14 DAY TRIAL // There are many things that a fast interface like SuperSpeed USB 3.0 can be used for, and it looks like AMD and Point Grey explored its capability for video streaming a while ago.
The event held by AMD for its A-Series of APUs (accelerated processing units) may have happened a while ago (June 14, 2011), but this didn't stop Point Grey from calling attention to its contribution.
As revealed in its recent press release, the company and AMD jointly demonstrated uncompressed HD video streaming over USB 3.0.
"We are pleased to have had the opportunity to team up with AMD to demonstrate the benefits of USB 3.0,” says Michael Gibbons, Product Marketing Manager at Point Grey.
“Point Grey demonstrated the world’s first SuperSpeed USB camera in September 2009. Since then we have witnessed widespread adoption of USB 3.0 in consumer devices and a huge groundswell of interest from both industrial and customers. Desktop and notebook computers equipped with the new AMD A-Series APUs will enable users to build high-performance and cost-effective imaging systems.”
The source of the stream was Point Grey's Flea3 digital video camera, while the recipient, and the one who did the actual rendering, was a laptop powered by an A-Series Llano APU.
As some may remember, the A75 and A70M FCH are the first certified chipsets with integrated USB 3.0 functionality.
The HD uncompressed high definition (HD) 1080p60 stream carried easily through the 5 Gbps bandwidth.
“The AMD Fusion A-Series APUs when paired with the A75 or A70M FCH chipsets provide customers with immediate and easy access to SuperSpeed USB’s impressive bandwidth,” says Godfrey Cheng, Director of AMD’s Client Technology Unit.
“USB 3.0 enables the use of HD 1080p cameras, which means a new level of realism for video conferencing and other forms of tele-presence. Using Point Grey’s Flea3 we were able to give users insight into some of the other applications that are possible with SuperSpeed USB in addition to the high-speed data transfers with external storage devices that we have seen so far.”