Advanced Micro Devices today came out with a new graphics processing unit designed for embedded segment. The newest ATI Radeon series GPU is a powerful chip, tripling the performance of previous generation embedded chips. AMD reports that the chip will be very useful for a variety of markets such Arcade system, digital signage, casino, etc. where realistic 3D graphics are very much necessary to garner consumer attention.

Features:

* The ATI Radeon E4690 GPU is packed with the latest graphics features, including support for Microsoft DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.0.
* The second-generation AMD Unified Video Decoder (UVD 2.0) includes hardware acceleration of H.264 and VC-1 high-definition (HD) video as well as MPEG-2, enabling multiple HD video streams and freeing the CPU for other tasks.
* The ATI Radeon E4690 is designed to simplify board design and speed time-to-market by incorporating 512 MB of 700 MHz GDDR3 graphics memory on chip.
* The ATI Radeon E4690 comes with AMD’s commitment of 5 years of planned supply availability. Technical support is provided by a dedicated team of application engineering experts.

No word on pricing.

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