AMD APU

AMD APU
A-series APU
Release date2011 (Original); 2017 (Zen based)
CodenameFusion
Desna
Ontario
Zacate
Llano
Hondo
Trinity
Weatherford
Richland
Kaveri
Godavari
Kabini
Temash
Carrizo
Bristol Ridge
Raven Ridge
Picasso
Renoir
Cezanne
Phoenix
IGP
Wrestler
WinterPark
BeaverCreek
ArchitectureAMD64
Models
Cores1 to 8
Transistors
  • 32 nm 1.178B (Llano)
  • 32 nm 1.303B (Trinity)
  • 32 nm 1.3B (Richland)
  • 28 nm 2.41B (Kaveri)
  • 14 nm 4.95B (Raven Ridge)
  • 12 nm (Picasso)
  • 7 nm (Renoir & Cezanne)
  • 6 nm (Rembrandt)
  • 4 nm (Phoenix)
API support
DirectXDirect3D 11
Direct3D 12
OpenCL1.2
OpenGL4.1+
History
PredecessorAthlon II
Sempron
SuccessorRyzen
Zen-based Athlon

AMD Accelerated Processing Unit (APU), formerly known as Fusion, is a series of 64-bit microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), combining a general-purpose AMD64 central processing unit (CPU) and 3D integrated graphics processing unit (IGPU) on a single die.

AMD announced the first generation APUs, Llano for high-performance and Brazos for low-power devices, in January 2011. The second generation Trinity for high-performance and Brazos-2 for low-power devices were announced in June 2012. The third generation Kaveri for high performance devices were launched in January 2014, while Kabini and Temash for low-power devices were announced in the summer of 2013. Since the launch of the Zen microarchitecture, Ryzen and Athlon APUs have released to the global market as Raven Ridge on the DDR4 platform, after Bristol Ridge a year prior.

AMD has also supplied semi-custom APUs for consoles starting with the release of Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One eighth generation video game consoles.