AMD Presents Strong Radeon E6760 for Embedded Systems

AMD may have been at the center of more or less outlandish rumors lately, but this doesn't seem to have stopped it from going ahead with its product releases, as made clear by this newest development.

The thing about the embedded graphics market is that it doesn't really have many GPUs (graphics processing units) with too high a level of performance, not on par with high-end or even mainstream consumer ones anyway.

This is because embedded systems are employed, mostly, for industrial, commercial and other such applications where high video prowess is not that important.

Still, there are such things as video gambling and arcade gaming machines where something stronger is needed.

That said, Advanced Micro Devices announced, at the Embedded Systems Conference, that it had just built the Radeon E6760 embedded graphics.

It is powered by the Turks GPU, whose frequency is of 600 MHz, while 1 GB of GDDR5 VRAM complements it, its own clock speed being of 3.2 GHz.

8 ROPs are present, along with 24 texture units and 480 Stream processors, all of it crammed inside a 37.5mm x 37.5mm package.

Other specifications include a memory interface of 128 bits, a transistor count of 716 million, a TDP (thermal design power) of 35W and the ability to handle up to 6 display at the same time.

Video gambling and arcade gaming machines aren't the only outlet that Advanced Micro Devices has in mind for this newcomer.

The Sunnyvale, California-based company would also like to see it in advanced medical equipment and even air traffic control systems, plus digital signage.

"The AMD Radeon E6760 GPU provides customers with superior business economics through long lifecycle management and product stability," said Richard Jaenicke, director of Embedded Client Business for AMD.

"Embedded system designers faced with power and density constraints now have a solution that delivers the advanced 3D graphics and multimedia features they require in this performance-driven market."