• 24Feb 13

  AMD and The Sony PS4. Allow Me To Elaborate.

  

  Sony gave a sneak-peek at its next-generation PlayStation®4 (PS4) game console coming later this year and, here at AMD, we couldnt be more excited. Bringing a supercharged PC architecture that combines next-gen hardware, software, and the fastest game network in the world. Oh, and this is all powered by a semi-custom designed AMD accelerated processing unit(APU) jointly developed in coordination with Sony!

  In fact, the PS4 is the first announced design win based on semi-custom AMD APUs. This further demonstrates our commitment to take AMD technology into adjacent high growth markets as we diversify beyond the PC.

  What exactly is a semi-custom APU? Let me elaborate:

  At the most basic level, an APU is a single chip that combines general-purpose x86 central processing unit (CPU) cores with a graphics processing unit (GPU) and a variety of system elements, including memory controllers, specialized video decoders, display outputs, etc. Our semi-custom solutions take the same treasure trove of graphics; compute and multi-media IP found in our APUs, and customize them for customers who have a very specific high-volume product that could benefit from AMDs leading-edge technologies.

  In the case of the PS4, we leveraged the building blocks of our 2013 product roadmap the same technologies you find in the latest AMD APUs powering PCs, ultrathin notebooks and tablets to create a solution that incorporates our upcoming, low-power AMD Jaguar CPU cores with next-generation AMD Radeon graphics delivering nearly 2 TFLOPS of compute performance! This unique APU architecture enables game developers to easily harness the power of parallel processing to fundamentally change the console gaming experience. Not only creating the opportunity for new possibilities in software design, but also faster and more fluid graphics.

  This is going to be a very exciting year for gamers, especially for those with AMD hardware in their PCs and consoles, as we have even more game-changing (pun intended) announcements still to come.

  Look for some more exciting things happening at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in March when we will provide even more info on how we are working with game developers to make AMD the hardware of choice for running the best games!

  • Posted Feb 24, 2013 9:10 am GMT
  • Category: Technology
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• 27Sep 12

  Nvidia: Last generation game consoles

  In a recent interview with VentureBeat, the CEO of Nvidia Phil Eisler, said the next generation of traditional game consoles will be the last. The Xbox 360 is the market almost 7 years the PlayStation 3 for about six years, and given the great technological progress, their successors, the Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4 will be much more sophisticated than their predecessors in their time, will stay on the market almost 10 years. The question of course arises then is whether 2023 will need a console that will be connected to our TV. Probably not, but technological developments are dramatic and very disruptive in the next decade, so every prediction which will be given, is quite risky.However for Nvidia, the next step in gaming is the cloud. O Eisler certainly thinks it is still far away such a development, since looking to spend about 10 years until the possible transition to cloud gaming, no consoles at home. Not so, however, one year when the CEO of the company then provided the after next generation consoles coming in 2019 and is a supercomputer in tiny box.

  • Posted Sep 27, 2012 3:17 pm GMT
  • Category: Editorial
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• 15Aug 09

  Uncharted

  Ucharted is one of the best games i ever played.According to the awesome graphics and visuals, the beautyfull voice acting and the fantastic feeling of treasure hunting makes this game so remarkable. But there some downfalls that i noticed. The first one is in the gameplay. The covering system is not working quite well, the enemys can really fast surround you because there are a lot of them. And the second one isthe story. Enemys are everywhere when they supposed not to know those places. But ofcourse this a 2007 game. All in all this game rocks and you really love it. I can say in my mind that uncharted is anincrediblegame but the people who were developing it ruinned a bit the game. Hope when the sequel of the game uncharted 2among thieves will be ready the drowbacks will be fixed and ofcourse the visuals should be much better because now is 2009! and i forgot to tell i recently got the platinum of uncharted and dead space. i will post the pics later

  • Posted Aug 15, 2009 10:12 pm GMT
  • Category: Games
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