http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/ Engadget Comments for AMD's ATI Radeon E4690 brings HD, DirectX 10.1 support to embedded GPU arena http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/Jun 1st 2009 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/Jun 1st 2009 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/
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? ]]>Jun 1st 2009 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/
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. ]]>Jun 1st 2009 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/
This is an integrated GPU it will be soldered onto motherboards, most likely for laptops or AIO desktops.]]>Jun 1st 2009 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/
"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!]]>Jun 1st 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/Jun 1st 2009 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/Jun 1st 2009 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/Jun 1st 2009 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/Jun 1st 2009 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/Jun 1st 2009 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/Jun 1st 2009 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/Jun 1st 2009 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/Jun 1st 2009 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/
When I finish a level, I get to pull the handle and get my prize.]]>Jun 1st 2009 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/Jun 1st 2009 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/solutions< once and for all....People aren't getting their money's worth at every mainstream/reasonably priced laptops/notebooks with those.]]>Jun 1st 2009 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/
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.]]>Jun 1st 2009 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/]]>Jun 1st 2009 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/Jun 1st 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/Jun 1st 2009 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/01/amds-ati-radeon-e4690-brings-hd-directx-10-1-support-to-embedd/Jun 2nd 2009 1:04AM