AMD has been talking about Fusion APU that combines CPU and GPU on a single chip since 2008, but the company did the first public demo of the chip on Wednesday at Computex 2010. According to AMD, Fusion Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) represents a significant shift in processor architecture and capabilities, combining high-performance serial computing and parallel graphics processing cores onto a single die to improve visual and data-intensive tasks that are pervasive in today’s computing environments.

Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager, AMD Products Group, provided an APU technology demonstration during Computex press conference. This demonstration provided a sneak peek into the power-efficient processors that combine CPU, GPU, video processing and other accelerator capabilities in a single-die design to efficiently power the most popular and demanding consumer experiences, from HD video applications to media-rich Internet experiences to DirectX 11 games.

“Hundreds of millions of us now create, interact with, and share intensely visual digital content,” said Rick Bergman. “This explosion in multimedia requires new applications and new ways to manage and manipulate data. Low-resolution video needs to be up-scaled for larger screens, HD video must be shrunk for smart phones, and home movies need to be stabilized and cleaned up for more enjoyable viewing. When AMD formally launches the AMD Fusion family of APUs, scheduled for the first half of in 2011, we expect the PC experience to evolve dramatically.”

Intel is already shipping Core i5 and Core i7 processors that combine CPU and GPU on a single chip. It will be interesting to see performance comparison between AMD Fusion and Intel Core i5-7 processors when Fusion ship in first half of 2011. Below we have added the demo of AMD Fusion APU presented at Computex 2010.