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AMD targets embedded designs with new version of G-Series SoC

AMD targets embedded designs with new version of G-Series SoC

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By eeNews Europe



The new AMD Embedded G-Series SOC platform further signifies a strategic push to focus on high-growth markets outside the PC industry, with an emphasis on embedded systems, from smart TVs and set-top boxes to interactive digital signage and informational kiosks. This supports greater productivity and connectivity and is expected to be a strong driver for Surround Computing, an area of substantial growth in the computing industry.
The AMD Embedded G-Series SOC platform offers up to 113 percent improved CPU performance compared to the prior generation AMD Embedded G-Series APU, and up to a 125 percent advantage compared to the Intel Atom when running multiple industry-standard compute intensive benchmarks1. For embedded applications, the new platform also includes support for DirectX 11.1, OpenGL 4.2x and OpenCL 1.22 that enables parallel processing and high-performance graphics processing, yielding up to a 20 percent graphics improvement over the previous AMD Embedded G-Series APU and greater than 5x advantage over Intel Atom when running multiple industry-standard graphics-intensive benchmarks.
“We have built a treasure trove of industry-leading IP in processors, graphics and multimedia along with the infrastructure to combine these building blocks into unsurpassed embedded SOC solutions,” said Arun Iyengar, vice president and general manager of AMD Embedded Solutions. “With a 33 percent smaller footprint 4, low power consumption and exceptional performance, the new AMD Embedded G-Series SOC sets the bar for content-rich multimedia and traditional workload processing that is ideal for a broad variety of embedded applications.”
The new processor family offers superior performance per watt in the low-power x86-compatible product category with 9W – 25W options5. It includes Error-Correction Code (ECC) memory support, industrial temperature range of -40°C to +85°C and available with dual or quad-core CPUs, discrete-class AMD Radeon GPU and an I/O controller.
The AMD Embedded G-Series SOC combines dedicated resources that enable performance with shared resources to help reduce power consumption and die space, and provides developers the flexibility to leverage the same board design and software stack for a variety of applications due to the scalability of the new SOC design. The discrete-class graphics integrated into the AMD Embedded G-Series SOC power applications that previously required a separate graphics processor, while the addition of new CPU architecture for the Embedded G-Series SOC platform allows deeply embedded or “headless” systems, which are used in environments without a screen, monitor or input device and do not require a graphics solution.
“­As the Internet of Things permeates every aspect of our life from work to home and everything where in between, devices require high performance, I/O connectivity and energy efficiency in smaller packages,” said Colin Barnden, principal analyst, Semicast Research. “With this new AMD SOC design, the AMD Embedded G-Series platform offers the perfect mix of high performance, a small footprint, low energy use and full I/O integration to enable smaller form-factor embedded designs, cool and efficient operation, and simplified build requirements. AMD has leapfrogged the competition by combining the power of an x86 CPU and the performance of AMD Radeon graphics with the I/O interconnect all on a single die.”
The AMD Embedded G-Series SOC supports Windows Embedded 8 and Linux, and is designed for myriad embedded applications including industrial control and automation, digital signage, electronic gaming systems, SMB storage, IP-TV, medical and network appliances, set-top boxes and more. AMD will ship the AMD G-Series SOC platform with general availability in the second quarter of 2013, followed by a comprehensive ecosystem of industry-leading embedded solution providers supporting and/or announcing market-ready products powered by the AMD Embedded G-Series SOC.
Developers working with the AMD Embedded G-Series SOC can implement remote management, virtualisation and security capabilities to help reduce deployment costs and increase security and reliability of their AMD Embedded G-Series SOC-based platform through AMD DAS 1.0 featuring DASH 1.1, AMD Virtualisation technology and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 support.
The enhanced Universal Video Decode (UVD) for hardware acceleration of H.264, VC-1, MPEG2, etc and new video encode capability were not available in previous AMD Embedded G-Series APU, while power efficiency enhancements add clock gating to contribute to overall lower power consumption.
Models available at launch include the GX-420CA SOC with AMD Radeon HD 8400E Graphics providing quad-core processing at 25W TDP, CPU frequency of 2.0GHz and a GPU frequency of 600MHz, the 15W dual core 1.65Ghz GX-217GA SOC with Radeon HD 8280E Graphics at 450Mz and the 15W 1.6GHz quadcore GX-416RA SOC with no GPU.
Pricing ranges from $49 – $72.
www.amd.com

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