Acer will use Ontario under the bonnet of a Ferrari

LAPTOP MAKER Acer is going to shove an AMD Ontario processor under the bonnet of its Ferrari One laptop.

The rumour mill claims that Acer will release an updated Ferrari One laptop in the last quarter.

Digitimes reports that the Ontario processor will be part of the kit. Ontario is part of AMD's upcoming Fusion line of combined CPU and GPU chips. If this happens then it will be a major PR coup for Acer as Fusion chips have not been announced for any products yet and it could be the first. Then again it could be seen as a massive gamble with a product that has untested demand.

Digitimes said that the Acer machine will have an 11.6-inch screen but that's all it's heard. It is possible that the Taiwanese IT industry rag might have got its wires crossed, or it could be that AMD might bring its Fusion line forward.

Of course AMD is not going to tell anyone anything just yet and Digitimes rumours can go either way. µ