AMD’s Chipsets with support for DirectX 11 will not before 2011

AMD has implemented support for DirectX 11 API in its chipsets with integrated graphics in 2011. That such information is contained on the slides presentation dedicated to market for new hardware platforms AMD for desktop and laptop computers.

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According to network sources such as computers internet blog, in the second quarter of next year, AMD’s announcement outlined a platform, code-named Leo for performance desktops. It will consist of six-core chips Thuban, are manufactured according to 45-nanometer technology. Design Thuban implies 3 MB of cache memory in the second level (512 KB per core), 6 MB of total cache in the third level and controller that supports dual-channel DDR3-1333. For the mass segment of the desktop AMD, is expected in 2010 will offer a platform Dorado with quad-core chips.

In 2011 AMD has scheduled a presentation of desktop platforms Scorpius and Lynx. The latter involves the use of hybrid processors Llano, manufactured according to 32-nanometer technique. Llano will have four processing cores and integrated graphics controller with support for DirectX 11 API.

In the notebook segment of the 2010-th company identified issue platforms, codenamed “Danube and the Nile. They will include processors, manufactured in the 45-nanometer technology and numbering to respectively four and two nuclei.

Finally, in 2011, is expected to see the light mobile platform Sabine, the main component of which will be above the chip Llano. Around the same time, there will be new chipsets with support for DirectX 11 and technology Unified Video Decoder (UVD) 3.0 for notebooks. Sabine platform provides use of a 32-nanometer manufacturing techniques.


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