Posted on Thursday, August 18 2011 @ 23:06 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Sources at motherboard makers
told DigiTimes that AMD's latest Llano-based processors are suffering from shortage due to worse than expected 32nm process yields. The shortage is expected to be resolved by early September.
Due to the new platform's strong performance/price ratio, market demand for Llano APUs is rising gradually with sales of the compatible A75-based motherboards also expected to increase, the sources noted. However, because the supply of Llano APUs in July started turn tight because of weak 32nm yields, AMD currently has a lot of orders from the retail channel, but is unable to fulfill the shipments.
With AMD set to resolve its APU shortages in early September, many motherboard makers are already starting to increase their A75-based motherboard shipments.
In addition to the existing Llano CPUs, A8-3850 and A6-3650, AMD will launch three more 65W APUs, A8-3800, A6-3600 and A6-3500 at the end of the third quarter.
