AMD Rleases Embedded G-Series System-on-Chip (SOC) platform

AMD today announced the new AMD Embedded G-Series System-on-Chip (SOC) platform, a single-chip solution based on the AMD next-generation “Jaguar” CPU architecture and AMD Radeon 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 DESIGN West expo.

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 benchmarks. For embedded applications, the new platform also includes support for DirectX 11.1, OpenGL 4.2x and OpenCL 1.2 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 benchmarks.

Models available at launch range from $49-$72 and include:

• GX-420CA SOC with AMD Radeon HD 8400E Graphics
  • Quad-core, 25W TDP, CPU freq. 2.0GHz, GPU freq. 600MHz
• GX-415GA SOC with AMD Radeon HD 8330E Graphics
  • Quad-core, 15W TDP, CPU freq. 1.50GHz, GPU freq. 500MHz
• GX-217GA SOC with AMD Radeon HD 8280E Graphics
  • Dual-core, 15W TDP, CPU freq. 1.65GHz, GPU freq. 450MHz
• GX-210HA SOC with AMD Radeon 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