The Second Generation AMD A-Series APU

1|“Trinity” WW pre-briefings| EMBARGOED UNTIL MAY 15 | CONFIDENTIAL — NDA Required

INTRODUCING THE SECOND GENERATION AMD A-SERIES APU


Product OverviewAccelerated Software SpotlightGo-to-market UpdateWhat’s Next

AGENDA


PC USAGE ATTITUDES — FOCUSED ON ENTERTAINMENTGRAPHICS POWERS TODAY’S ENTERTAINMENT LIFESTYLE

67% regularly view and

manage personal photos

67%

32% regularly edit personal

photos

32%

46% regularly play computer games (online or bought)

46%

35% regularly watch video online

35%

Up to 27% watch live TV programs

regularly

27%

Up to 62% play games online or locally

installed regularly

62%

33% regularly watch TV

programs online

33%

Up to 48% view, manage or edit photos regularly

48%

21% upload videos they

have created

21%78% visit social networking sites

weekly

78%

74% watch online videos

regularly

74%

66% are online weekly between 10 and 30 hours

66%

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47% are online several times per day

47%

49% regularly send and receive photos via email

49%

Up to 39% watch between 5 and 14 hours of TV

online per week

39%

43% update on Facebook weekly

43%

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Source: Forrester Research, Inc., CONSUMER TECHNOGRAPHICS® — 2010


2012 AMD A-SERIES APU DESIGN GOALS

GamingLeadership

ImprovedPerformance

Enhanced Media

Capabilities

Mobility Leadership

The Evolution of the APU


“Trinity”

246 sq. mm 1.303 Billion Transistors 17–35/65–100 watts

228 sq. mm 1.178 Billion Transistors 35–45/65–100 watts

“Llano”

New17 watt

Over 5500 current and pending technology

patents

Technology

“TRINITY”: DOUBLE THE PERFORMANCE-PER-WATT OF “LLANO” †

† See footnotes


2ND GEN APU ARCHITECTURE: MAJOR ENHANCEMENTS

DDR3 Controller Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Controller

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“Northern Islands” AMD Radeon™ GPU

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Dual Core x86

Module

Dual Core x86

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Up to 4“Piledriver”

Cores with 2MB L2

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DisplayPLL DP / HDMI

HDMI, DisplayPort 1.2, DVI controllers

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UNB

Unified Northbridge

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PCIe PCIePCIe

PCI Express I/O —24 lanes, optional digital

display interfaces


DEVELOPER ADOPTION: GROWING ECOSYSTEM OF APU-ACCELERATED APPS

Adobe Photoshop Elements

Adobe Premiere Elements

ArcSoft MediaConverter

ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre

Battlefield Bad Company 2

Battlefield Play4Free

Corel Digital Studio

Corel WinDVD CyberLink MediaEspresso

CyberLink MediaShow

CyberLink PowerDirector

CyberLink PowerDVD

Dragon Age 2 Dungeons & Dragons Online

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Windows Live

Essentials

MotionDSP vReveal

Muvizu Need for Speed World

Roxio CinePlayer

Roxio Creator Shift 2 Unleashed

Test Drive Unlimited 2

The Lord of the Rings

Online

Viewdle Uploader

2011

Adobe FlashPlayer

Adobe Photoshop Elements

Adobe Premiere Elements

ArcSoft MediaConverter

ArcSoft Panorama Maker

ArcSoft ShowBiz

ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre

Musemage Battlefield Play4Free

BlueStacks

Corel AfterShot

Corel Digital Studio

Corel VideoStudio Pro

Corel WinDVD CyberLink MediaEspresso

CyberLink MediaShow

CyberLink PowerDirector

CyberLink PowerDVD

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

DiRT 3

Dragon Age 2 Dungeons & Dragons Online

Fingertapps Magix Movie Edit Pro

Internet Explorer

Google Chrome

Microsoft PowerPoint

Windows Live Essentials

MotionDSP vReveal

Muvizu

DiRT Showdown

Roxio CinePlayer

Roxio Creator Shift 2 Unleashed

Sony Movie Studio

Sony Vegas Pro

Test Drive Unlimited 2

The Lord of the Rings Online

Total War: Shogun 2

Viewdle Glance

ViVu VuRoom Microsoft Silverlight 5

Mozilla Firefox ArcSoft WebCam Companion 5

DivX Accelerated Player

Earthsim 2.0 Moovida Universe

VLC Player ArcSoft Link+ CyberLink YouCam

x264 ArcSoft MediaConverter

7.5

Corel VideoStudio

Pro X5

Muvizu Animator

Battlefield 3 Handbrake GIMP Nuvixa WinZip 16.5

2012

Adobe Photoshop CS6


“TRINITY” ENABLES NEW CLASS OF EXPERIENCES IN THIN FORM FACTORS

UltrathinNotebooks

Sleek DesktopAIO, SFF

TraditionalForm Factors


2ND GEN APU “TRINITY” BGA FOR PREMIUM ULTRATHINS

† See footnotes.

Quad-Core APU performance in premium ultrathin designs

Over 70% better graphics performance than the competition†

Exceptional battery life with AMD AllDay™ Power


THE 2ND GENERATION AMD A-SERIES APU VALUE PROPOSITIONTWICE THE PERFORMANCE–PER-WATT †

‡See back up for details.

BEST ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCEbest video quality‡

color rich, smooth and stable

BEST GAMING EXPERIENCE

better visual quality‡

and better performance

LEADING PERFORMANCE/WATT‡

all new 2nd gen APU architecturewith higher performance/efficiency

† See footnotes


LEADING PERFORMANCE-PER-WATT


AMD AllDay™ Power

2012 AMD A-SERIES APU BATTERY LIFESUPERIOR BATTERY LIFE!

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See footnotes.

Outstanding battery life for HD video playback– Targeted HW offload

Power-optimized infrastructure– More efficient SVI 2.0

power delivery– eDP panels– Self-refreshing panel

support

Power-optimized “Piledriver” core


2012 AMD A-SERIES BATTERY LIFEBATTERY LIFE TO DO MORE!

Outstanding battery life for HD video playback– Targeted HW offload

Power-optimized infrastructure– More efficient SVI 2.0

power delivery– eDP panels– Self-refreshing panel

support

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See footnotes; Battery life hours calculated using a 62Whr battery. Power Improvement data based on AMD reference designs 2008-1012 and Intel data based on off the shelf systems 2008-1012.


BEST ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE


NEW! AMD HD MEDIA ACCELERATOR — BEST VIDEO QUALITYBEST IN CLASS ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCE

MediaPlayers

Camcorder

DVD

Blu-rayH.264

MPEG-2VC-1DivX

Rich, clear, HD video

Virtually uninterrupted streaming

Push button image stabilization

Multi-person full HD Video Chat

Move media file quickly and easily

Big Buck Bunny video and characters (c) Blender Foundation/www.bigbuckbunny.org

Good Buffer

See back up for details.

AMD Perfect Picture HD

AMD Quick Stream Technology

AMD Steady Video

AMD Accelerated Video Converter


AMD STEADY VIDEO TECHNOLOGY 2.0 PLUG-INS

Exclusive feature for AMD platforms

Demonstrated with applications that consumers use — every single day

INTERNET EXPLORER

FIREFOX CHROME WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER


VLC MEDIA PLAYER

One of the top media players on the PC, open-source

Over 485 million downloads

Exclusive features for AMD Steady Video 2.0

Also using OpenCL™ for de-noising, emphasis on “quality”


AMD QUICK STREAM TECHNOLOGY*

Exclusive feature for AMD platforms

Virtually uninterrupted video streaming, by prioritizing media-related internet traffic

AMD A8-3510M INTEL CORE i5-2520M

*AMD Quick Stream is a technology designed to prioritize video streaming over other activities requiring Internet bandwidth for a smooth, uninterrupted video stream. AMD Quick Stream technology is available on select PCs and requires Windows®7. Not all features may be supported on all systems - check with your system manufacturer for specific model capabilities and supported technologies.


BEST GAMING EXPERIENCE


Now on “Trinity” APU systems

AMD EYEFINITY TECHNOLOGY

See backup for details.


“TRINITY” GAMING PERFORMANCE VS THE COMPETITION

Crysis: Warhead, Frost Bench, Perf

Metro 2033, DX9, Low Quality

DiRT 3, Medium Quality Starcraft 2, GPU Bench, Medium Quality

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Medium, No

AA/AF

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160%AMD A10-5800K

Intel Core i7 3770K

Resolution: 1680 x 1050

“Ivy Bridge” data courtesy of AnandTech.com


ACCELERATED EXPERIENCE


2ND-GENERATION AMD A-SERIES APU AND WINDOWS® 8

Graphics advantage: hardware acceleration for Windows 8 Metro UI and Metro style apps

Readiness & compatibility for Windows® 8 with WDDM 1.2 drivers & compatibility with software and peripherals in market today

Support for the latest Windows® technologies including DirectX® 11, C++ AMP, accelerated HTML5 (Metro UI) and Hyper-V


WINZIP® 16.5ACCELERATED FILE COMPRESSION

WinZip is one of the most popular zip utilities for file compression, file sharing, file encryption, and data backup

WinZip 16.5 enables OpenCL™-accelerated file compression as well as optimizations for multiple CPU cores


WINZIP® 16.5 PERFORMANCE

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COMPRESSION TIME IN SECONDS (AVG) LOWER IS BETTER


MOTIONDSP vREVEAL® 3

A powerful, yet simple app to organize, fix, edit, and share your videos

vReveal’s One-Click Fix automatically fixes common video problems like poor lighting, bad color (white balance), and shake

Now supports AMD Accelerated Video Converter, further reducing time to encode your video

Using new AMD HD Media Accelerator


ADOBE® PHOTOSHOP® CS6DEMO

30+ GPU-accelerated features, including “Liquify”, “Transform” & “Warping”

OpenCL™ used to accelerate “Blur” rendering – compute-intensive

Blur Test-RGB100 Blur Test-RGB300 #1 Blur Test-RGB300 #20

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See back up for footnotes and configuration details.

Better HD Video Quality– HQV 2.0

Up to 13%

The Power To Do More– Compute Capacity in GFLOPs

Up to 654%

Vivid Lifelike 3D Gaming– 3D Mark Vantage Performance/3D Mark 11

Up to 125%

PC Mark 7 Productivity-7% Delta

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2ND GEN AMD A-SERIES APU COMPETITIVE PERFORMANCE


BRINGING THE SECOND GENERATION AMD A-SERIES APU TO MARKET


• Everyday performance and productivity • Up to 11 hours of battery life1

• USB 3.0 support and exclusive AMD Steady Video Technology

• Entry point to AMD 2nd-generation APU• Support for up to four displays• + AMD Steady Video 2.0 Technology (in 3C) with browser-based plug-in

• Highest performing 2nd-generation dual-core APU• + AMD HD Media Accelerator

• 2nd-generation quad-core APU• + AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics

• Highest performance quad-core APU• + HD3D• + Turbo Core Max (NB) and Turbo Core 3.0 (Desktop)

• Highest performance eight-core CPU• AMD Eyefinity support with discrete• + Overclocking*

REINVIGORATED FOR STRONGER PERFORMANCE AND VALUE

Brazos 2.0 E-series APUs on new OEM IDs.

OEM IDs transitioning to new second-gen A-Series APUs.

AMD A10 APU products and FX-Series processors.

*AMD’s product warranty does not cover damages caused by overclocking, even when overclocking is enabled via AMD hardware or software

See footnotes.


Deliver Ultrathin platforms that provide mainstream notebook performance with

half the power!

• Everyday performance and productivity • Up to 11 hours of battery life1

• USB 3.0 support and exclusive AMD Steady Video Technology

• Entry point to AMD 2nd-generation APU• Support for up to four displays• + AMD Steady Video 2.0 Technology (in 3C) with browser-based plug-in

• Highest performing 2nd-generation dual-core APU• + AMD HD Media Accelerator

• 2nd-generation quad-core APU• + AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics

• Highest performance quad-core APU• + HD3D• + Turbo Core Max (NB) and Turbo Core 3.0 (Desktop)

• Highest performance eight-core CPU• AMD Eyefinity support with discrete• + Overclocking*

REINVIGORATED FOR STRONGER PERFORMANCE AND VALUE

*AMD’s product warranty does not cover damages caused by overclocking, even when overclocking is enabled via AMD hardware or software

See footnotes.


WHAT’S NEXT?


An expansion of AFDS, AFDS-D delivers 24/7 online and mobile access to AFDS content and access to a global community of heterogeneous computing, OpenCL™, OpenGL, DirectCompute, and C++ AMP enthusiasts.

June 11-14 features:• Livecast of AFDS Keynotes• Top technical session live Q&As• Access to industry experts & onsite interviews• Technical track discussion groups

Post AFDS 2012 features:• On-demand keynotes & technical sessions• Monthly panel or live Q&A discussions

AMD FUSION12 DEVELOPER SUMMIT DIGITAL (AFDS-D)


“BRAZOS 2.0” OPTIMAL PLATFORM BALANCE OF PERFORMANCE-PER-WATT

Performance Improvements

CPU and GPU frequency increase

Multimedia improvements with more post processing filters

Windows 8 Optimized

HTML 5 Acceleration & Metro UI Support

Updated FCH enables lowers platform costs

Two integrated USB 3.0 ports and an integrated SD card reader

Reducing Bandwidth Bottlenecks

Up to 6 Gb/s SATA data rates

Even Longer Battery Life and Power Efficiency

Up to 11 hours of battery life with lower idle power*

NEW Features Supported* AMD Steady Video* 1.5 and AMD Quick Stream* Technologies

* See footnotes.


See footnotes.

29% x86 performance increase †

56% GPU performance increase †

Up to 12 hours of battery life †

17 W variant enables ultrathin form factors

2x the number of accelerated applications

5,500+ current and pending patents

Best video and best gaming

New architecture with compute and power leadership

Ideal solution for thin form factors

Expanding ecosystem that delivers desirable user experiences

“TRINITY”: NEW ARCHITECTURE WITH COMPUTE AND POWER LEADERSHIP


BACKUP


USER PERCEPTION OF PERFORMANCE

Think about the real world PC user experience – what they do every day – what they care about

They perceive ‘performance’ or ‘speed’ as system responsiveness

“Trinity” delivers an all new, balanced architecture designedto meet these needs

– better entertainment – better gaming – responsive, efficient performance

2.4 GHz“Llano”

3.2 GHz“Trinity”


“TRINITY” APU WITH AMD DISCRETE CLASS GRAPHICS “Piledriver” Cores

– 2nd-Gen “Bulldozer” core (“Piledriver”)

– 3rd-Gen Turbo Core technology

Multiple Configurations

– Memory support up to DDR3-1866 (1600 for notebook)

– Low power DDR3 (1.25V)

– Up to quad core and 4MB L2

2nd-Gen AMD Radeon™ DirectX® 11

– Up to 384 Radeon™ Cores 2.0

HD Media Accelerator

– Accelerates and improves HD playback

– Accelerates media conversion

– Helps Improve streaming media

– Allows for smooth wireless video

Enhanced Display Support

– AMD Eyefinity Technology*

– DisplayPort 1.2

AMD HD MediaAccelerator

A-Series Chipset

* See footnotes.


2012 AMD A-SERIES NOTEBOOK APU MODELS


INTRODUCING AMD’S ACCELERATED VIDEO CONVERTER

Audio / Video multiplexing Input from frame buffer for transcoding and video conferencing Input from GPU display engine for wireless display

Interfacing features

4:2:0 color sampling video Optimizations for scenes changes (games and video) Variable compression quality

Quality features

Multi-stream hardware H.264 HD Encoder

Core functionality


AMD RADEON™ DUAL GRAPHICSGET A SERIOUS PERFORMANCE BOOST

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– New support for DirectX® 9

– Makes use of new AMD CrossFire™ Technology Profiles for easier updates

See back up for footnotes and configuration details.


RECOMMENDED DUAL GRAPHICS CONFIGURATIONS

* There are many supported AMD Dual Graphics configurations which have not been listed. The provided list is the recommended configurations which provide optimal performance in Dual Graphics mode. Does not operate in dual graphics mode with single channel memory.


“BRAZOS” TO “BRAZOS 2.0” PLATFORM FEATURE DIFFERENCE

Feature “Brazos” “Brazos 2.0” Benefit

AMD Radeon™ Discrete-Class Graphics

AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 Series GPU

AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series GPU

Performance improvements

CPU Frequency 1.3 GHz / 1.65 GHz 1.4 GHz / 1.7 GHz Performance improvements

Graphics Boost 600MHz/508MHz 680MHz/523MHz Dynamically adjust to user’s needs

USB 3.0 N Y Native USB 3.0 for faster data transfer

SD card reader N Y Native support for SD card for faster data transfer

SATA 6Gb/s N Y Fast interconnect for better overall performance

FCH Idle Power ~ 920mw ~ 750mw Optimized Idle power for even better energy efficiency and battery life

AMD Steady Video Technology* 1.5††

N Y Helps correct shaky videos and now available with a IE 9 plug-in for one click control

AMD Quick Stream

Technology*††N Y Provides automatic bandwidth control during

streaming video for smoother playback

† † Available on E2-1800 model only* See footnotes


AMD PROJECT “LIGHTNING BOLT”BIG EXPERIENCE FROM AN ULTRATHIN

Dock your laptop and get up to 4 independent monitors, mouse/keyboard, external HDD, optical drive,

printers or virtually any other device or peripheral with up to USB 3.0* speed AND charging power…

All at the same time…All through a single connection

Now you can:

• Get an experience that was once only possible on a desktop tower

• Get AMD Eyefinity Technology gaming

• 3D Stereoscopic gaming and 3D movie playback

• Dedicated back up to external HDD

• Sync to smartphone

• Sync to other USB devices – tablets, media players

• Download and edit photos and video from cameras

• Multi-monitor photo editing, productivity app, multi-tasking – ideal for SOHO/SMB

• DVD and Blu-ray protected playback and streaming with virtually any media player

* Additional hardware is required in order to run setup as displayed. Use of 4 1920x1200 external monitors does not support simultaneous USB 3.0 speed.


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FOOTNOTESSlide 5, 10: The 2012 AMD A-Series APUs (formerly codenamed “Trinity”) deliver up to double (2X) the performance per watt of AMD’s previous generation APU platform (formerly codenamed “Llano”). Testing performed by AMD Performance Labs. The score for the 2012 AMD A6-4455M (ULV-17w) on the “Pumori” reference design for PC Mark Vantage Overall benchmark was 4300 while the 2011 AMD A6-3400M (35w) on the “Torpedo” reference design scores 4545. The 3DMark Vantage Performance score for the same configurations was 2012 AMD A6-4455M (ULV) 2355 and the 2011 AMD A6-3400M scored 2292. Configurations: AMD A6-4455M with AMD Radeon™ HD 7500G Graphics, 4G DDR3-1600 (Dual Channel) Memory and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. Reference platform "Torpedo" with the AMD Quad-Core A6-3400M APU, with AMD Radeon™ HD 6520G graphics, 4 GB (2x2GB) DDR3-1333Mhz system memory, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. TRN-110

Slide 9: † Over 70% better graphics performance than the competition Testing performed by AMD Performance Labs as of 2/17/2012 using the 2012 “Manaslu” Reference Design with 2 x 2G DDR3 1600 MHz memory, 250GB 5400rpm HDD (SATA) and Windows 7 Home Premium. Results from 3D Mark11 Performance show the AMD A6-4455M APU to score 626 3D marks. The high-end Intel Core i5 Ivy Bridge mobile processor is projected to show a 3D Mark11 Performance score of 530. This assumes approximately the same gain in graphics performance from Nehalem to Sandy Bridge and is extrapolated based on Intel’s public statements of anticipated performance gains. This provides the AMD A6-4455M APU an 18.1% performance advantage over the projected Intel Ivory Bridge score. The 3D Mark 2011 Performance score for the A10-4600M APU is 899. This is 70% better than the projected Ivy Bridge score. TR-28 Slide 10: † - Twice the performance-per-watt based on projections and testing performed by AMD Performance Labs. The score for the 2012 AMD A6-4455M (ULV-17w) on the “Pumori” reference design for PC Mark Vantage Overall benchmark was 4300 while the 2011 AMD A6-3400M (35w) on the “Torpedo” reference design scores 4545. The 3DMark Vantage Performance score for the same configurations was 2012 AMD A6-4455M (ULV) 2355 and the 2011 AMD A6-3400M scored 2292. Scores rounded to the nearest whole number. AMD defines video quality as video that is processed for best picture quality including correction for de-interlacing, dynamic contrast adjustment, color vibrancy, noise reduction and edge enhancement as reflected in HDHQV image quality testing. HD HQV Benchmark HD HQV Benchmark version 2.0 (Hollywood Quality Video) to determine the quality of HD video signal processing. HQV is a tool used by AMD to evaluate video playback quality. HD HQV Benchmark version 2.0 provides visual feedback for scoring by the AMD reviewer. Scores may vary based on the skill and opinion of the reviewer. The 2012 VISION A10-based PC scored 185 points while the comparable Intel Core i5-based PC scored 163. In addition AMD provides image stabilization (see AMD Steady Video below) and prioritized the video stream (see AMD Quick Stream below) to limit interruptions further enhancing video quality and the user video experience. ±AMD enables the best gaming experience with better visual quality and better gaming performance. AMD defines best gaming as greater frames per second on the following 20 games: Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition – AMD 76% better, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine – AMD 93% better, Sniper Elite – AMD 203% better, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – AMD 116% better, Saints Row 3 – AMD 113% better, Need For Speed: The Run – AMD 366% better, Crysis 2 – AMD 73% better, Batman Arkham City – AMD 51% better, Allan Wake – AMD 187% better, Assassin's Creed: Revelations – AMD 206% better, The Darkness II – AMD 72% better, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning – AMD 288% better, Orcs Must Die! – AMD 155% better, Star Trek Online – AMD 100% better, Mass Effect 3 – AMD 11% better, Jagged Alliance Back in Action – AMD 140% better, Deus Ex: Human Revolution – AMD 77% better, Battlefield 3 – AMD 94% better, Rage – AMD 39% better, Call of Duty Modern Warefare 3 – AMD 94% better.

Slide 12, 13: Testing by AMD Performance Labs. Battery life calculations based on average power on multiple benchmarks and usage scenarios. These include Active metric using FutureMark® 3DMark ’06 (165 min./2:45 hours), Blu-ray playback (190 min./3:10 hours), streaming YouTube video (257 min./4:16 hours), playback of a Microsoft sample clip from local HDD (287 min./4:46 hours), PowerMark’s Productivity benchmark/radio off (449 min./7:28 hours), web browsing test was average of 40 minutes via 802.11n WLAN, 2 minutes per page using the web test tool developed by AMD (514 min./8:34 hours) and Windows Idle (740 min./12:20 hours) as a resting metric. All battery life calculations are based on using a 6 cell Li-Ion 62.16Whr battery pack at 98% utilization for Windows Idle, PowerMark and 96% utilization for 3DMark06 workload, video playback and YouTube video streaming; and 92% utilization for Blu-ray playback. AMD defines “all-day” battery life as 8+ hours of continuous use as measured on the Windows Idle test. TRN-3 and TRN-4


FOOTNOTESAMD Power Improvement: Testing performed by AMD Performance Labs. Power calculations based upon relevant AMD reference designs for each year and an average of four “off the shelf” systems with comparable configurations for Intel for each year. 2012 data based upon “Pumori” reference designs for AMD and extrapolated data from publicly available information for Intel. For more information please contact your AMD representative.

Slide 15: AMD Perfect Picture HD is a an image, video processing and display technology that features advanced de-interlacing, dynamic contrast adjustment, color vibrancy, noise reduction and edge enhancement that provides brilliant colors and sharp images for smooth playback of Blu-ray and other HD content on your PC. AMD Quick Stream is a technology designed to prioritize video streaming on PC systems for a smooth, uninterrupted video stream and will work on all 2012 Mainstream and Essential Desktop and Notebook APU based-PCs with internet access. It is implemented at the discretion of OEMs on select PCs. Not all features may be supported on all systems - check with your system manufacturer for specific model capabilities and supported technologies. AMD Steady Video is a technology designed to eliminate shakes and jitters during the playback of home video. Users may turn on this technology via the AMD Catalyst Control Center™ or the VISION Engine Control Center application. AMD Steady Video will work with content that can run on Adobe® Flash® Player 10.2 (and later versions) or on any player which has been programed to use AMD’s decode acceleration (DXVA) engine. AMD Steady Video is not designed to (a) isolate overlays, logos or captions, or (b) improve the playback of letter boxed, premium/commercial, or interlaced content. AMD Steady Video is only recommended for use with videos that contain unwanted shakes and jitters.

Slide 15: AMD Perfect Picture HD is a an image, video processing and display technology that features advanced de-interlacing, dynamic contrast adjustment, color vibrancy, noise reduction and edge enhancement that provides brilliant colors and sharp images for smooth playback of Blu-ray and other HD content on your PC. AMD Quick Stream is a technology designed to prioritize video streaming on PC systems for a smooth, uninterrupted video stream and will work on all 2012 Mainstream and Essential Desktop and Notebook APU based-PCs with internet access. It is implemented at the discretion of OEMs on select PCs. Not all features may be supported on all systems - check with your system manufacturer for specific model capabilities and supported technologies. AMD Steady Video is a technology designed to eliminate shakes and jitters during the playback of home video. Users may turn on this technology via the AMD Catalyst Control Center™ or the VISION Engine Control Center application. AMD Steady Video will work with content that can run on Adobe® Flash® Player 10.2 (and later versions) or on any player which has been programed to use AMD’s decode acceleration (DXVA) engine. AMD Steady Video is not designed to (a) isolate overlays, logos or captions, or (b) improve the playback of letter boxed, premium/commercial, or interlaced content. AMD Steady Video is only recommended for use with videos that contain unwanted shakes and jitters.

Slide 17: Source: VideoLAN News http://www.videolan.org/news.html

Slide 20: AMD Eyefinity technology works with games that support non-standard aspect ratios, which is required for spanning across multiple displays. To enable more than two displays, additional panels with native DisplayPort™ connectors, and/or DisplayPort™ compliant active adapters to convert your monitor’s native input to your cards DisplayPort™ or Mini-DisplayPort™ connector(s), are required. AMD Eyefinity technology can support up to 6 displays using a single enabled AMD Radeon™ GPU with Windows Vista® or Windows® 7 operating systems – the number of displays may vary by system design, and you should confirm exact specifications with the applicable manufacturer before purchase. SLS (“Single Large Surface”) functionality requires an identical display resolution on all configured displays.

Slide 21: “Ivy Bridge” data courtesy of AnandTech.com

Slide 25: Tests conducted by AMD Performance Labs using WinZip 16.5. The file “1080p_rush_hour_sandybridge.yuv” was compressed from its regular form. OpenCL™ code unable to run on comparable Intel systems.

http://www.videolan.org/news.html


FOOTNOTESSlide 26: Tests conducted by AMD Performance Labs using vReveal 3. Files used include “480p-kid.wmv” “720p-Lake-Tahoe-Snow-Wipeout.mov” “720p-San-Francisco-TwinPeaks.mov” “1080p-San-Francisco-Bay.m2t” “1080p-San-Francisco-Bay.wmv” “1080p-60fps-dog.mp4”

Slide 27: Adobe, Flash, and Photoshop are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Tests conducted by AMD Performance Labs using Photoshop CS6 Public Preview. BlurTest1_RGB_100 and BlurTest1_RGB_300 tests conducted with “OpenIMG_1879.psd” file. Measurement was Total Elapsed Time (seconds

Slide 28: Test conducted in AMD Labs. HD HQV Benchmark HD HQV Benchmark version 2.0 (Hollywood Quality Video) to determine the quality of HD video signal processing. HQV is a tool used by AMD to evaluate video playback quality. HD HQV Benchmark version 2.0 provides visual feedback for scoring by the AMD reviewer. Scores may vary based on the skill and opinion of the reviewer. The 2011 VISION A8-based PC scored 184 points while the comparable Intel Core i5-based PC scored 163. FutureMark 3DMark Vantage Performance score for the 2012 AMD A10-4600M on the “Pumori” reference design was 4532 while the comparable Intel Core i5-based PC scored 2012. FutureMark 3DMark 11 score for the 2012 AMD A10-4600M on the “Pumori” reference design was 1151 while the comparable Intel Core i5-based PC was unable to run the benchmark. GFLOPs calculations developed by AMD performance labs measuring compute capacity for the 2012 VISION A10-based notebook which scored 603 GFLOPS while the comparable Intel-based notebook scored 80 GFLOPS. AMD GFLOPs calculated using GFLOPs = CPU GFLOPs + GPU GFLOPs = CPU Core Freq. X Core Count X 8 FLOPS + GPU Core Freq. X DirectX® 11 capable Shader Count X 2 FLOPS. Intel GFLOPS calculated using GFLOPs = CPU Core Freq. X Core Count X 16 FLOPS (using 256-bit AVX instructions); no GPU GFLOPs calculated as Intel “Sandy Bridge” does not have DirectX® 11 capable GPUs. PCMark Vantage 7 Productivity score for the 2012 VISION A10-4600M was 1273 while the while the comparable Intel Core i5-2520M-based PC scored 1363. All test scores rounded to the nearest whole number.

Slide 30, 31 and 34: Based on testing performed by AMD Performance Labs. All battery life calculations are based on a 62.5 Whr battery pack at 98% utilization. System power testing shows a calculated battery life for the AMD E1-1200 in a Windows® idle state to reach 674 minutes. BR-I27

Slide 34: Projections made and testing done by AMD Performance Labs based on a 2012 Brazos 2.0 Design platform. All battery life calculations are based on using a 55 Whr battery pack at 98% utilization. Calculations show for E2-1800 and E1-1800 a Windows Idle battery life of 605 minutes (10.08 hours) as a resting metric. AMD defines “all-day” battery life as 8+ hours of continuous use as measured on the windows idle test.

Slide 35: Testing performed by AMD Performance Labs. The score for the 2012 AMD A10-4600M APU on the “Pumori” reference design for 3D Mark Vantage Performance showed an increase of up to 56% over the 2011 AMD A8-3500M APU. The AMD A10-4600M APU has a score of 4352 and the 2011 A8-3500M has a score of 2788. Scores rounded to the nearest whole number. TRN-2 All performance data for 2012 Mainstream platform for CPU and GPU are based on ES Silicon (Engineering Samples) on the Pumori reference design. Projections assume A10-4600M with AMD Radeon™ HD 7660 Graphics, 4G DDR3-1600 (Dual Channel) Memory and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. The AMD reference design "Torpedo" consisted of the 2011 AMD A8-3500M with AMD Radeon™ HD 6620G Graphics, 4GB DDR3-1333 and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

The 2012 AMD A-Series APUs (formerly codenamed “Trinity”) deliver up to double (2X) the performance per watt of AMD’s previous generation APU platform (formerly codenamed “Llano”).

Testing performed by AMD Performance Labs. The score for the 2012 AMD A6-4455M (ULV-17w) on the “Pumori” reference design for PC Mark Vantage Overall benchmark was 4300 while the 2011 AMD A6-3400M (35w) on the “Torpedo” reference design scores 4545. The 3DMark Vantage Performance score for the same configurations was 2012 AMD A6-4455M (ULV) 2355 and the 2011 AMD A6-3400M scored 2292. Configurations: AMD A6-4455M with AMD Radeon™ HD 7500G Graphics, 4G DDR3-1600 (Dual Channel) Memory and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. Reference platform "Torpedo" with the AMD Quad-Core A6-3400M APU, with AMD Radeon™ HD 6520G graphics, 4 GB (2x2GB) DDR3-1333Mhz system memory, and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. TRN-110


FOOTNOTESSlide 35 con’t: Testing performed by AMD Performance Labs. The score for the 2012 AMD A10-4600M on the “Pumori” reference design for PC Mark Vantage Productivity benchmark shows an increase of up to 29% over the 2011 AMD A8-3500M on the “Torpedo” reference design. The AMD A10-4600M APU has a score of 6125 and the 2011 AMD A8-3500M APU scored 4764. Scores rounded to the nearest whole number. TRN-1 All performance data for 2012 Mainstream platform for CPU and GPU are based on ES Silicon (Engineering Samples) on the Pumori reference design. Projections assume A10-4600M with AMD Radeon™ HD 7660 Graphics, 4G DDR3-1600 (Dual Channel) Memory and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. The AMD reference design "Torpedo" consisted of the 2011 AMD A8-3500M with AMD Radeon™ HD 6620G Graphics, 4GB DDR3-1333 and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

Testing by AMD Performance Labs. The 2012 AMD A-Series platform demonstrated 740 min./12:20 hours of Windows Idle as a resting metric . Battery life calculations based on a 6 cell Li-Ion 62.16Whr battery pack at 98% utilization. AMD defines “all-day” battery life as 8+ hours of continuous use as measured on the Windows Idle test. Testing of the 2012 AMD Mainstream Platform Codename “Comal" used a configuration of “Pumori” reference board, AMD A6-4400M with AMD Radeon™ HD 7520G Graphics, 4G DDR3-1600 (Dual Channel) Memory and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, 1366 x 768 eDP Panel / LED Backlight set at 100 nits, HDD (SATA) – 250GB 5400rpm, 62Whr Battery Pack and Windows 7 Home Premium. TRN-4

Slide 38: AMD Eyefinity technology works with games that support non-standard aspect ratios, which is required for spanning across multiple displays. To enable more than two displays, additional panels with native DisplayPort™ connectors, and/or DisplayPort™ compliant active adapters to convert your monitor’s native input to your cards DisplayPort™ or Mini-DisplayPort™ connector(s), are required. AMD Eyefinity technology can support up to 6 displays using a single enabled AMD Radeon™ GPU with Windows Vista® or Windows® 7 operating systems – the number of displays may vary by system design, and you should confirm exact specifications with the applicable manufacturer before purchase. SLS (“Single Large Surface”) functionality requires an identical display resolution on all configured displays.

Slide 41: AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics requires an AMD “A” series APU plus an AMD Radeon™ discrete graphics configuration and is available on Windows® 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows® 7 Home Premium, and/or Windows® 7 Home Basic OS. Linux OS supports manual switching which requires restart of X-Server to engage and/or disengage the discrete graphics processor for dual graphics capabilities. With AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics, full enablement of all discrete graphics video and display features may not be supported on all systems and may depend on the master device to which the display is connected.

Slide 43: AMD Steady Video is a technology designed to eliminate shakes and jitters during the playback of home video. Users may turn on this technology via the AMD Catalyst Control Center™ or the VISION Engine Control Center application. AMD Steady Video will work with content that can run on Adobe® Flash® Player 10.2 (and later versions) or on any player which has been programed to use AMD’s decode acceleration (DXVA) engine. AMD Steady Video is not designed to (a) isolate overlays, logos or captions, or (b) improve the playback of letter boxed, premium/commercial, or interlaced content. AMD Steady Video is only recommended for use with videos that contain unwanted shakes and jitters.

AMD Quick Stream is a technology designed to prioritize video streaming on PC systems for a smooth, uninterrupted video stream and will work on all 2012 Mainstream and Essential Desktop and Notebook APU based-PCs with internet access. It is implemented at the discretion of OEMs on select PCs. Not all features may be supported on all systems - check with your system manufacturer for specific model capabilities and supported technologies. AMD test configuration included an AMD reference design “Torpedo” with an AMD A8-3510M APU, 4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz, running Windows 7 Pro SP1. The Intel test configuration was an HP DV6T-6000 with an Intel Core i5-2520M, 4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz, running Windows 7 Pro SP1.


CONFIGURATIONS

AMD Configurations:

– Slide 10: — Benchmarking for 2012 A-Series APUs based on the “Pumori” reference design and for battery life benchmark cited includes the AMD A10-4600M with AMD Radeon™ HD 7660G, 14.0" 1366x768 eDP, CMO N140B6-D11 LED Backlight, 2x 2GB DDR3-1333 Memory, 250GB, Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 5400rpm and Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate and 62.16W 6 Cell Li-ion.

– Slide 22, 23 — Benchmarking for 2012 A-Series APUs based on the “Pumori” reference design and for gaming benchmark cited includes the AMD A10-4600M with AMD Radeon™ HD 7660G, screen resolution 1366x768, 4G DDR3-1600 (Dual Channel) Memory and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

– Slide 24 – Benchmarking based on AMD A10-4600M @ 2.3 GHz,, 4G 1333 DDR3 Memory and Windows 7 Pro 64-bit

– Slide 25 — Benchmarking for 2012 A-Series APUs based on reference design and includes the AMD A10-5800K with AMD Radeon™ HD 7660G, screen resolution 1920x1080, 8G DDR3-1866 (Dual Channel) Memory and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. 2011 A-Series based on AMD A8-3850K with AMD Radeon™ HD 6550, screen resolution 1920x1080, 8G DDR3-1866 (Dual Channel) Memory and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

– Slide 28 — Benchmarking for 2012 A-Series APUs based on the “Pumori” reference design and for gaming benchmark cited includes the AMD A10-4600M with AMD Radeon™ HD 7660G, A8-4500M AMD Radeon™ HD 7640G, A6-4400M with AMD Radeon™ HD 7520G, screen resolution 1366x768, 4G DDR3-1600 (Dual Channel) Memory and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

– Slide 29— Benchmarking for 2012 A-Series APUs based on the “Pumori” reference design and for battery life benchmark cited includes the AMD A10-4600M with AMD Radeon™ HD 7660G, 14.0" 1366x768 eDP, CMO N140B6-D11 LED Backlight, 2x 2GB DDR3-1333 Memory, 250GB, Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 5400rpm and Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate and 62.16W 6 Cell Li-ion. For power improvement configurations please contact your AMD representative.


– Slide 38 — Benchmarking for 2012 A-Series APUs based on the “Pumori” reference design and for gaming benchmark cited includes the AMD A10-4600M with AMD Radeon™ HD 7660G, screen resolution 1366x768, 4G DDR3-1600 (Dual Channel) Memory and Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.


– Slide 57 – Benchmarking conducted using Pre-production engineering sample AMD A10-5800K APU with AMD Radeon™ HD 7660D Graphics with AMD Radeon™ HD 6570 using 2x4GB DDR3-1600 with Windows® 7 64 bit on AMD “Annapurna” reference design. All titles tested at 1280x1024.


CONFIGURATIONS

Intel Configurations:

– Slide 10 — Benchmarking HP Pavillion dv6 with Intel Core i5-2520M with Intel HD 3000 Graphics, 14”, 1366x768 LVDS, 32-bit color — LED Backlight, 4G DDR3-1333 (Dual Channel) Memory and Microsoft Windows 7 Pro 64-bit

– Slide 22— Benchmarking based on HP Pavillion dv6 with Intel Core i7-2620M with Intel HD 3000 Graphics, screen resolution 1366x768, 4G DDR3-1333 (Dual Channel) Memory and Windows 7 Pro 64-bit

– Slide 23 — Benchmarking based on HP Pavillion dv6 with Intel Core i7-2720QM with Intel HD 3000 Graphics and with AMD Radeon™ HD 7550M, screen resolution 1366x768, 4G DDR3-1333 (Dual Channel) Memory and Windows 7 Pro 64-bit

– Slide 24 - Benchmarking based on Intel “Ivy Bridge” Core i7-3770K with Intel HD Graphics 4000

– Slide 25 – Benchmarking Intel Core i3-2120, Asus P8H67-M, 2x2GB 1600 DDR3, Driver 8.15.10.2509, Windows 7 64-bit

– Slide 28 — Benchmarking HP EliteBook 8460P with Intel Core i5-2410M with Intel HD 3000 Graphics, 14”, 1366x768 LVDS, 32-bit color — LED Backlight, 4GB (1x4GB DDR3-1333), 320GB, Western Digital WD3200BEKT-00F3T0 7200rpm, Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, HP CC06 Notebook Battery 62Whr 6 Cell, 11.1V, Li-ion.

– Slide 29 — Benchmarking HP EliteBook 8460P with Intel Core i5-2410M with Intel HD 3000 Graphics, 14”, 1366x768 LVDS, 32-bit color — LED Backlight, 4GB (1x4GB DDR3-1333), 320GB, Western Digital WD3200BEKT-00F3T0 7200rpm, Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit, HP CC06 Notebook Battery 62Whr 6 Cell, 11.1V, Li-ion.

– Slides 36 – Benchmarking based on Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.5 GHz with Intel HD 3000 graphics, 4GB DDR-1333 memory and Windows 7 Pro 64-bit

– Slide 38 — Benchmarking HP Pavillion dv6 with Intel Core i5-2520M with Intel HD 3000 Graphics, 14”, 1366x768 LVDS, 32-bit color — LED Backlight, 4G DDR3-1333 (Dual Channel) Memory and Microsoft Windows 7 Pro 64-bit

– Slides 40 – Benchmarking based on Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.5 GHz with Intel HD 3000 graphics, 4GB DDR-1333 memory and Windows 7 Pro 64-bit


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The Second Generation AMD A-Series APU

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