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AMD introduced on Monday, Oct. 24, new commercial desktop and notebooks with the 7th Generation AMD PRO APUs at the Canalys Channel Forum in Macau, China. The processors are made for business, with the offer of robust security, reliability and higher energy efficiency to help protect IT investments of Lenovo buyers.
Jim Anderson, senior vice president and general manager of Computing and Graphic Group, AMD, said the latest AMD PRO based-systems from Lenovo are optimized for business and deliver higher computing and graphics performance. The performance is at levels that meet the highest of customer expectations.
The expectations are met because the systems mix commercial-grade quality, performance and stability with excellent video and audio capabilities. With these features, it ensures businesses are more productive and collaborative.
The AMD PRO APUs met the growing requirements of users by providing up to 14 percent more compute performance, 22 percent more graphic performance and 32 percent more energy efficiency compared to previous generation AMD PRO processors.
However, insofar as the Pentagon is concerned, Lenovo computers are being suspected of being used by the Chinese government to spy on U.S. government officials. The Defense Department warned that Lenovo devices “could facilitate cyber intelligence-gathering against both classified and unclassified – but still sensitive – U.S. military networks,” the Pentagon allegedly warned in an internal report sent by the J-2 intelligence directorate.
The suspicion of spying comes from the fact that Lenovo Group is 27 percent owned by the Chinese Academy of Science, according to the Washington Free Beacon. Moreover, in April, Zhou Zhixin, space imagery expert of the academy, was given a senior post in the Strategic Support Force, a unit in China’s military that takes charge of space, cyber and electronic warfare, Breitbart reported.
Lenovo insisted it is not guilty of the charges of planting spyware on four computers made and sold by the Chinese technology giant. Lenovo has been accused on allegedly installing spyware on its customers’ machines. The company was reportedly caught the third time in September with malicious software on its machines.
