AMD Finally Releases GPUs for AIO Desktops
AMD "quietly" launched a new line of GPUs designed specifically for the All-In-One market.
Although AMD hasn't provided an official announcement, Xbit Labs noticed that the company has "quietly" launched its DirectX 11-compatible AMD Radeon HD 6000A series of GPUs designed specifically for All-In-One (AIO) desktops. This new series includes the 800 MHz AMD Radeon HD 6670A, the 800 MHz 6650A, the 650 MHz 6550A and the 625 to 750 MHz 6450A.
"AMD Radeon HD 6000A Series graphics allows you to experience immersive entertainment, gives you the power you need while being energy efficient and gets you the performance you expect with the ability to accelerate the latest games and applications," the company states on the product page.
The 6670A, 6650A and 6550A models are based on the "Turks" GPU and features 480 stream processors, 24 texture units and 8/32 color/z render operating units. The 6450A model is based on the "Caicos" GPU and features 160 stream processors, 8 texture units and 4/16 color/z render operating units. All four should provide similar performance to appropriate add-in desktop cards.
"Depending on the form-factor of the target product, ASICs are defined and qualified differently, thus the use of an A or M at the end of the series number to distinguish an All-in-One (A) or mobile (M) part from that of a desktop part," AMD spokesman Dave Erskine told Xbit Labs. "OEMs immediately know that a part designated as AMD Radeon HD 6000A has been validated and specified for the unique needs of All-in-One designs, including thermals, power requirements, and feature support."
Lenovo's ThinkCentre Edge 91z actually shipped with an optional AMD Radeon HD 6650A GPU (with 1 GB) back in May. Marketed as one of the thinnest AIOs, measuring just 2.5 inches, it comes equipped with up to Intel i7 Quad Core processors (depending on your budget), a 21.5-inch glossy HD screen, up to 8 GB of DDR3 memory, and a choice of a 80 GB SSD or a 1 TB HDD.
"As many companies turn to all-in-one (AIO) desktops to creatively furnish space-constrained offices, we’ve expanded our line of business AIOs to meet their personalized needs," said Tom Shell, vice president, Worldwide ThinkCentre Marketing, Lenovo. "The new ThinkCentre Edge 91z AIO elevates computing for small-to-medium businesses with an unmatched combination of style and substance, outpacing other PCs in performance, fast boot up, serviceability and price."
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How about they do me a favor and release BullDozer.
How about they do me a favor and release BullDozer.
theyve been saying for a long time now that bulldozer would be coming out in late september, so chill.
theyve been saying for a long time now that bulldozer would be coming out in late september, so chill.
Bulldozer is already a generation behind...
I waiting on bulldozer and ivy bridge...I wld like to see amd bring a warhorse to the show instead of a sprint pony...I like amd but I wld love for them to give intel a good run...
...amd is performance and money value in one but intel is still miles ahead even w prev generations...idk...just wld like amd to compete as much w processors as they do with high end graphics...but that b another topic all together
theyve been saying for a long time now that bulldozer would be coming out in late september, so chill.
In the beginning Amd said bulldozer would come out in june didnt happen, then july didnt happen, then august didnt happen, and now september. Lets wait and see. Im still waiting for bulldozer and for now i got a feeling that they want to launch Bulldozer with the 7000 series of gpus.
They're not really hyping bulldozer, makes me wonder if it's fail.
I like how the comments have become about Bulldozer and are in almost no way related to the article.
Since we are on that subject then..
I assume Bulldozer will at LEAST perform similarly to Intel's Gulftown architecture, if not they are looking towards parallel processing instead of raw performance per core.
I remember reading an article last year about how they expect per-core performance to be around 12% better than Phenom cores which is actually pretty good.
BUT, Considering Bulldozer uses "Modules", were they referring to a 12% increase in performance per module, or per core sitting on those modules?
Since Bulldozer will have a plentiful amount of cores either way, I'm hoping that each thread provided by the CPU's modules performs at least on-par with Gulftown. If they manage to bring it up to Sandy Bridge's level then that would be fantastic.
Bulldozer is already a generation behind...
People like you need to go elsewhere with ignorant comments like that.
Any chance someone(zotac) puts out a mini itx motherboard with one of these integrated? They have a MB with a nvidia 430 on it, I just like AMD better than nvidia.
Bulldozer is already a generation behind...
What generation? Because they have a slightly longer product lifecycle means they are a generation behind? Just because you (or your wife) give birth and have 1 more kid than me and I'm a generation behind you?
The amd still behind. But the the tecnology and ideas is to good for this period
Speaking of AMD releases, does anyone know when Radeon 7xxx is supposed to be released?
I don't think AMD is hyping BD because they want that forum publicity and when someone acquires a leak, that publicity. After all 68xx was really secretive and it go so much publicity from people trying to find out more about it.
I'm assuming these are Fusion parts. Then why the lack of commotion? It would've been wise to build up hype.
AMD "quietly" launched a new line of GPUs designed specifically for the All-In-One market? ...really? ... i think, it was launched with introduction of new 2011 iMac's...
I think we are talking about Bulldozer because no one gives a ...t about any of AMD"s other releases.
ran smooth AMD
I'm disappointed, when I saw headline "AMD Finally Releases..." I thought it's Bulldozer finally but it isn't
LoL they can't even clean them for the commercials. And that Win 7 "bootup" looked fake. Also, Ubuntu boots up in 14-15 seconds on my pc with normal HDD at 7,200 RPM.
I'm disappointed, when I saw headline "AMD Finally Releases..." I thought it's Bulldozer finally but it isn't
yes the BD delay makes me pessimistic
I think this is perhaps the pc of the future!
A "one screen hosts it all" solution!
"Bulldozer is already a generation behind..." - I'm a bit tired of this misconception. What the heck does that even mean? If bulldozer is 10x faster than i7, will you still shout "one generation behind"? Generations make sense within the same company, not across competing ones.
Production cycles are not written in stone, it's up to each company to lay their milestones. Intel has been adding roughly 20% performance in each of it's CPU generation. If AMD adds 50% or 100%, they will be on par, even though they release fewer generations. That's what happened in the K7 days, remember?
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I think this is perhaps the pc of the future!
A "one screen hosts it all" solution!
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Yes, I believe this is a first in computing, never, has anyone ever, even thought to combine the PC screen and cpu into 1 box!!!! This is revolutionary.
It's about as revolutionary as cloud computing, you know, a central mainframe that holds all your data, and programs, storage, allowing for thin lightweight clients to access said data, and be updated immediately.
I tell you , all these, new ideas in computing are amazing!!!!
lenovo
IBM said pc will going the way of type writer , but lenovo doing so well with it ...... IBM must hate to see they make a wrong decision to sold the pc division to lenovo
BUT, Considering Bulldozer uses "Modules", were they referring to a 12% increase in performance per module, or per core sitting on those modules?
Adding a second integer core to a module results in a 12% increase in size, which translates to 5% per die assuming a 4-module design. Sounds like a very efficient method of improving performance, however if you're going to properly feed those cores you'd need a wider front end. At the same time, they've dumped an ALU and an AGU from the Stars design, so they've added something and taken away something, so that's probably where the extra 12% per module figure comes from.
I can afford to buy Intel products but I don't like the fact they abandon platforms every year. However if Bulldozers fails ill jump over to Intel and get an i5.
I wish bulldozer will come out but I have my eyes on one of these Core i7 3930K December hopefully.
I wonder why they would choose to go this route with AIO's instead of pushing their Fusion line? Follow the money trail I guess.
In the beginning Amd said bulldozer would come out in june didnt happen, then july didnt happen, then august didnt happen, and now september. Lets wait and see. Im still waiting for bulldozer and for now i got a feeling that they want to launch Bulldozer with the 7000 series of gpus.
yep bulldozer is the new duke Nukum forever so give it 5 more years and some other company will release it
I know a lot of people are worried that since AMD isn't hyping Bulldozer, that its a fail, but not really. Actually, it's usually the things that are hyped like crazy that fall flat. We should take the silence as a good thing.
I know a lot of people are worried that since AMD isn't hyping Bulldozer, that its a fail, but not really. Actually, it's usually the things that are hyped like crazy that fall flat. We should take the silence as a good thing.
spoken like a true fanboy desperately trying to defend there brand