AMD's Llano Sports Radeon HD 6550 Graphics
As the title indicates, AMD's Llano line of APUs will feature an embedded GPU with the AMD Radeon SKU of HD 6550
Several reports are indicating that AMD's upcoming line of Llano Fusion accelerated processing units (APUs) will feature the Radeon HD 6550 graphics core.
When launched, the Llano line is expected to compete with Intel's current LGA 1155 Sandy Bridge line featuring quad-core chips and Intel's HD 3000 series integrated graphics. But unlike Intel's Sandy Bridge platform where the processor die is fused with an integrated graphics northbridge into a single die, the silicon part of the Radeon HD 6550 will be integrated with the rest of the APU, allowing the GPU to assist the x86 cores with serial processing loads.
In addition to the Radeon HD 6550 core, AMD's Llano chips will include the A8-3550 and A8-3550P quad-core APUs and feature a thermal design power (TDP) of 100W. The Radeon HD 6550 itself will be clocked at 594 MHz, offer 400 Stream processors, and come packed with DirectX 11 support. So far, memory will be shared from the main memory but AMD may reportedly include support for SidePort-based memory before launch.
The Radeon HD 6550 will also reportedly work alongside discrete AMD Radeon HD 6570 and HD 6670 Turks-based graphics cards. This will be accomplished similar to the way AMD's integrated GPUS can work in tandem with entry-level Radeon cards using Hybrid CrossFireX. When the HD 6550 is working with either one of the discrete GPUs, the Fusion-based graphics core will be recognized as "Radeon HD 6690."
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So, that is the Radeon 6690.
Exciting! I am curious to see benchmarks
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. joking aside it'll be interest for the laptop/notebook market. maybe I'll pass this along to a friend who is looking to upgrade his c**ppy Dell laptop
Awesome, it sounds exactly like a HTPC's best friend!
An here are the first ones.
Putting that aside, I'm curious about the 6550 included on the llano apu.
Benchmarks please
I dream when I can buy a laptop that can game decently with an IGP. I would be more than happy to play Team Fortress 2 and Street Fighter IV on my laptop without having to go over budget.
On the graphics front, it will probably easily beat SB. While HD3K is decent, its not the same as a discrete GPU.
But in CPU power, I don't think it will keep up with SB.
Each will have their strong and weak points. Sounds like a good mix and match.
SB for CPU power and overclocking, Llano for cheaper low end gaming.
@lpedraja2002:
Sandybridge laptops play TF2 and SF4 just fine.
If they implement the hybrid crossfire properly, I'm getting a 6670 plus this chip and decently game at under 200W. I hope they don't overprice. For the first time in 5 years I am seriously considering an AMD setup because of this.
Zambezi is the one that is suppose to compete with Sandy Bridge computing wise. These are more value oriented options. Although they should still be pretty good.
The ability to work alongside discrete AMD Radeon HD 6570 and HD 6670 is a very good idea indeed IMO.
its this "the bulldozer"? or we have to wait for that a bit more? I am waiting for this launch but as i heared Liano is Phenom II + HD6550? or i am wrong
From the specs, the HD6550 will probably have performance comparable to the Radeon HD4670 or the GeForce 9600GT.
This will be a breakthrough in integrated graphics. For the first time you will be able to play regular games based on more demanding engines at decent quality settings, instead of going for all low settings.
its this "the bulldozer"? or we have to wait for that a bit more? I am waiting for this launch but as i heared Liano is Phenom II + HD6550? or i am wrong
This is not bulldozer. You are right that llano will feature cpu cores similar to those in the current generation of AMD parts, while bulldozer will have a whole new architecture.
So far I have seen nothing in specs that impress a true gammer. Sure, you may be able to play some games at lower resolutions or by turning off detail. But in the end these will still not be good gaming platforms. Besides the fact that laptops are bad anyway for gammers because you can't upgrade the video.
@crisan_tiberiu:
you can crossfire a low end card like Radeon 6670 or 6570 with Llano APU and upgrade your gaming performance, a feature you cannot use with nVidia cards.
400SPs at 600Mhz? Uhm... I'm gonna need some benchies; that thing might land between a 4850 and a 4870 if i'm not mistaken, but the RAM/HT bandwidth might hurt it bad.
Anyway, I'm more interested to see this thingy on notebooks more than desktops if you ask me 8)
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@crisan_tiberiu:
here's a link for you: http://www.techspot.com/news/43601 [...] plays.html
It applications that can take advantage of the GPU for processing power Llano could cream SB in applications like Photoshop.
I dont know if I should get this or wait for bulldozer.
Sounds very promising so far, esp in the mobile sector!, I can see my three year old Studio 17 being replaced with a Llano Laptop, I run C2D @2.2GHZ and 3670 in my studio 17, this will be a good upgrade!
On the graphics front, it will probably easily beat SB. While HD3K is decent, its not the same as a discrete GPU.But in CPU power, I don't think it will keep up with SB.Each will have their strong and weak points. Sounds like a good mix and match.SB for CPU power and overclocking, Llano for cheaper low end gaming.
Llano is very useful for notebook gamers. It's not the lack of CPU that stop them gaming it's the lack of GPU. Plus GPUs are pretty useful anyhow in applications like Photoshop.
It applications that can take advantage of the GPU for processing power Llano could cream SB in applications like Photoshop.
Llano won't cream Sandy Bridge in Photoshop, Sandy Bridge will cream Llano in all but high resolution 3d modelling in Photoshop. Photoshop is still dependant on CPU, with the GPU playing a smaller role. The GPU only accelerates a few functions in Photoshop such as 3d.
To me, AMD seems to be trying to lure the gamers in with its not so good CPU and good GPU combo of fusion. I mean, CPU boosts the gaming FPS only upto a certain point and then it is all or mostly GPU. So, Fusion should be an ideal choice for budget gamers.
Not sure the use of the term *SidePort* s quite the proper analogy (if early drawings are to be believed).
The redwood-core on-die GPU will have an independent on-die buffer connected to CPU cache via a crossbar (presumably an HT link) which continues to the system Hudson FCH controller. The design looks to incorporate an independent direct link to the IMC for the GPU buffer. SidePort GPU memory for the IGP chips has never been integrated in such a fashion.
Performance will be driven by SIMD instruction-set compatibility -- looks good for all SSE4x. AVX does not seem likely (it would be really nice) but would seem to be possible if Llano shares some FP logic with Bulldozer (128-bit FP is 128-bit FP - no reason to design it twice).
who cares about cpu performance?? i want to be able to play games on my laptop!!
Looking forward to benchmarks. I want to see how it will affect laptops.
well no one can say anything for sure as there are no chips on hand and no official benches, not to mention unofficial ones...
"allowing the GPU to assist the x86 cores with serial processing loads" That statement there makes me all of the sudden very interested in this proc. If the gpu can truly help the x86 cores without any special coding that would kick butt. I'm very excited to see if that is the case or not.
@lpedraja2002:Sandybridge laptops play TF2 and SF4 just fine.
SB integrated graphics run TF2 fine? I didn't realize that, so I'm guessing they can run CS:S well too?