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AMD introduces latest graphics processing unit
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008, 01:37 IST
Sunnyvale: Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD), a global provider of processing solutions in computing, has introduced the ATI Radeon E2400, a high-performance graphic processing unit that delivers the latest 2D, 3D and multimedia graphics performance to the embedded market. The new product is considered to be a solution that reduces footprint, design complexity, and helps speed time to market.
The benefits of the ATI Radeon E2400 make it ideal for embedded graphics applications - such as test and instrumentation; human machine interfaces - such as Kiosks, Point-of-Sale, and Automated Teller Machines; display walls, patient monitoring, casino and arcade gaming, and various multi-display applications. The new graphics technology is backed by a planned five-year availability and long-term support offering reliability for a variety of applications on operating systems featuring Microsoft DirectX 10 and OpenGL 2.0.
Richard Jaenicke, Director of Embedded Graphics for AMD, said, "With the input of major original equipment manufacturers and platform developers, we have designed the ATI Radeon E2400 from the start to deliver high graphics performance while meeting the unique requirements of the embedded market."
ATI Radeon E2400 offers exceptional performance and flexibility in a compact package size for a wide variety of high quality graphics applications. Built on 65nm process technology, the ATI Radeon E2400 includes AMD's Unified Shader Architecture with support for Microsoft DirectX 10. The device allows customers to develop content for many applications. The device package incorporates 128MB of on-chip GDDR3 memory for graphic intensive applications, eliminating the space, effort, and cost of external memory designs.