{"id":6792,"date":"2013-12-23T18:10:44","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T17:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=6792"},"modified":"2013-12-23T18:10:44","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T17:10:44","slug":"new-amd-firepro-professional-graphics-deliver-unprecedented-levels-of-performance-for-new-mac-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/6792-new-amd-firepro-professional-graphics-deliver-unprecedented-levels-of-performance-for-new-mac-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"New AMD<\/span> FirePro Professional Graphics Deliver Unprecedented Levels of Performance for New Mac Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u2500 Dual AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal gra\u00adphics enable Open\u00adCL com\u00adpu\u00adte power matched with 4K<\/span> dis\u00adplay support \u2500<\/div>\n


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\nSUNNYVALE<\/span>, Calif. \u201412\/23\/2013  <\/strong><\/p>\n

AMD<\/span><\/a> (NYSE<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) announ\u00adced dual AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro\u2122 pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal gra\u00adphics solu\u00adti\u00adons (GPUs) deli\u00adver unpre\u00adce\u00adden\u00adted levels of per\u00adfor\u00admance for the new Mac Pro. The AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro\u2122 D300<\/span>, D500<\/span> and D700<\/span> pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal GPUs offer excep\u00adtio\u00adnal com\u00adpu\u00adte power and relia\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty for crea\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty and pro\u00adduc\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty in a wide ran\u00adge of appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. With indus\u00adtry-adopted Open\u00adCL\u2122 (Open Com\u00adpu\u00adting Lan\u00adguage) sup\u00adport, Mac Pro users have the abili\u00adty to seam\u00adless\u00adly edit full-reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon 4K<\/span> video and simul\u00adta\u00adneous\u00adly ren\u00adder effects in the back\u00adground, and still have enough per\u00adfor\u00admance to power up to three high-reso\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon 4K<\/span> dis\u00adplays1<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

The\u00adse new AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro GPUs are built on the strength of AMD<\/span>\u2019s award-win\u00adning Gra\u00adphics Core Next GPU<\/span> design \u2013 an archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre con\u00adcei\u00adved from the ground up to intel\u00adli\u00adgent\u00adly mana\u00adge ren\u00adde\u00adring and com\u00adpu\u00adte workloads. The com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro GPUs and Open\u00adCL\u2013 stron\u00adgly sup\u00adport\u00aded by both Apple and AMD<\/span> \u2013 is desi\u00adgned to deli\u00adver mas\u00adsi\u00adve com\u00adpu\u00adte and gra\u00adphics per\u00adfor\u00admance in one com\u00adpact solution.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We are very proud to offer dual AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal gra\u00adphics in the new Mac Pro to empower users with the power and per\u00adfor\u00admance they need for uncom\u00adpro\u00admi\u00adsing crea\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty and pro\u00adduc\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty,\u201d said Matt Skyn\u00adner, cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, Gra\u00adphics Busi\u00adness Unit, AMD<\/span>. \u201cAMD<\/span> pri\u00addes its\u00adelf on qua\u00adli\u00adty sup\u00adport and deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment for our pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal gra\u00adphics solu\u00adti\u00adons. Backed by award win\u00adning gra\u00adphics tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, we belie\u00adve Mac Pro users will expe\u00adri\u00adence top notch results with AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro GPUs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We are very exci\u00adted to see the per\u00adfor\u00admance that our DaVin\u00adci Resol\u00adve cus\u00adto\u00admers will get with the dual AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro GPUs fea\u00adtured in the new Mac Pro,\u201d said Grant Pet\u00adty, CEO<\/span>, Black\u00adma\u00adgic Design. \u201cThe com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of the Open\u00adCL acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of the AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro with the Mac Pro\u2019s revo\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon in pro desk\u00adtop design and per\u00adfor\u00admance will be abso\u00adlut\u00ade\u00adly ama\u00adzing for video and film professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We real\u00adly enjoy\u00aded working with AMD<\/span> to maxi\u00admi\u00adze MARI<\/span>\u2019s per\u00adfor\u00admance on the new Mac Pro. We\u2019\u00adve seen some of the best per\u00adfor\u00admance out of the box from MARI<\/span> with the dual Fire\u00adPro GPUs in the Mac Pro,\u201d said Jack Gre\u00adas\u00adley, MARI<\/span> Pro\u00adduct Mana\u00adger at The Foundry.<\/p>\n

The dual AMD<\/span> Fire\u00adPro GPU<\/span> opti\u00adons for Mac Pro fea\u00adture up to 6GB<\/span> of VRAM<\/span> and up to 2048 stream pro\u00adces\u00adsors per GPU<\/span>, matched with top con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons capa\u00adble of up to 7 tera\u00adflops of com\u00adpu\u00adting power. OpenGL and Open\u00adCL are opti\u00admi\u00adzed in OS<\/span> X\u00ae Mavericks to levera\u00adge the full com\u00adpu\u00adting power of the Mac Pro and dual GPUs.<\/p>\n

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