AMD-based ultrabooks to arrive in January?

A report by The Australian says AMD's Australian arm "could unveil its first 'Ultrathin' line of notebooks in January"—and if that happens down under, chances are it'll happen up here in North America, too.

The site quotes Brian Slattery, AMD's Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand, as saying AMD has been negotiating with "several manufacturers," and the position of one of those "was particularly advanced." Slattery noted that AMD is giving hardware makers more freedom to determine the design and internal configuration of their ultrathin notebooks than Intel. He went on to tout the benefits of AMD's Radeon integrated graphics, though he stopped short of saying exactly what kind of chips will power these AMD ultrathins.