14 DAY TRIAL // It looks like AMD's chips with integrated graphics are expanding their horizons, as they are now showing up in less ordinary devices, like a certain digital signage media player developed by iBASE.
One might remember that Advanced Micro Devices unleashed its low-cost Fusion accelerated processing units (APUs) early this year (2011).
Since then, they have shown up in various netbooks, notebooks and even tablets, in all instances winning over customers with their high-quality graphics rendering capabilities.
Apparently, iBASE figured it may as well use one of these processors in the SI-18 Signature Book, a digital signage player with a compact form factor and near universal display compatibility.
The chip in question is the AMD Embedded G-series dual-core unit, featuring the integrated 80 Core DirectX-11 GPU.
CRT, DVI and HDMI w/ audio are supported, as is DDR3 memory (up to 4 GB can be implemented), while storage capacity can go as high as 1 TB.
All the above are packed inside a small package whose exact dimensions are 4.9 x 4.9 x 1.3 inches and which is made of industrial metal. The enclosure even has built-in mounting Brackets.
“iBASE has been ahead of the game in terms of understanding that graphics quality and multi-display capabilities are key attributes for the maturing digital signage market,” said Buddy Broeker, director, Embedded Solutions, AMD.
“As a long-time AMD Embedded Solutions technology partner, we know iBASE is on the cutting-edge for digital signage systems and their adoption of the AMD Embedded G-Series platform will let their customers take advantage of the unique size, power and performance advantages of our APUs.”
The standard version of the digital signage player uses the G-Series T56N processor, a HDD of 160 GB, 2 GB of DDR3 memory and Gigabit Ethernet, all operating on a fairly low power draw of 25 W.