AMD Has Launched New Embedded R-Series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) Platform

Combines the new 'Piledriver' CPU architecture with DirectX 11-capable AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series graphics

Semiconducter company AMD has launched new Embedded R-Series accelerated processing unit (APU) platform designed for mid to high-end graphics-intensive applications.

The new platform combines the new 'Piledriver' CPU architecture, an evolution of the 'Bulldozer' architecture, with DirectX 11-capable AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series graphics in a heterogeneous multicore embedded processing platform.

It features discrete-class graphics integrated into the processor, and provides developers with the flexibility to leverage the same board design and software stack for a variety of applications.

Developers can also implement remote management, client virtualisation and security capabilities to help reduce deployment costs and increase security and reliability of their AMD R-Series based platform through AMD DAS 1.0 featuring DASH 1.1, AMD Virtualization and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 support.

AMD Embedded R-Series APU includes a video compression engine that provides a hardware encoder for video to encode video for applications like video conferencing or surveillance; and a secure asset management unit that allows for GPU-assisted encryption/decryption of content.

It also features enhancements to the unified video decoder that extend the capabilities of the AMD Embedded R-Series APU platform to include dual, high-definition decode and stereoscopic 3D.

The AMD Embedded R-Series APU supports connection to four independent displays, and can be increased up to 10 by adding a discrete AMD Radeon Embedded graphics card to the system.