewer graphics cores.
Sadly though, we still don’t have the exact specs or launch dates, but more info should tip up sooner rather than later.
