In the 40 nm graphic processor race,
AMD is the first winner
AMD has announced the world's first graphics processors
built by 40-nano meter (nm) process technology. The new
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830
feature support for the latest Microsoft DirectX 10.1 games
and expected to provide a home theater-quality HD multimedia
experience. These devices are integrated with energy efficient
features to save power.
"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 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."
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD
4830 graphics processors integrate powerful 3D engines based
on ATI Radeon HD 4800 desktop series architecture with support
for DirectX 10.1. The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860 supports
GDDR5 memory technology boosting the performance of gaming
systems with nearly twice the memory bandwidth of GDDR3.
Home theater enthusiasts can experience portable High Definition
(HD) 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.
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
