AMD's ATI Radeon E4690 brings HD, DirectX 10.1 support to embedded GPU arena
By Darren Murph 
posted Jun 1st 2009 8:56AM
posted Jun 1st 2009 8:56AM
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Would this be similar to nvidia's ion platform?
just with dedicated memory?
Considering the article said we won't be seeing it in netbooks, nope, it'd be highly dissimilar.
I'm guessing this is a heavier-weight solution - and Ion is already pretty heavyweight for a netbook. But AMD's website appears to have no information whatever about power consumption (of the chip or the module), or maybe I didn't look long enough... Anyone know?
"Would this be similar to nvidia's ion platform?"
Not at all - this is a discrete GPU, such as that you would put on a PCI express card.
It's not a CPU, nor a chipset.
@Fnuky
This is an integrated GPU it will be soldered onto motherboards, most likely for laptops or AIO desktops.
The terms "integrated" and "embedded" are pretty unhelpful here.
"Embedded", in this context, does not mean "embedded in the CPU" - it just means AMD are targeting products which are not general purpose computers - they need some kind of PC embedded inside them to make them run.
The RAM is "integrated" onto the same package as the GPU silicon, but it's not "integrated graphics". This is a complete dedicated graphics card on a single chip.
As such, this targets small form factor mobile and industrial products where space is at a premium. Most laptop / all-in-one motherboard designers would take the discrete, non-MCM version of the GPU and just stick the RAM on the motherboard. But it would not be shared with the main system RAM.
I repeat - this is nothing to do with nVidia's Ion, Intel's Atom or any integrated graphics chipsets!
It is, however, very impressive that they can stick half a GB of high-speed graphics RAM onto the same 35x35mm package as the GPU!
Yeah umm, embedded computers are very much not desktops/laptops/netbooks/whatever. I don't think this will go inside anything besides, as Engadget said, arcade cabinets.
There goes Ion.
this looks great of HTPC platforms. We have been limited to Radeon 3300 thus far, but one has really needed at least an HD 4550 chip for the best results. Hopefully, this will fit the bill.
Looks like AMD is finally playing "catch up". Hopefully this is the beginning of lots of new AMD products.
What exactly is this GPU catching up to?
35nm? wow....
35mm not 35nm.
No, 35mm millimeter that is the physical size unless Engadget put in a typo. I don't believe AMD is quite ready for 35nm considering they 4770 just came out and it is 40nm.
I want Quake ported to my slot machine
When I finish a level, I get to pull the handle and get my prize.
I hope that this supports openCl for gpu computing. The 4600 series supports this, but I don't know if this one counts.
I for one would be thankful enough if this thing can or will kill ALL current Intel integrated >solutions< once and for all....People aren't getting their money's worth at every mainstream/reasonably priced laptops/notebooks with those.
why do you think people aren't 'getting their money's worth'?
Intel's graphics are good enough for most people because most people don't need graphics chips to do much (at least if you run XP or OS X, don't know about vista). Most people don't play games beyond what runs in a browser, so they don't need a fancy graphics chip. Intel graphics is perfectly fine for web browsing and crap like that. I mean I've got no idea what graphics chip is in this work PC... *checks*... surprise, it's an Intel. And graphics performance is *so* not my problem with this PC...
In other words I agree intel graphics are awful, but most people who actually care about graphics (ie gamers) would know that and buy something better. A majority of the people with Intel graphics, on the other hand, probably wouldn't benefit from anything better.
Finally a intergrated GPU that could be used in laptops. I want gaming graphics in a laptop, I know there is the alienware gaming laptops but they ar ejust too big. The closest thing to a laptop with bot portability and graphics power is the Dell Studio XPS 13. Though the studio 13 only has a Nvidia 9500 with 256mb dedicated graphics.
Every gpu nowadays has h264 acceleration, which is good and all. But now I want Flash h264 acceleration! Yes, I'm talking to you, Adobe.
Oh lawdy. My heart just about jumped out when I misread 35mm as 35nm.
Can it play full screen HD flash Youtube videos of Crysis?