AMD’s C-series and E-series of APUs have been selling quickly, with an estimated 1/2 million processors sold already to tablet and SFF PC builders and putting plenty of pressure on Intel’s Atom+ION lineup.  AMD has made themselves so popular by providing better performance at a lower TDP and power draw, mostly because of the age of the Oak Trail based CULVs, once Huron River arrives we may see that change drastically.

Now we learn that Acer has orders in for 80K of the new dual core 1GHz APU, with a TDP of 5.9W.  Obviously AMD and the OEMs purchasing the chips are intending these for tablets and SFF PCs running Windows.  There will be no need to wait for Win8’s ARM architecture support if you are looking to run a Win7 ultramobile PC right now.  ARM, Tegra and even Intel’s announced Moorestown pull less power and are more appropriate for smart phones, so don’t expect to be seeing Desna in that particular form factor.

Check out DigiTimes coverage here.

"Acer has recently placed orders for 80,000 Z series APUs from AMD for use in tablet PCs, targeting the enterprise market, according to sources from upstream component makers. However, both Acer and AMD did not confirm the orders.

In addition to Acer, Micro-Star International (MSI) is also developing tablet PC models using AMD’s APU.

Since Google Android 3.0 currently still has issues which need to be resolved, while the next-generation Android operating system codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich will not appear until the end of 2011, some tablet PC vendors have decided to launch Windows 7-based tablet PCs targeting the enterprise market to maintain their shipments.

Since Intel’s Oak Trail-based Atom processor is higher in both price and power consumption, several notebook vendors have already started considering AMD’s platform. In addition to Acer and MSI, some vendors have also started inquiring about AMD’s Z series APU.

AMD’s Z series APU is produced through Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC’s) 40nm process and is already shipping, targeting the Windows-based tablet PC market, noted the sources adding that they expect shipments of Z series APUs to reach at least 500,000 units in the second half of 2011, creating strong pressure on Intel’s Oak Trail processor."

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