Square Peg in an Octoganol Hole?

AMD has just released some details about its newest tablet processor, codenamed Hondo, which will compete with Intel’s Clover Trail Atom chips for use in low-end Windows 8 tablets. There actually isn’t much new about the Hondo chip—it uses the same basic CPU architecture and integrated graphics technology as the current E-series APUs found in AMD-powered netbooks and low-end laptops. It’s also built using the same 40nm manufacturing process. In general, AMD’s chips have better CPU and GPU performance than the Atom chips in competing netbooks, but will this advantage extend to tablets?

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