OVERVIEWA4-Series is a family of entry-level microprocessors with integrated graphics. These processors, marketed by AMD AS ACCELERATED PROCESSING UNITS (APUS), were launched in August 2011. Originally built on K10 "STAR" microarchitecture, they were transitioned to PILEDRIVER architecture in October 2012 along with A6- and A8-Series products. At October's launch, the A4 family consisted of one retail SKU, and one Business-class SKU, which is shipped only in OEM systems. Both parts have two CPU cores with shared 1 MB level 2 cache, and support AES, SIMD Streaming Extensions up to SSE4 and AVX. Standard features of A4s are virtualization with nested pages, and Turbo Core technology. The APUs work in socket FM2 motherboards.

HISTORY

AMD A4-3300M APU is a mobile microprocessor for budget and mid-class mainstream notebooks. The CPU was introduced in June 2011 together with 6 other models from Sabine mobile platform. The A4-3300M belongs to A4-Series for Notebooks family, that at the launch time was comprised of two dual-core processors.

HISTORY

In 2011- AMD launches the AMD Fusion Family of APUs

– which consist of both a CPU and powerful GPU on a single die – marking perhaps the greatest advancement in processing since the introduction of the x86 architecture more than 40 years ago. As of the second quarter, AMD shipped more than 12 million APUs. AMD APUs receive more than 300 design wins from leading PC manufacturers including Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba.

HISTORY

AMD showcases the world’s fastest CPU at AMD Fusion Zone. This record-setting display of processor speed (which resides in the AMD FX CPU) signals important performance gains for the new AMD “Bulldozer” multi-core architecture. The Guinness World Record-breaking AMD FX CPU clearly demonstrates performance gains for the new AMD ‘Bulldozer’ multi-core architecture, which will provide x86 computing power future APUs.

HISTORY

AMD launches the world’s first APU for embedded systems with the Embedded G-Series platform, boasting a record number of embedded partners at launch, including Fujitsu, Kontron, Quixant and Congatec.

ARCHITECTURE- K10 “STAR CORE”- PILEDRIVER

ARCHITECTUREAMD Llano core was introduced in June 2011, when AMD launched "Sabine" mobile platform along with the first seven dual- and quad-core mobile APUs with Llano core. Shortly afterwards, at the beginning of July, the company introduced first desktop "Llano" APUs. The core is based on "Stars" (K10) cores, and is manufactured on 32nm process. New core features: - Integrated Graphics Processing Unit and Unified Video Decoder.- Turbo Core (on some models)- 0.032 micron technology

ARCHITECTUREAPU – means Accelerated Processor Unit.

APU = CPU + iGPU IGPU - Stands for "Integrated Graphics Processor." An IGP is a graphics chip that is integrated into a computer's motherboard. The IGP serves the same purpose as a video card, which is to process the graphics displayed on the computer.

Integrated graphics processors take the graphcis portion of the processing load off the main CPU. However, because IGPs are soldered onto the motherboard, their size is limited and they cannot use a dedicated fan to cool them, like some video cards do.

ARCHITECTURE

K10 “STAR” or LLANO

ARCHITECTURE PILEDRIVER

PRODUCT LINE A4 several version these are:

Model Radeon™

Brand CPU Clock

Speed

CPUCores

 on DieTDP Total L2

Cache

Radeon™ Cores

on Die4

GPU Clock Speed DDR3 Speed

A4-5300 HD7480D

3.6Ghz/3.4GHz

2 cores 65W 1MB 128 723 MHz 1600

A4-5000HD

8330 1.50Ghz 4 cores 15W 2MB 128 500 MHz 1600

A4-4000 HD7480D

3.2Ghz/3.0GHz 2 cores 65W 1MB 160 720 MHz 1333

A4-3400 HD6410D

2.7GHz 2 cores 65W 1MB 160 600 MHz 1600

A4-3300HD

6410D 2.5GHz 2 cores 65W 1MB 160 443 MHz 1600

PRODUCT LINE

E1 E2 A4 A6 A8 A10

AMD Eyefinity technology

_ _ _ _ ✓  ✓ 

AMD Face Login

_ _ _ _ ● ●

AMD Gesture Control

_ _ _ _ ●

AMD Screen Mirror

_ _ _ ● ● ●

AMD Eyefinity technology

_ _ _ _ ✓  ✓ 

PRODUCT LINE

E1 E2 A4 A6 A8 A10

AMD Turbo Core technology

_ _ _ ✓  ✓  ✓ 

AMD Quick Stream technology

_ ✓  ✓  ✓  ✓  ✓ 

AMD StartNow technology

_ ✓  ✓ ✓  ✓  ✓ 

AMD Steady Video

_ ✓  ✓  ✓  ✓  ✓ 

AMD Desktop Performance Advantage

✓ ✓  ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

PRODUCT LINE

E1 E2 A4 A6 A8 A10

AMD Internet and App Acceleration

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

AMD Perfect Picture HD

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

AMD Radeon™ Graphics

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

AMD Wireless Display

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

DIMENSIONSA4-Series for Notebooks (Bulldozer)» Bulldozer microarchitecture» 0.032 micron» Budget mobile CPU» Dual core» Up to 2.7 GHz» 1 MB L2 cache» No L3 cache» Integrated HD 7xxx / 8xxx GPU» 64-bit» AES, AVX, FMA instructions» Turbo Core 3.0» Virtualization» ULV options

DIMENSIONSA4-Series for Notebooks» K10 microarchitecture» 0.032 micron» Mobile CPU» Dual core» Up to 2.2 GHz» Up to 2 MB L2 cache» No L3 cache» Integrated GPU» 64-bit» SSE3, SSE4a» Virtualization» DDR3 support» Up to 45 WSocket FS1

DIMENSIONSA4-Series for Tablets» Jaguar microarchitecture» 0.028 micron» Tablet CPU» Up to 4 cores» 1 GHz» Up to 2 MB L2 cache» No L3 cache» Integrated graphics» 64-bit» AES, AVX, F16C instructions» Virtualization» Ultra low powerBGA769 (FT3)

TAG/NUMBER

AMD microprocessors with Llano core can be identified by: Part number: part number starts with "AD", "AM", "ED", "EM" or "SD" and ends with "GX" or "HX".An example: AD641XWNZ43GX.CPU ID: At this time (December 2011), Llano APUs have CPUID 300F10