AMD launches new graphic cards, terms India major growth market

Friday, 27 May 2011, 04:32 IST
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New Delhi: India ranks among the top growth markets for IT giant AMD for graphics cards and the company is investing heavily to expand its presence in the market here, a top official said today. "Apart from China and Japan, India is the major market in terms of growth and we continue to see major traction in demand in the market here," AMD Director Global Sales (Professional Graphics) Anirban Chakravartti told reporters here. A graphics card is an expansion card used to enhance the quality of display on a computing device or connect multiple monitors (multi-monitor). It is specially used by gamers and designers. AMD, which has about eight products in its portfolio, today launched new versions of its graphics cards priced at Rs 32,999 and Rs 69,999. The new product is specially aimed at the design, engineering, medical and finance fields. "Sectors like engineering, medical, design, media and even financial services are using a lot of graphics and the demand for such products is really high," Chakravartti said. AMD and NVidia are the major graphic cards makers globally. The new cards are equipped with multi-display support to enhance work flow and application performance. Dell and Fujitsu among other partners will help in taking the products to market. "Our workstations help customers quickly bring their design, animation, scientific and engineering projects to life. With this product, customers will get graphics performance and work at high speeds," Dell Director of Workstations and Consumer Solutions for APJ [Consumer and SMB] Vikram Gill said. Fujitsu India Country Manager Workplace Systems Alok Sharma said its workstations powered by AMD graphics technology has witnessed three digit year-on-year growth. AMD is a semiconductor design innovator leading the next era of vivid digital experiences with its groundbreaking AMD Fusion Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) that power a wide range of computing devices. AMD's server computing products are focused on driving industry-leading cloud computing and virtualisation environments. AMD's superior graphics technologies are found in a variety of solutions ranging from game consoles, PCs to supercomputers.
Source: PTI