─ 2015 AMD Mobile Roadmap adds
“Carrizo” and “Carrizo-L” SoCs to APU lineup ─
Dubai United Arab Emirates — November. 20, 2014 — AMD (NYSE: AMD) today at its Future of Compute event
announced the addition of its first high performance system-on-a-chip (SoC), codenamed “Carrizo”, and a mainstream SoC codenamed
“Carrizo-L” as part of the company’s 2015 AMD Mobile APU family roadmap. In
collaboration with hardware and software partners, these new 2015 AMD Mobile
APUs are designed as complete solutions for gaming, productivity applications,
and ultra high-definition 4K experiences. With support for Microsoft®
DirectX® 12, OpenCL® 2.0, AMD’s Mantle API, AMD FreeSync,
and support for Microsoft’s upcoming Windows® 10 operating system,
the 2015 AMD Mobile APU family enables the experiences consumers expect.
“We continue to
innovate and build upon our existing IP to deliver great products for our
customers,” said John Byrne, senior vice president and general manager, Computing
and Graphics business group, AMD. “AMD’s commitment to graphics and compute
performance, as expressed by our goal to improve APU energy efficiency 25x by
2020, combines with the latest industry standards and fresh innovation to drive
the design of the 2015 AMD Mobile APU family. We are excited about the
experiences these new APUs will bring and look forward to sharing more details
in the first half of next year.”
The flagship “Carrizo”
processor will integrate the new x86 CPU core codenamed “Excavator” with next
generation AMD Radeon™ graphics in the world’s first Heterogeneous Systems
Architecture (HSA) 1.0 compliant SoC. The “Carrizo-L” SoC integrates the CPU
codenamed “Puma+” with AMD Radeon™ R-Series GCN GPUs and is intended for
mainstream configurations. In addition, an AMD Secure Processor will be
integrated into the “Carrizo” and “Carrizo-L” APUs, enabling ARM®
TrustZone® across the entire family, enabling the security commercial
customers and consumers expect. Utilizing a single package infrastructure for
“Carrizo” and “Carrizo-L”, the 2015 AMD Mobile APU family simplifies partner
designs across a broad range of commercial and consumer mobile systems.
“Carrizo” and
“Carrizo-L,” are scheduled to ship in 1H 2015, with laptop and All-in-One
systems based on the 2015 AMD Mobile APU family expected in market by mid-year
2015.
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