Kabini: An AMD Accelerated Processing Unit System on A Chip

Author

Bouvier, Diego ; Cohen, Benjamin ; Fry, Walter ; Godey, Sreekanth ; Mantor, Michael

Volume

34

Issue

2

fYear

2014

fDate

Mar.-Apr. 2014

Firstpage

22

Lastpage

33

Abstract

The AMD accelerated processing unit (APU) code-named "Kabini" integrates a quad-core CPU and a fully featured GPU. It is the first APU generation to incorporate a complete system-on-a-chip (SoC) IP to provide power efficiency and a small footprint. The device family includes the ultra-low-power optimized SoC codenamed "Temash," which is targeted for tablet and two-in-one detachable PC use. Kabini incorporates four high-performance x86 processor cores code-named "Jaguar"; an AMD Radeon HD 8000 Series DirectX11-capable GPU; next-generation media acceleration technology; a 64-bit memory channel; and integrated system I/O. Kabini improves on AMD\´s Turbo Core technology by actively managing collaborative CPU and GPU workloads and maximizing system responsiveness and performance per watt within the system cooling infrastructure.

Keywords

graphics processing units; parallel processing; system-on-chip; AMD Radeon HD 8000 series DirectX11-capable GPU; AMD accelerated processing unit system on chip; AMD turbo core technology; APU; Jaguar; Kabini; SoC IP; Temash; accelerated massive parallelism; high-performance x86 processor core; integrated system I/O; memory channel; next-generation media acceleration technology; quad-core CPU; storage capacity 64 bit; system cooling infrastructure; ultra-low-power optimized SoC; Computer architecture; Computer graphics; Graphics processing units; Instruction sets; Microcomputers; Performance evaluation; Portable computers; Program processors; System-on-chip; AMD; Graphics Core Next; Jaguar; Kabini; Temash; accelerated processing unit; instruction set architecture; system on a chip; x86 processor;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Micro, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1732

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MM.2014.3

Filename

6756712