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AMD To Launch a Windows 8.1 Gaming Tablet
SmartAboutThings writes "Chip maker AMD has announced that it's won 2 CES Innovation Awards for a gaming tablet the company plans to show off at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. The device is called "Project Discovery" and will come with AMD's Mullins chip that is a 64-bit, x86-based chip, perfectly suitable for Windows 8.1. The low-power Mullins APU (accelerated processing unit) is AMD's answer to Intel, Nvidia and Qualcomm, aimed at fanless tablets, ultrathin notebooks, and 2-in-1 devices. The 28nm processor is expected to consume as little as 2 watts of energy while in use. The obtained images show that the upcoming AMD tablet is quite similar to Razer Edge."
To be followed by random Apple bashing, several forms of "can it run Linux", and a whole lot of people saying the entire concept of a tablet is stupid because they can't figure out why they'd have one.
Throw in some sideways swipes at Obamacare, a couple of digs at the Tea Party, and several references to the NSA (with appropriate defense and bashing of Snowden). One or two dalliances into the merits of capitalism, and a couple of vigorous defenses of Haskell, and a full on vi vs emacs flamewar.
And then you'll have pretty much summed up Slashdot these days.
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"To be followed by random Apple bashing, several forms of 'can it run Linux', and a whole lot of people saying the entire concept of a tablet is stupid because they can't figure out why they'd have one."
Seriously: "Can it run Linux" was the first question that popped into my head. I might be interested in the tablet, if the hardware is decent. But I have exactly zero interest in Windows 8.x.
If AMD wants to get into the tablet game then have at it. From the supposed design pictures it looks like the tablet slides into a controller which in turn can plug into a dock with what looks like USB, Ethernet, displayport and HDMI. Those images might be fake but hell, if they are close to the final design then its a damn good start. It kinda reminds me of the Wii U controller. Now if they could get a technology like airplay integrated then the dock can be omitted and the thing hooked to a TV wirelessly. Then plop it into a dock with keyboard, mouse and monitor for some more productive use. Or slide it out of the controller and dock for a traditional tablet. I don't know how powerful the CPU/GPU is but it may suffice for most of the tasks people would use it for (games, internet, typing). Might have trouble running Crysis though :)
Now if it only ran Linux...