14 DAY TRIAL // Chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices announced two new additions to its embedded systems offering during the Monday AMD Taiwan Embedded Forum.
The first chips the company unveiled were the Turion 64 X2 TL-56 and TL-62 dual-core processors, built on the K8 process technology that merges the 64-bit application performance with low power consumption that is vital when used in the industrial control, digital signage and point-of-sale embedded markets.
AMD also mentioned two other single-core processors. The Sempron 3700+ CPU can deliver increased performance and is the proper choice when it comes to value-based designs, thanks to its small thermal design power.
The chip manufacturer also unveiled a new version of the Mobile 2100+ processor, that features a reduction in thermal design power of up to 15 percent. Both processors are designed to be used on top of a S1 CPU socket, a 638-pin version of the existing Socket 754 for laptops.
The chip manufacturer also introduced a new chipset to go along with the processors. The AMD M690E is based on the AMD 690 Series chipsets, and provides additional display design flexibility for embedded graphics, as well as exquisite playback quality for high definition video content in embedded applications.
The M690E comes with integrated graphics, but more picky system builders can opt-in for the ATI Radeon E2400, a new GPU that is targeted at the embedded market. Built on the 65nm technology, the chip comes rigged with 40 stream processors and DirectX 10 support.
The E2400 GPU has been announced to come in two flavors, the first one will feature 128 MB of on-chip GDDR3 memory, while the other will include a MXM-II module with 256 MB of memory. The manufacturer has not announced the release date for its embedded solutions CPUs, but the Radeon E2400 is scheduled for marketing in early February.