AMD EMBEDDED SOLUTIONS (AES)

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TYPES OF MULTI-CORE PROCESSORS

HeterogeneousMulti-core Processor

HomogeneousMulti-core Processor

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MULTI-CORE PROCESSORS TUNED FOR TARGET MARKETS

“Bulldozer”Performance &

Scalability

“Bobcat”Flexible, Low Power

& Small

High Performance and Multi-processor Applications

Low Power Applications

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MULTI-CORE BENEFITS

Performance per Watt

Deterministic behavior

– Real-time software is not interrupted by GUI operations

Reliability

– Isolate critical system functions from non-critical functions

Security

– Isolate communications or user interface from sensitive data

Core 1 Core 2

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A NEW ERA OF MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR DESIGN

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Enabled by: Abundant data parallelism Power efficient GPUs

Constrained by:Programming models

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Parallel SW availabilityScalability

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A NEW ERA OF PROCESSOR DESIGN & PERFORMANCE

HomogeneousComputing

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Throughput Performance GPU

System-levelprogrammable

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Microprocessor Advancement

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TRADITIONAL X86 ARCHITECTURE

GPUs are designed for:• Graphics tasks

(e.g. video rendering, display output)

• Most visual applications (3D-rendering, HD Video playback)

• Parallel data processing

NORTHBRIDGE

A Northbridge is designed for:• Controlling communications

among the CPU, GPU, RAM, BIOS and the Southbridge

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CPUs are designed for:• General purpose tasks

(e.g. primary PC usage, calculations)

• Common applications (Windows®, Spreadsheets, Word processing,…)

• Serial data processing

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INTRODUCING THE AMD ACCELERATED PROCESSING UNIT (APU)

APUs are the next generation of AMD processors, with the combined power of AMD CPU technologies and discrete-class,

DirectX®11 capable, AMD Radeon™ graphics.

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MULTI-CORE APU BENEFITS

Performance Per Watt Platform Scalability Parallel Processing

• Take full advantage of parallel processing

• A single platform can scale from 1 to multiple cores

• Scale x86 and graphics performance

• Scale APU power from 5-18W

• Leverage parallel processing to get the

maximum performance from the APU

• Increase performance without adding cost or power

to the system

• OpenCL™ allows programmers to preserve

their expensive source code investment across multiple

product generations.

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Athlon™ II P320 G-Series

Gflops/Watt

Based on performance per watt comparisons between AMD Fusion APUs and the AMD Athlon™ II P320 CPU combined with the AMD Mobility Radeon™ HD 4250 GPU. In testing conducted by AMD performance labs, AMD Fusion APUs demonstrated the following: A-Series-up to approximately 500 GFLOPS; E-Series/C-Series-up to approximately 90 GFLOPS at 18/9 W. In comparison, the AMD Athlon™ II P320 CPU and AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4250 GPU deliver a combined total of 74 GLOPS at 38 W. Requires application support for AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology. AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing technology works with applications designed to take advantage of GPU acceleration capabilities.

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AMD EMBEDDED G-SERIES PLATFORM FUELING THE INNOVATION FOR TOMORROW’S TECHNOLOGY…TODAY!

Industry Standards

Embedded Innovation

THANK YOU!

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