AMD enhances graphics for embedded systems

EMBEDDED WORLD, Nurnberg — AMD’s ATI Radeon E2400, a graphic processing unit delivers the latest 2D, 3D and multimedia graphics performance to the embedded market.

It is suitable 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 technology is backed by a planned five-year availability and long-term support for applications on operating systems featuring Microsoft DirectX 10 and OpenGL 2.0.

ATI Radeon E2400 is built on 65nm process technology and includes AMD’s Unified Shader Architecture with support for Microsoft DirectX 10. The device package incorporates 128Mbyte of on-chip GDDR3 memory for graphic-intensive applications, eliminating the space, effort, and cost of external memory designs.For designs that require a low profile solution the ATI Radeon E2400 MXM-II module based on the open standard MXM-II specifications.

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This story appeared in the Embedded System Design Europe print edition covering January – February, 2008. European residents who wish to receive regular copies of this magazine can subscribe here.