First AMD Z-60 (Hondo) APU Powered Tablet Announced (Kind of) Fujitsu Stylistic Q572

Today AMD put out a press release about their upcoming  Z-60 (Hondo) APU, targeting the windows 8 tablet market. It looks like it will be a worthy competitor to Intel's CloverTrail Atom processors which will fill a similar role powering Windows 8 tablets. AMD's APUs represent an interesting processor value, which I have discussed before, in that they combine a CPU and a powerful GPU in one package.

Fujitsu Stylistic Q572  - Presumably

While there seems to be many manufacturers announcing CloverTrail powered Windows 8 tablets, there has up until now not been a Hondo based tablet announced. After watching AMD's weird Hondo intro video I noticed a new video on AMD's youtube channel about a Z-60 based tablet. The video is also a little weird but it introduced the corporate IT applications of Hondo powered tablets. It also gives us the name of a Fujitsu tablet that will use the Z-60 in the video description:

"AMD Z-60 APU powers the new Fujitsu Stylistic® Q572 10.1" tablet, providing quality and performance to professionals on the move. The combination provides users with portability, windows compatibility and security in one tablet device. The AMD Z-60 delivers improvements in CPU and graphics performance vs. its predecessor, while maintaining unique Fujitsu features like an integrated Smart Card reader and removable battery."

I am not very familiar with Fujitsu's PC products as they aren't big in the US but they are the 2nd largest PC player in the Japanese market. Assuming the Fujitsu Stylistic Q572 will fill the same role in the product catalog as the Intel powered Fujitsu Stylistic Q550, this will be their mid range tablet. Based on reviews it looks like the hardware experience is pretty good on the Intel powered tablet was pretty good, will performance was on the sluggish side. Perhaps the Z-60 will give the tablet the muscle it needs to be a top shelf product. 

Will AMD's tablet targeting Hondo APUs be a hit and give AMD some momentum to get out of its slump? Time will tell.

Update: Full details for the Stylistic Q572 are now available on Fujitsu's website
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