ATI launches E2400 MXM-II 256Mb GDDR3 mobile chip

http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=228207

http://www.amd.com/us-en/ConnectivitySolutions/ProductInformation/0,,50_2330_14884_15393,00.html

Softpedia also mentions 40 stream processors, up from the 32 stream processors of the 8600m GT.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-...s-for-the-Embedded-Systems-Market-76829.shtml

and btw, what is the 'embedded' market??

AMD (NYSE: AMD - News) today introduced the ATI Radeon™ E2400, a high-performance graphic processing unit that delivers the latest 2D, 3D and multimedia graphics performance to the embedded market in a solution that reduces footprint, reduces design complexity, and helps speed time to market. The benefits of the ATI Radeon E2400 make it ideal for demanding embedded graphics applications such as test and instrumentation, human machine interfaces (such as Kiosks, Point-of-Sale, and Automated Teller Machines), display walls, patient monitoring, casino and arcade gaming, and various multi-display applications. The new graphics technology is backed by a planned five-year availability and long-term support offering reliability for a variety of applications on operating systems featuring Microsoft DirectX® 10 and OpenGL 2.0.

“Embedded designers don’t have to be satisfied with the performance of low-end graphics devices just because their designs are space constrained or require extended availability and support,” said Richard Jaenicke, Director of Embedded Graphics for AMD. “With the input of major original equipment manufacturers and platform developers, we have designed the ATI Radeon E2400 from the start to deliver high graphics performance while meeting the unique requirements of the embedded market.”

ATI Radeon E2400 offers exceptional performance and flexibility in a compact package size for a wide variety of high quality graphics applications. Built on 65nm process technology, the ATI Radeon E2400 includes AMD’s revolutionary Unified Shader Architecture with support for Microsoft DirectX 10 allowing customers to develop advanced content for many applications. The device package incorporates 128MB of on-chip GDDR3 memory for graphic-intensive applications, eliminating the space, effort, and cost of external memory designs.

For designs that require a low profile solution in space constrained environments, AMD offers the ATI Radeon™ E2400 MXM-II module based on the open standard MXM-II specifications. This compact graphics subsystem provides a documented upgrade path while enabling a plug-in solution for fast time-to-market. ATI Radeon E2400 MXM-II uses the ATI Radeon E2400 core and 256MB GDDR3 memory.

The ATI Radeon E2400 is scheduled to ship this month in production quantities. AMD will showcase the product both at Embedded World 2008 in Hall 9 Stand 9-231, February 26-28, 2008 in Nuremberg, Germany, and at Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley in booth 1036, April 14-18, 2008 in San Jose, California.


---The only part that really confused me was 'casino and arcade gaming' wtf?? What about graphics intensive gaming? Is this a gaming card or some kind of quadro-like card?

 

wow this looks like good stuff from AMD. how come i have never heard of this gpu before?

 

The only part that really confused me was 'casino and arcade gaming' wtf??---

That means you will be able to play Wii like minigames and subtle rehashed titles.

 

Cool, everything looks awesome about the card besides the cripple bus-width which is only at 64-bit. :/
EDIT: after reading a bit more, the article seems to contradicts itself.

So, it is 256, or 128 mb of GDDR3 memory it carries as dedicated memory? so confusing.

 

just the 64-bit bandwidth itself makes this card a weakling...

 

altho it's only 64bit, I think if they offer a competitive price like they always do...it can raise the entire performance standard for low to mid-range laptops!

looking forward to it ^_^

 

Embedded display graphics products are for casino gaming, industrial markets etc.
I don't think that the E2400 is for home users

 

my guess is that if you take the GPU itself without the MXM-II card to put in who knows what --- a casino game? It has 128MB of memory, but on the card there is an additional 128, or 256 for a total of 384, not really sure, just my guess.

 

yeah that's probably why they said casino gaming then... that would make sense. lol just imagine the next generation of casino games... 3d, dx10 slot machines...

 

and casinos need DX10 why?

 

I have no idea, it says so on the ATI website

 

AThe articles states that:
"support for Microsoft DirectX 10 allowing customers to develop advanced content for many applications."
Good looking casino games?