{"id":13182,"date":"2014-11-11T15:09:33","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T14:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=13182"},"modified":"2014-11-11T15:09:33","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T14:09:33","slug":"amd-embedded-g-series-soc-gives-new-gizmo-2-development-board-a-boost-in-performance-for-diy-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/13182-amd-embedded-g-series-soc-gives-new-gizmo-2-development-board-a-boost-in-performance-for-diy-developers\/","title":{"rendered":"<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Embedded G\u2011Series SoC Gives New Gizmo 2 Development Board a Boost in Performance for <span class=\"caps\">DIY<\/span> Developers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Open source sin\u00adgle board com\u00adpu\u00adter from Giz\u00admo\u00adSphe\u00adre offers fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty and per\u00adfor\u00admance for embedded, <span class=\"caps\">DIY<\/span> and advan\u00adced hob\u00adby\u00adist markets<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"caps\">SUNNYVALE<\/span>, Calif. \u2014 Nov. 11, 2014 \u2014 <\/strong><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> (<span class=\"caps\">NYSE<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>) today announ\u00adced the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Embedded G\u2011Series Sys\u00adtem-on-Chip (SoC) is powe\u00adring the new Giz\u00admo 2 deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment board from Giz\u00admo\u00adSphe\u00adre, a non\u00adpro\u00adfit deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment board com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty. Giz\u00admo 2 is a second-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon, open source deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment board, offe\u00adring embedded pro\u00adgramm\u00aders and advan\u00adced DIY\u00aders out\u00adstan\u00adding com\u00adpu\u00adte and gra\u00adphics per\u00adfor\u00admance on a sin\u00adgle plat\u00adform for a wide ran\u00adge of Linux and Win\u00addows based deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment projects.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>The <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Embedded G\u2011Series SoC pro\u00adces\u00adsor com\u00adbi\u00adnes a powerful and effi\u00adci\u00adent <span class=\"caps\">CPU<\/span> and <span class=\"caps\">GPU<\/span> on a sin\u00adgle chip, making Giz\u00admo 2 ide\u00adal for both DIY\u00aders and pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnals loo\u00adking to go bey\u00adond the ent\u00adry-level per\u00adfor\u00admance available with most of today\u2019s <span class=\"caps\">DIY<\/span> boards,\u201d said Kamal Khou\u00adri, direc\u00adtor of mar\u00adke\u00adting, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Embedded Solu\u00adti\u00adons. \u201cGiz\u00admo 2 offers cut\u00adting-edge com\u00adpu\u00adte per\u00adfor\u00admance and excep\u00adtio\u00adnal gra\u00adphics pro\u00adces\u00adsing, enab\u00adling the explo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of new ide\u00adas in sci\u00adence and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, while encou\u00adra\u00adging inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon around mul\u00adti\u00adco\u00adre hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous computing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Based on the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">GX-210HA<\/span> dual-core pro\u00adces\u00adsor, Giz\u00admo 2 is more powerful than its pre\u00adde\u00adces\u00adsor, cou\u00adpling a 1.0 GHz <span class=\"caps\">CPU<\/span> and 300 MHz <span class=\"caps\">GPU<\/span> while only dra\u00adwing 9 watts <span class=\"caps\">TDP<\/span> on a com\u00adpact, 4\u2011inch by 4\u2011inch board. Giz\u00admo 2 is one of the hig\u00adhest per\u00adforming deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment boards available with 85 <span class=\"caps\">GFLOPS<\/span> per\u00adfor\u00admance, ide\u00adal for tho\u00adse loo\u00adking to sup\u00adple\u00adment or replace ent\u00adry-level plat\u00adforms. Foun\u00added on an open source, com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty-based eco\u00adsys\u00adtem, Giz\u00admo 2 hard\u00adware sche\u00adma\u00adtics, Ger\u00adber for\u00admat files and bill-of-mate\u00adri\u00adals (<span class=\"caps\">BOM<\/span>) will be open-sourced to the Giz\u00admo\u00adSphe\u00adre and Element14 com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty for tho\u00adse loo\u00adking to design and build a cus\u00adtom&nbsp;board.<\/p>\n<p>Fea\u00adtures of the Giz\u00admo 2 board include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"caps\">HDMI<\/span> video\/audio output<\/li>\n<li>1 <span class=\"caps\">GB<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">DDR3-1600<\/span> memory<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"caps\">HD<\/span> audio in\/out<\/li>\n<li>mSATA\/mini PCIe Connector<\/li>\n<li>microSD card&nbsp;slot<\/li>\n<li>Onboard Giga\u00adbit Ethernet<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"caps\">USB<\/span> 3 (2) and 2 (2) connectors<\/li>\n<li>Sup\u00adport for DirectX\u00ae 11.1, OpenGL 4.2x and Open\u00adCL\u2122 1.2, enab\u00adling par\u00adal\u00adlel processing<\/li>\n<li>Error-Cor\u00adrec\u00adtion Code (<span class=\"caps\">ECC<\/span>) memo\u00adry support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The board is available world\u00adwi\u00adde for $199 (<span class=\"caps\">USD<\/span>) through Giz\u00admo\u00adsphe\u00adre and the Element14 com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty. Giz\u00admo\u00adSphe\u00adre pro\u00advi\u00addes com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty forums for deve\u00adlo\u00adpers to find and share infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon on Giz\u00admo 2, plus examp\u00adles and tips on deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment pro\u00adjects. To learn more about Giz\u00admo\u00adSphe\u00adre, or to purcha\u00adse a Giz\u00admo 2 board, plea\u00adse visit www.GizmoSphere.org.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sup\u00adport\u00ading Resources&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmosphere.org\/\">Giz\u00admo&nbsp;2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Learn more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/Documents\/AMDGSeriesSOCProductBrief.pdf\"><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Embedded G\u2011Series SoC<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Beco\u00adme a fan of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AMDDeutschland?brand_redir=1\"><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span><\/a> on Facebook<\/li>\n<li>Fol\u00adlow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/user?screen_name=AMDembedded\">@AMDEmbedded<\/a> on Twitter<\/li>\n<li>Join <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/%2BAMD\/posts\"> <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span><\/a> on Google+<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>About <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> (<span class=\"caps\">NYSE<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>) designs and inte\u00adgra\u00adtes tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy that powers mil\u00adli\u00adons of intel\u00adli\u00adgent devices, inclu\u00adding per\u00adso\u00adnal com\u00adpu\u00adters, tablets, game con\u00adso\u00adles and cloud ser\u00advers that defi\u00adne the new era of sur\u00adround com\u00adpu\u00adting. <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> solu\u00adti\u00adons enable peo\u00adp\u00adle ever\u00ady\u00adwhe\u00adre to rea\u00adli\u00adze the full poten\u00adti\u00adal of their favo\u00adri\u00adte devices and appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons to push the boun\u00adda\u00adries of what is pos\u00adsi\u00adble. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\">www.amd.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>About Giz\u00admo\u00adSphe\u00adre <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Giz\u00admo\u00adSphe\u00adre is an inde\u00adpen\u00addent initia\u00adti\u00adve crea\u00adted to meet the open source deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment needs of embedded deve\u00adlo\u00adpers around the glo\u00adbe. It ser\u00adves as a resour\u00adce cen\u00adter pro\u00advi\u00adding documentation,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">down\u00adloads, sche\u00adma\u00adtics, news and other infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon per\u00adti\u00adnent to the embedded deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty. Giz\u00admo\u00adSphe\u00adre offers Giz\u00admo 2, which brings the power of a super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter and the I\/O capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties of a micro\u00adcon\u00adtrol\u00adler to the x86 open source embedded deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty in one con\u00adve\u00adni\u00adent, afforda\u00adble packa\u00adge. For details, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmosphere.org\"> www.gizmosphere.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><em>\u2014<\/em><em>30<\/em><em>\u2014<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><em><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>, the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Arrow logo, and com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adons the\u00adreof are trade\u00admarks of Advan\u00adced Micro Devices, Inc. Other pro\u00adduct names are for iden\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon pur\u00adpo\u00adses only and may be trade\u00admarks of their respec\u00adti\u00adve com\u00adpa\u00adnies. Open\u00adCL and the Open\u00adCL logo are trade\u00admarks of Apple Inc., and are used by per\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adon of Khronos.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open source sin\u00adgle board com\u00adpu\u00adter from Giz\u00admo\u00adSphe\u00adre offers fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty and per\u00adfor\u00admance for embedded, <span class=\"caps\">DIY<\/span> and advan\u00adced hob\u00adby\u00adist mar\u00adkets (\u2026) <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/13182-amd-embedded-g-series-soc-gives-new-gizmo-2-development-board-a-boost-in-performance-for-diy-developers\/\">Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen&nbsp;\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13183,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13182\/revisions\/13183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}