{"id":8794,"date":"2014-03-04T14:12:39","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T13:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=8794"},"modified":"2014-03-04T14:12:39","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T13:12:39","slug":"amd-announces-new-am1-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/8794-amd-announces-new-am1-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD<\/span> Announces New AM1<\/span> Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"
Brings Gra\u00adphics Core Next (GCN<\/span>) gra\u00adphics to AMD<\/span> Ath\u00adlon and AMD<\/span> Sem\u00adpron APU<\/span> pro\u00adducts to World\u00adwi\u00adde Com\u00adpo\u00adnent Chan\u00adnel plat\u00adforms enab\u00adling new power-effi\u00adci\u00adent and fea\u00adture-rich small form fac\u00adtor PCs<\/em><\/div>\n


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\nSUNNYVALE<\/span>, Calif. \u20143\/4\/2014  <\/strong><\/p>\n

AMD<\/span><\/a> (NYSE<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) today announ\u00adced the intro\u00adduc\u00adtion of its AM1<\/span> plat\u00adform fea\u00adturing the AMD<\/span> quad-core and dual-core \u201cKabi\u00adni\u201d APU<\/span> into the com\u00adpo\u00adnent chan\u00adnel for sys\u00adtem buil\u00adders. Com\u00adbi\u00adned with mother\u00adboards from lea\u00adding manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders, the new AM1<\/span> plat\u00adform will deli\u00adver award-win\u00adning Gra\u00adphics Core Next (GCN<\/span>) archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre and AMD<\/span> \u201cJagu\u00adar\u201d CPU<\/span> cores, and bear the AMD<\/span> Ath\u00adlon\u2122 and AMD<\/span> Sem\u00adpron\u2122 APU<\/span> brands. This will crea\u00adte an eco\u00adsys\u00adtem of fle\u00adxi\u00adble and upgrada\u00adble plat\u00adforms at com\u00adpel\u00adling pri\u00adce points that also fea\u00adture USB<\/span> 3.0 and SATA<\/span> 6GB<\/span>\/s sup\u00adport, and microATX and miniITX mother\u00adboards for sleek and power-effi\u00adci\u00adent small form fac\u00adtor PCs. Avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of \u201cKabi\u00adni\u201d desk\u00adtops and com\u00adpon\u00adents are sla\u00adted to be on-shelf in sel\u00adect regi\u00adons begin\u00adning ear\u00adly April, with glo\u00adbal avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty expec\u00adted on April 9.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>AMD<\/span> con\u00adti\u00adnues our APU<\/span> tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy lea\u00adder\u00adship by intro\u00addu\u00adcing the AM1<\/span> plat\u00adform with \u2018Socke\u00adted Kabi\u00adni\u2019, an APU<\/span> desi\u00adgned for the main\u00adstream mar\u00adket,\u201d said Bernd Lien\u00adhard, cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, Cli\u00adent Busi\u00adness Unit, AMD<\/span>. \u201cThe AM1<\/span> plat\u00adform gives us a gre\u00adat oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to deli\u00adver a fle\u00adxi\u00adble infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre envi\u00adron\u00adment, and pro\u00advi\u00addes a multi\u00adtu\u00adde of opti\u00adons for con\u00adsu\u00admers and sys\u00adtem buil\u00adders loo\u00adking for upgradea\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty packed into an extre\u00adme\u00adly afforda\u00adble solution.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Socke\u00adted Kabi\u00adni\u201d allows for excep\u00adtio\u00adnal pro\u00adduc\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty, web brow\u00adsing, and com\u00adpu\u00adte acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon for the lar\u00adger main\u00adstream, emer\u00adging mar\u00adkets loo\u00adking for out\u00adstan\u00adding value and per\u00adfor\u00admance at low power.<\/p>\n

The AMD<\/span> AM1<\/span> plat\u00adform deli\u00advers balan\u00adced com\u00adpu\u00adting with DirectX\u00ae 11.2 and Win\u00addows 8.1 sup\u00adport to main\u00adstream mar\u00adkets. In addi\u00adti\u00adon, mother\u00adboard manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders inclu\u00adding, ASRock, ASUS<\/span>, BIOSTAR<\/span>, ECS<\/span>, Giga\u00adbyte and MSI<\/span> are poi\u00adsed to deli\u00adver a ran\u00adge of next- gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon desk\u00adtop mother\u00adboards based on socket FS1b. The\u00adse mother\u00adboards will sup\u00adport the latest spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons of nati\u00adve USB<\/span> 3.0 and SATA<\/span> 6GB<\/span>\/s for AMD<\/span> Ath\u00adlon and Sem\u00adpron-series APUs for the AM1<\/span> plat\u00adform. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon on AMD<\/span> mother\u00adboard part\u00adners, plea\u00adse visit:<\/p>\n