Mar

31

AMD rolls out a slew of new products

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In the last one week, AMD has rolled out a slew of new products. First, it announced today the launch of 3D professional graphics accelerator card, ATI FireGL™ V7700. The new GPU card is capable of creating photorealistic visualizations of real-world objects and environments on stereoscopic display. It is also the first commercially available 3D workstation card to support 3D on DisplayPort - the latest digital display interface standard by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) (Ref). Second, AMD announced last week the shipment of 65nm Phenom triple-core (X3) and quad-core (X4) processors for desktop PCs. When paired with AMD’s recently unveiled 780 series chipset, both Phenom X3 and X4 processors will deliver significant enhancements in gaming and high-definition experiences for mainstream PC customers, including full HD support for VC-1, MPEG-2 and H.264 formats (Ref). On the other hand, the AMD’s Phenom X4 9100e quad-core processors are the world’s first and most energy efficient 65W desktop quad-core processor. Lastly, AMD also announced last week the immediate availability of four new high-performance AMD Phenom™ X4 processors for the high-performance HD gaming and video users. The Phenom quad-core processor products include 9850 (2.5G, 125W), 9750 (2.4G, 125W), 9750 (2.4G, 95W), 9650 (2.3G, 95W), 9550 (2.2G, 95W), 9100e (1.8G, 65W). The Phenom triple-core processor products include 8600 (2.3G, 95W) and 8400 (2.1G, 95W).

Earlier in the month, AMD has also demonstrated its first 45nm native quad-core processors (see picture) at CeBIT in Germany. It looks like AMD is all set to fight with Intel head-on.

 

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Jan

28

AMD launched dual-GPU video card

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Just two months after the launch of Radeon HD 3800 in Nov 2007 (Ref), AMD today introduced a new video card, ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2, that combines two RV670 GPUs into one card (Ref). The RV670 GPU was manufactured using TSMC 55nm process and the two RV670 GPUs were “Crossfired” on a single board. In contrast, the latest Nivida G92 GPU used in GeForce 8800 GT was manufactured using TSMC 65nm process. According to Ref, the Radeon HD 3870 X2 outperformed Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX running Half Life Episode 2 and Hellgate London. However, Nvidia is definitely going to fight back soon with upcoming dual-GPU Geforce 9800 GX2 due to launch in late February or early March (Ref).

The Radeon 3870 X2 supports Microsoft’s upcoming DirectX® 10.1 technology, ATI CrossFireX™, Unified Video Decoder (UVD) and ATI Avivo™. The suggested retail price of US $449. The following video is a commentary on Radeon 3870 X2.

 

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