AMD plans to expand its Fusion family with a new series of APUs designed specifically for the rapidly growing tablet market. Codenamed Desna, the new APUs will be part of AMD’s Fusion Z-series, but at this point technical details are rather sketchy. AMD touts the new series as capable of “powering the ultimate HD tablet” and offering “true APU technology,” which is ...

Intel would happily make custom chips for Apple and other rivals, its CFO said Thursday, but hinted that the company doesn't believe the Apple iPad and similar tablets will make much of a dent in laptop sales and thus Intel's core processor business. Instead, tablets are an "incremental device" with limited applications that appeal to upscale consumers, not the mass market or ...