Title :
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
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;
Journal_Title :
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSSC.2011.2167776
