The product is based on Intel's leading-edge 22nm process and an entirely new Atom microarchitecture that will help enable increased smartphone performance, power efficiency and battery life.
Duron is AMD's first processor for budget PCs that takes advantage of an advanced chip design, or "microarchitecture, " that was unveiled last year for its higher-performance Athlon processor.
In 2013, OEMs will bring out phase three products, which will be based on parts now code named Haswell, which will be in 22nm like Ivy Bridge, but with an entirely new microarchitecture.