A Low-Power Integrated x86–64 and Graphics Processor for Mobile Computing Devices

Author

Foley, Denis ; Bansal, Pankaj ; Cherepacha, Don ; Wasmuth, Robert ; Gunasekar, Aswin ; Gutta, Srinivasa ; Naini, Ajay

Author_Institution

Adv. Micro Devices (AMD), Inc., Boxborough, MA, USA

Volume

47

Issue

1

fYear

2012

Firstpage

220

Lastpage

231

Abstract

The first AMD Fusion™ accelerated processing unit (APU), code-named “Zacate,” incorporates a pair of Bobcat x86 processors, a 1 MB L2 cache, an AMD Radeon™ 6310 DirectX^®11 GPU with 80 stream processors, a media accelerator, an integrated NorthBridge (NB), integrated DisplayPort, LVDS, and VGA display interfaces, a PCIe^® Gen1 or Gen2 I/O interface, and a single 64-bit memory channel at up to DDR3-1066 on a single die implemented in a 40 nm bulk CMOS process.

Keywords

computer graphic equipment; coprocessors; mobile computing; AMD Fusion APU; AMD Radeon 6310 DirectX11 GPU; Bobcat x86 processors; CMOS process; L2 cache; PCIe; VGA display interface; Zacate APU; accelerated processing unit; complimentary metal oxide semiconductor; graphics processing unit; graphics processor; integrated DisplayPort; integrated NorthBridge; media accelerator; memory channel; mobile computing device; peripheral computer interface; Central Processing Unit; Graphics; Graphics processing unit; Low-power electronics; Performance evaluation; Streaming media; AMD fusion; APU; Bobcat; Zacate; integrated graphics; low-power;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSSC.2011.2167776

Filename

6054032