Mar 03, 2009 00:01 ET
AMD Launches World’s First 40nm Graphics Processors: ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4860 and ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4830
HANNOVER, Germany --(Business Wire)-- Mar 03, 2009
AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the world’s first graphics processors to
harness 40nm process technology: the ATI Mobility RadeonTM HD
4860 and ATI Mobility RadeonTM HD 4830. These feature-rich
graphics processors redefine mobile PC entertainment with advanced
capabilities including support for the latest Microsoft DirectX®
10.1 games, a home theater-quality HD multimedia experience, and
energy-efficient features for long battery life at work, at home or at
play.
“People now decidedly prefer mobile PCs, and innovations like this 40nm
mobile GPU show AMD is uniquely positioned to make the best
entertainment experiences of desktop PCs possible in a notebook,” said
Rick Bergman, senior vice president and general manager, Graphics
Products Group, AMD. “Depending on the performance of the panel or
external monitor, laptops that feature these tiny, powerful but
efficient graphics engines can run today’s most demanding game titles at
beyond 1080p HD resolution, or playback full 1080p HD video with high
energy efficiency thanks to ATI PowerPlay™ and 40nm process technology.”
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860 graphics will be featured in the forthcoming
Asus K notebook.
“ASUS always strives to be first to deliver the newest and most advanced
technology to our customers and launching the Asus K series Notebook
with these new graphics processors from AMD demonstrates that,” said
Henry Yeh, GM of ASUS’ Notebook Business Unit.
The new 40nm production process allows notebook manufacturers to deliver
more graphics horsepower in a smaller ASIC die size, giving people
access to highly capable discrete graphics ideal for smaller notebooks.
This milestone marks the fifth consecutive first-to-market process
transition for ATI graphics processors.
“AMD always seeks to deliver the most advanced, yet relevant technology
to our customers,” continued Bergman. “We were first with DirectX®
10.1 support, first to design graphics cards supporting GDDR5 memory
technology, first with WHQL certified drivers for Windows Vista®,
first to launch a unified shader architecture, and for the fifth
consecutive time, first to launch GPUs based on a new process node.
That’s a meaningful track record of reliable execution for our
customers.”
“AMD continues to push the envelope of graphics processor performance,
energy efficiency, and leading features with the introduction of its
40nm graphics processors,” said Mark Liu, senior vice president,
Advanced Technology Business, TSMC. “TSMC and AMD have a long history of
success bringing the first graphics processors to market on new process
technologies, including 90nm, 80nm, 65nm, 55nm and now 40nm.”
The GPU for the best mobile HD entertainment
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830 graphics
processors feature powerful 3D engines derived from the award-winning
ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 desktop series architecture with support for DirectX
10.1. Take crisp, detail-rich images and outstanding visual effects
wherever you go for unparalleled levels of 3D gaming realism. The ATI
Mobility Radeon HD 4860 supports GDDR5 memory technology contributing to
stunning improvements in game play and performance with nearly twice the
memory bandwidth of GDDR3.
Home theater enthusiasts can enjoy a portable HD experience with full
1080p HD viewing on HD-capable displays and or TVs. People can upscale
to nearly twice the display resolution of HD content or watch standard
definition video in near-HD quality with enhanced DVD up-scaling*.
The second generation AMD Unified Video Decoder (UVD) keeps the CPU free
to run social media applications or virus scan while UVD helps process
intensive content such as Blu-ray movies. This helps lower power
consumption and reduces the need for high fan settings, enabling a
quieter and cooler laptop experience.
Leading energy efficiency
Additional power-saving features include ATI
PowerPlay™, ATI
PowerXpress™, and ATI™
Switchable Graphics™ technologies.
Availability
Initially, the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD
4830 graphics processors are available in quality notebooks from leading
notebook manufacturer ASUS, with models planned for availability
beginning in Q2 2009. For more information, visit www.amd.com/mobility/hd4800.
About AMD
Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) is an innovative technology company
dedicated to collaborating with customers and industry partners to
ignite the next generation of computing and graphics solutions at work,
home and play. For more information, visit www.amd.com.
Footnotes:
* Subject to available monitor resolution. The ATI Mobility
Radeon™ HD 4800 Series GPUs can upscale video display to 2560x1600 on
dual-link monitors which is almost twice the display resolution of 1080p
displays in AC mode only.
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AMD Global Communications
John Swinimer, 905-882-2600, ext. 2704
johnm.swinimer@amd.com
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Ruth
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