<i>High
performance, energy-efficient quad-core x86 design fuels Surround Computing
era</i><b>
SAN JOSE, Calif. – DESIGN West –
April 23, 2013</b>&nbsp;<b>- </b>AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the new <a href="http://www.amd.com/g-series">AMD
Embedded G-Series System-on-Chip</a> (SOC) platform, a single-chip solution based on the
AMD next-generation ”Jaguar” CPU architecture and AMD RadeonT 8000 Series
graphics. The new AMD Embedded G-Series SOC platform further signifies a
strategic push to focus on high-growth markets outside the PC industry, with an
emphasis on embedded systems. The announcement was made at this year’s <a href="http://www.ubmdesign.com/sanjose/">DESIGN
West</a> expo.

Embedded systems are increasingly driving intelligence
into new areas of our lives, from smart TVs
and set-top boxes to interactive digital signage and informational kiosks. This
supports greater productivity and connectivity and is expected to be a strong
driver for Surround Computing, an area of substantial growth in the computing
industry. Among the forces that are enabling this next-generation computing era
are single-chip, SOC solutions that offer smaller size, higher performance and
more energy-efficient processors.

The AMD Embedded G-Series SOC platform sets the new
bar for SOC design, offering up to 113 percent improved CPU performance
compared to the prior generation AMD Embedded G-Series APU, and up to a 125
percent advantage compared to the Intel Atom when running multiple
industry-standard compute intensive benchmarks1. For embedded
applications, the new platform also includes support for DirectX® 11.1, OpenGL
4.2x and OpenCLT 1.22 that enables parallel processing and
high-performance graphics processing, yielding up to a 20 percent graphics
improvement over the previous AMD Embedded G-Series APU and greater than 5x
advantage over Intel Atom when running multiple industry-standard
graphics-intensive benchmarks3.&nbsp;

”We have built a treasure trove of industry-leading IP
in processors, graphics and multimedia along with the infrastructure to combine
these building blocks into unsurpassed embedded SOC solutions,” said Arun
Iyengar, vice president and general manager, AMD Embedded Solutions. ”With a 33
percent smaller footprint 4, low power consumption and exceptional
performance, the new AMD Embedded G-Series SOC sets
the bar for content-rich multimedia and traditional workload processing that is
ideal for a broad variety of embedded applications.”

The new processor
family offers superior performance per watt in the low-power x86-compatible
product category with 9W – 25W options5. It includes:

·&nbsp;
enterprise-class
Error-Correction Code (ECC) memory support;

·&nbsp;
industrial
temperature range of -40°C to +85°C and available with dual or quad-core CPUs;

·&nbsp;
discrete-class
AMD RadeonT GPU;

·&nbsp;
I/O
controller.

The AMD Embedded
G-Series SOC combines dedicated resources that enable exceptional performance
with shared resources to help reduce power consumption and die space, and
provides developers the flexibility to leverage the same board design and
software stack for a variety of applications due to the scalability of the new
SOC design. The discrete-class graphics integrated into the AMD Embedded
G-Series SOC power applications that previously required a separate graphics
processor, while the addition of new CPU architecture for the Embedded G-Series
SOC platform allows deeply embedded or ”headless” systems, which are used in
environments without a screen, monitor or input device and do not require a
graphics solution.

”­As the Internet of
Things permeates every aspect of our life from work to home and everything where
in between, devices require high performance, I/O connectivity and energy
efficiency in smaller packages,” said Colin Barnden, principal analyst,
Semicast Research. ”With this new AMD SOC design, the AMD Embedded G-Series
platform offers the perfect mix of high performance, a small footprint, low
energy use and full I/O integration to enable smaller form-factor embedded
designs, cool and efficient operation, and simplified build requirements. AMD
has leapfrogged the competition by combining the power of an x86 CPU and the
performance of AMD Radeon graphics with the I/O interconnect all on a single
die.”

The AMD Embedded
G-Series SOC supports Windows Embedded 8 and Linux, and is designed for myriad
embedded applications including industrial control and automation, digital
signage, electronic gaming systems, SMB storage, IP-TV, medical and network
appliances, set-

top boxes and more. AMD will ship
the AMD G-Series SOC platform with general availability in the second quarter
of 2013, followed by a comprehensive ecosystem of industry-leading embedded
solution providers supporting and/or announcing market-ready products powered
by the AMD Embedded G-Series SOC.

<b>Developer Support and Product
Features</b>

Developers working
with the AMD Embedded G-Series SOC can implement remote management,
virtualization and security capabilities to help reduce deployment costs and
increase security and reliability of their AMD Embedded G-Series SOC-based
platform through:

·&nbsp;
AMD
DAS 1.0 featuring DASH 1.1;

·&nbsp;
AMD
VirtualizationT technology;

·&nbsp;
Trusted
Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 support.

<b>Next-generation CPU core</b>

·&nbsp;
Next-generation
”Jaguar” core with innovative, new shared L2 Cache

·&nbsp;
Enterprise-class
feature of ECC and fast memory support

<b>Excellent AMD Radeon graphics
performance-per-watt</b>

·&nbsp;
Enhanced
Universal Video Decode (UVD) 3 hardware acceleration (H.264, VC-1, MPEG2, etc.)
and new video encode capability not available in previous AMD Embedded G-Series
APU

·&nbsp;
Power
efficiency enhancement with clock gating to contribute to overall lower power
consumption

<b>Advanced GPU enables parallel
processing and high-performance graphics </b>

·&nbsp;
Heterogeneous
computing for industrial control and automation, communications and other
processor heavy applications. OpenCL enables CPU and GPU parallel processing,
which benefits applications development in these areas

·&nbsp;
Graphics
(DirectX 11, OpenGL) and dual independent display; high-resolution support for
a superb visual experience

·&nbsp;
Expanded
software development options and extended application lifetime with advanced
graphics APIs

<b>Ideal platform for low-power and
high-performance designs</b>

·&nbsp;
For
Industrial Control and Automation: low-power and heterogeneous computing
advantage enabled by the integrated GPU deliver more than 150 GFLOPS of compute
performance
over and above the compute
capability of the x86 CPU cores6

·&nbsp;
For
Digital Signage: eye-catching, high-definition multimedia content delivery
connected through a variety of display technologies (DP, HDMIT, VGA, LVDS)

·&nbsp;
For
Electronic Gaming Machines: dedicated hardware acceleration engines for video
decode (UVD) and encode (VCE) as well as digital content management (SAMU)

·&nbsp;
For
SMB storage: high-performance SOC in a small form factor with a myriad of
integrated USB and SATA I/O enables a fanless design, reducing system cost

<b>Models and pricing</b>

Models available at launch include:

·&nbsp;
GX-420CA
SOC with AMD RadeonT&nbsp;HD 8400E&nbsp;Graphics

o&nbsp;
Quad-core,
25W TDP, CPU freq. 2.0GHz, GPU freq. 600MHz

·&nbsp;
GX-415GA
SOC with AMD RadeonT&nbsp;HD&nbsp;8330E Graphics

o&nbsp;
Quad-core,
15W TDP, CPU freq. 1.50GHz, GPU freq. 500MHz

·&nbsp;
GX-217GA
SOC with AMD RadeonT&nbsp;HD&nbsp;8280E Graphics

o&nbsp;
Dual-core,
15W TDP, CPU freq. 1.65GHz, GPU freq. 450MHz

·&nbsp;
GX-210HA
SOC with AMD RadeonT&nbsp;HD&nbsp;8210E Graphics

o&nbsp;
Dual-core,
9W TDP, CPU freq. 1.0GHz, GPU freq. 300MHz

·&nbsp;
GX-416RA
SOC

o&nbsp;
Quad-Core,
15W, CPU Freq. 1.6GHz, No GPU

Pricing ranges from $49 – $72 for the SKUs.&nbsp;

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 <a href="http://youtu.be/LCFLqBgX4Ac">summary
  video</a> about the AMD Embedded
  G-Series SOC
• Get technical support at the <a href="http://wwwd.amd.com/dev">AMD
  Embedd<i>e</i>d Developer Support site</a>
• For more AMD Embedded products,
  visit the <a href="http://wwwd.amd.com/catalog/salescat.nsf/shop?openform">AMD-Based Embedded Product
  Catalog</a>

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