LAS VEGAS—Even ultrathin ultrabooks are launched with some fanfare, with branding and markings designed to attract the eye. Not so with AMD's new prototype PC. This isn't room for much branding. It's so small I thought it was a nameplate.
AMD showed off the the slimline PC, which is based on its upcoming "Mullins" chip, at its press conference here at the Consumer Electronics show, alongside the "Discovery Project," the fancy name for a prototype tablet and gaming sleeve that the company also developed for the show.
Neither seems to stand much of a chance of being shipped commercially, but each gives some idea of AMD's intended direction. The Discovery tablet, for example, is roughly the size of the Intel-powered Microsoft Surface, although somewhat lighter.
Lisa Su, the senior vice president and general manager of global business units at AMD, took aim at the Intel "Bay Trail" chips.
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