AMD Quietly Intros Two New Llano-Based Athlon II X4 CPUs

AMD has just added two new processors to its Athlon II X4 range, both of these chips being based on the Llano architecture traditionally used for A-Series APUs.

With the launch of Llano in mid-2011, everybody expected AMD to retire the Athlon II and Sempron brands that were previously used for mid-range processors on the K10 ... (read more)