AMD announces a dual-core 6W x86 chip for fanless applications

AMD為無風扇應用發布雙核6瓦x86處理器

July30,2013——Chip designer AMD has announced a dual-core x86 system on chip (SoC) that has a 6W power rating for fanless industrial applications.

7月30日消息——芯片廠商AMD發布了一款雙核x86系統芯片，該芯片額定功率為6W，可用于無風扇的工業應用。

AMD's G series SoCs are the firm's main low-power chips that are intended for use in industrial applications such as automation, thin clients, industrial tablets and casino gaming machines. The firm has announced the GX-210JA dual-core 1GHz x86 SoC with a 6W TDP, and it claims an average power usage of 3W allowing it to be used in fanless tablets.

AMD的G系列系統芯片是該公司主要的低功耗芯片，主要用于自動化、瘦客戶機、工業平板電腦和博彩機等工業應用。AMD發布的GX-210JA雙核1GHz x86系統芯片的熱設計功耗是6W，其宣稱平均功耗為3W，可以用于無風扇的平板電腦中。

AMD has already said that it is working on ARM based embedded processors but its x86 embedded chips are likely to remain a key focus and sales generator for the firm for some time yet. AMD's ability to ramp power down power to 6W for a dual-core x86 processor that includes a Radeon HD 8180 GPU clocked at 225MHz, support for ECC memory and an integrated I/O controller is impressive.

AMD曾表示正研制基于ARM的嵌入式處理器，但是其x86嵌入式芯片在一段時間內仍可能是其關注的重點和銷售的推動因素。AMD能夠把雙核x86處理器的耗電量降低到6W，展示了其深厚的技術能力，該雙核x86處理器包括一個主頻為255MHz的Radeon HD 8180 GPU，支持ECC內存和一個集成的I/O控制器。

AMD also announced a further five G Series SoCs including the 9W dual-core GX-210HA, which has the same 1GHz clock speed on the x86 cores but sees the GPU clock speed bumped up to 300MHz. The firm told that the chip can also be used in fanless designs.

AMD另外還發布了五款G系列系統芯片，包括9瓦的雙核GX-210HA芯片。該芯片采用x86內核，主頻也是1GHz，不過該GPU的主頻可最多提高到300MHz。AMD稱，這種芯片也能夠用于無風扇設計。

AMD VP and GM of Embedded Systems Arun Iyengar said, "AMD Embedded G-Series SoC products offer unparalleled compute, graphics and I/O integration, resulting in fewer board components, low-power use, and reduced complexity and overhead cost.

AMD副總裁兼嵌入式系統總經理Arun Iyengar表示，AMD嵌入式G系列系統芯片產品提供了無以倫比的計算、圖形和I/O集成，從而實現更少的電路板組件，降低應用功耗，并減少復雜性和成本。

"The new GX-210JA operates at an average of approximately three watts, enabling a new generation of fanless designs for content-rich, multimedia and traditional workload processing."

Dell's Wyse division, one of the biggest thin client vendors, said it is looking at AMD's GX-210JA for its products.

全球最大的瘦客戶機供應商之一的戴爾Wyse業務部表示正考慮在其產品中采用AMD的GX-210JA芯片，“新的GX-210JA芯片工作的平均耗電量約為3瓦，能夠實現新一代的無風扇設計，適合內容較多的、多媒體和傳統工作負載的處理。”

For AMD, producing dual-core x86 chips down to 6W TDP verified for demanding industrial applications should provide a springboard for the firm's other upcoming chips that are intended for fanless consumer electronics devices.

對于AMD來說，為要求苛刻的工業應用生產熱設計功耗為6W的雙核x86芯片，為公司將來生產用于無風扇消費電子設備的芯片，無疑提供了一個很好的跳板。