AMD Extends Embedded SoC Leadership by Lowering G-Series Energy Consumption
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high performance at approximately 3-watt average power for exceptional visual and
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<b>SUNNYVALE,
Calif. – July 30, 2013 – </b>AMD (NYSE: AMD) today
announced a new low-power Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) in the award-winning AMD G-Series SOC family with the GX-210JA, further
reducing x86 power requirements for embedded designs. The new GX-210JA APU,
a full System-on-Chip (SoC) design, uses one-third less energy than the
previous low-power Embedded G-Series SOC product while providing
industry-leading graphics capabilities. At only 6 watts maximum thermal
design power (TDP), and approximately 3 watts expected average power1,
this new member of the G-Series SOC family will enable additional fanless
designs for a variety of applications ranging from industrial controls and
automation, digital gaming, communications infrastructure and visual embedded
products including thin client, digital signage and medical imaging.
”The
advance of <a href="http://www.amd.com/us/products/embedded/apu/Pages/embedded-apu.aspx">APU
processor design</a>, the <a href="http://community.amd.com/community/amd-blogs/business/embedded-systems/blog/2013/04/23/surround-computing-starts-with-embedded-systems">Surround
Computing</a>
era, and The Internet of Things has
created the demand for embedded devices that are low power but also offer
excellent compute and graphics performance,” said Arun Iyengar, vice president
and general manager, AMD Embedded Systems. ”AMD Embedded G-Series SOC products
offer unparalleled compute, graphics and I/O integration, resulting in fewer
board components, low-power use, and reduced complexity and overhead cost. The
new GX-210JA operates at an average of approximately 3 watts, enabling a new
generation of fanless designs for content-rich, multimedia and traditional
workload processing.”
With ever faster product design cycle times, engineers are
under pressure to quickly deliver compelling solutions to meet fast-paced
market dynamics. Engineers need scalable, energy-efficient embedded processing
solutions with robust I/O from a proven vendor that combine cutting-edge
technology and easy integration with peripheral components to create
purpose-built solutions. According to Colin Barnden, principal analyst at
Semicast Research: ”At only 6W TDP, the GX-210JA adds to the scalable offering
of the AMD Embedded G-Series family, and provides engineers with greater design
choice and flexibility while keeping software overhead costs at a minimum by
leveraging the same architecture across the product family.”
The GX-210JA is
part of the AMD Embedded G-Series SOC processor family that offers superior
performance per watt in the low-power x86-compatible product category with 6W –
25W TDP options2. The family includes:
- Enterprise-class Error-Correction
Code (ECC) memory support; - Industrial temperature range
of -40°C to +85°C and available with dual- or quad-core CPUs; - Discrete-class AMD RadeonT
GPU; - Integrated I/O controller.
The AMD Embedded G-Series SOC platform,
including the GX-210JA, is currently shipping. AMD supports a comprehensive
ecosystem of industry-leading embedded solution providers supporting and/or
announcing market-ready products powered by the AMD Embedded G-Series SOC.
”AMD multi-core APUs have played a key role in
powering our latest cloud client platforms with excellent performance in an
extremely compact and efficient form factor,” said Kiran Rao, director of
Hardware Platforms, Dell Wyse. ”As the newest dual-core member of the AMD
Embedded G-Series SOC family, the AMD GX-210JA offers the right level of
performance, low-energy use, I/O integration and operating system support, plus
a small footprint that should further simplify build requirements. It’s
designed to extend the AMD embedded processor legacy to the next level of
performance and efficiency which we find especially exciting.”
<b>Current
AMD Embedded G-Series SOC models</b>
·
GX-420CA
SOC with AMD RadeonT HD 8400E Graphics
– Quad-core, 25W TDP, CPU freq. 2.0GHz, GPU
freq. 600MHz
·
GX-415GA
SOC with AMD RadeonT HD 8330E Graphics
– Quad-core, 15W TDP, CPU freq. 1.50GHz, GPU
freq. 500MHz
·
GX-217GA
SOC with AMD RadeonT HD 8280E Graphics
– Dual-core, 15W TDP, CPU freq. 1.65GHz, GPU
freq. 450MHz
·
GX-210HA
SOC with AMD RadeonT HD 8210E Graphics
– Dual-core, 9W TDP, CPU freq. 1.0GHz, GPU
freq. 300MHz
·
GX-416RA
SOC
– Quad-Core, 15W, CPU Freq. 1.6GHz, No GPU
·
GX-210JA
SOC with AMD RadeonT HD 8180 Graphics
– Dual-core, 6W TDP, CPU freq. 1.0GHZ, GPU
freq. 225MHZ
Supporting
Resources
- Visit the <a href="http://www.amd.com/us/products/embedded/processors/Pages/g-series.aspx">AMD Embedded G-Series SOC
platform site</a> - Visit the AMD Embedded Solutions blog
·
Watch
a summary video about the AMD Embedded
G-Series SOC
- Get technical support at the AMD Embedded Developer Support site
- For more AMD Embedded products,
visit the <a href="http://wwwd.amd.com/catalog/salescat.nsf/shop?openform">AMD-Based Embedded Product
Catalog</a>
Notes:
1.
The average power for the AMD GX-210JA SOC is approximately 3 watts, determined
by extrapolating the average of the results of the measured average power of
the GX-210HA 9W SOC running the following benchmarks: 3DMark® 11, AMD Sys
Stress Test CPU, AMD Sys Stress Test CPU & GPU, AMD Sys Stress Test GPU,
Winbench® 99, CoreMark, Game: Meat Boy, PCMark® 7, POV-Ray, Sandra 2011, Game:
Street Fighter. Testing was performed on an AMD E1-2100 (Rev A1) that is
equivalent to the AMD GX-210HA SOC. System configuration: AMD E1-2100 @ 70°C,
”Larne" development platform, 4GB RAM, Windows® 7 Ultimate. Please see AMD Publication ID 53395A for more
information. EMB-48
2.
The low-power x86 microprocessor class
includes: GX-420CA @ 25W TDP ; GX415GA @ 15W , GX217GA @ 15W , GX210HA @ 9W ,
G-T56N @ 18W , G-T52R @ 18W , G-T40N @9W , G-T16R @ 4.5W , Intel Atom N270 @
2.5W , Intel Atom D525 @ 13W , Intel Atom D2700 @ 10W & Intel Celeron G440 @ 35W . Performance score based on an average of
scores from the following benchmarks:
Sandra Engineering 2011 Dhrystone ALU, Sandra Engineering 2011 Whetstone
iSSE3, 3DMark® 06 (1280 x 1024), PassMark Performance Test 7.0 2D Graphics Mark,
and EEMBC CoreMark Multi-thread. All
systems running Windows® 7 Ultimate for Sandra Engineering, 3DMark® 06 and
Passmark. All systems running Ubuntu
version 11.10 for EEMBC CoreMark. All
configurations used DirectX 11.0. AMD
G-Series APU system configurations used iBase MI958 motherboards with 4GB DDR3
and integrated graphics. All AMD
G-Series SOC systems used AMD "Larne" Reference Design Board with 4GB
DDR3 and integrated graphics. Intel Atom
D2700 was tested with Jetway NC9KDL-2700 motherboard, 4GB DDR3 and integrated
graphics. Intel Celeron system
configuration used MSI H61M-P23 motherboard with 4GB DDR3 and integrated
graphics. Intel Atom N270 system
configuration used MSI MS-9830 motherboard with maximum supported configuration
of 1GB DDR2 (per http://download.intel.com/design/intarch/manuals/320436.pdf) and Intel GM945 Intel Atom D525 using MSI MS-A923
motherboard with platform integrated 1GB DDR3 and integrated graphics. EMB-36
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