{"id":6805,"date":"2009-05-15T07:18:55","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T07:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=6805"},"modified":"2009-05-15T07:18:55","modified_gmt":"2009-05-15T07:18:55","slug":"pr-amd-delivers-the-worlds-first-1-ghz-graphics-processor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/pr-amd-delivers-the-worlds-first-1-ghz-graphics-processor\/","title":{"rendered":"(PR) AMD Delivers the World&#8217;s First 1 GHz Graphics Processor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><\/b>Building on the success of the recently launched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/us-en\/0,,3715_15992,00.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.amd.com\/us-en\/0,,3715_15992,00.html', 'ATI Radeon\u2122 HD 4890 graphics card']);\" >ATI Radeon\u2122 HD 4890 graphics card<\/a> &#8212; driven by the world\u2019s most powerful graphics processor<sup>1<\/sup> &#8212; AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced availability of a factory overclocked graphics processor that is the first to break the 1 Gigahertz (GHz) barrier using standard air-cooling solutions. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>With this product, AMD achieves a notable engineering milestone as the first graphics company to break the 1 GHz barrier. <\/li>\n<li>The new ATI Radeon\u2122 HD 4890 utilizes advanced <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/us-en\/Corporate\/VirtualPressRoom\/0,,51_104_543%7E125849,00.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.amd.com\/us-en\/Corporate\/VirtualPressRoom\/0,,51_104_543%7E125849,00.html', 'GDDR5 memory']);\" >GDDR5 memory<\/a> and a 1 GHz clock speed to deliver 1.6 <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Teraflop\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Teraflop', 'TeraFLOPs']);\" >TeraFLOPs<\/a> of compute power, 50 percent more than that of the competition\u2019s best single-GPU solution<sup>2<\/sup>. With this level of raw compute power, the1 GHz ATI Radeon HD 4890 is set to deliver new levels of general purpose GPU-accelerated performance in ATI Stream applications such as video transcoding and post processing. <\/li>\n<li>This new version of the ATI Radeon\u2122 HD 4890 marks the latest addition to the award-winning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/us-en\/0,,3715_15721,00.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.amd.com\/us-en\/0,,3715_15721,00.html', 'ATI Radeon\u2122 HD 4000 series']);\" >ATI Radeon\u2122 HD 4000 series<\/a> delivered by AMD technology partners Sapphire, XFX, Asus and TUL. <\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RlkIQNEWBQI&amp;feature=channel_page\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RlkIQNEWBQI&amp;feature=channel_page', 'advanced design']);\" >advanced design<\/a> of the ATI Radeon HD 4890 delivers an amazing gaming experience in the latest games, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=obwKl1Fi1yQ&amp;feature=channel_page\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=obwKl1Fi1yQ&amp;feature=channel_page', 'ground-breaking DirectX\u00ae 10.1 titles']);\" >ground-breaking DirectX\u00ae 10.1 titles<\/a> such as <a href=\"http:\/\/hawxgame.us.ubi.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/hawxgame.us.ubi.com\/', 'Ubisoft\u2019s Tom Clancy\u2019s H.A.W.X.\u2122']);\" >Ubisoft\u2019s Tom Clancy\u2019s H.A.W.X.\u2122<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/investor.ea.com\/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=372813\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/investor.ea.com\/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=372813', 'Electronic Art\u2019s BattleForge\u2122']);\" >Electronic Art\u2019s BattleForge\u2122<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sega.co.uk\/stormrise\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.sega.co.uk\/stormrise\/', 'SEGA\u2019s Stormrise\u2122']);\" >SEGA\u2019s Stormrise\u2122<\/a> released last month, as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/cs.stalker-game.com\/en\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/cs.stalker-game.com\/en\/', 'GSC Gameworld\u2019s S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear Sky']);\" >GSC Gameworld\u2019s S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear Sky<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a7-_Uj0o2aI\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a7-_Uj0o2aI', 'When compared to DirectX 10 game play']);\" >When compared to DirectX 10 game play<\/a>, DirectX 10.1 games have proven to deliver higher game performance and an improved visual experience. In addition, these cards feature support for open standards like <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OpenGL\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OpenGL', 'OpenGL3']);\" >OpenGL3<\/a> with DirectX\u00ae 10-like hardware extensions, and the recently ratified <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OpenCL\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OpenCL', 'OpenCL']);\" >OpenCL<\/a> specification. <\/li>\n<li>The ATI Radeon HD 4890 supports advanced game physics. At the 2009 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdconf.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.gdconf.com\/', 'Game Developers Conference']);\" >Game Developers Conference<\/a> in San Francisco, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.havok.com\/content\/view\/679\/40\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.havok.com\/content\/view\/679\/40\/', 'Havok']);\" >Havok<\/a> and AMD demonstrated the first implementation of OpenCL running on AMD graphics processors. In the demonstration, Havok\u2019s physics technology delivered complex and realistic simulations of real-world materials like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.havok.com\/content\/view\/679\/40\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.havok.com\/content\/view\/679\/40\/', 'cloth']);\" >cloth<\/a>, demonstrating the potential for increased realism in forthcoming games. <\/li>\n<li>To date, the ATI Radeon HD 4890 card has won numerous awards, including the prestigious <a href=\"http:\/\/enthusiast.hardocp.com\/article.html?art=MTYzNiwxMSwsaGVudGh1c2lhc3Q+\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/enthusiast.hardocp.com\/article.html?art=MTYzNiwxMSwsaGVudGh1c2lhc3Q+', 'Editor\u2019s Choice Gold Award']);\" >Editor\u2019s Choice Gold Award<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hardocp.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.hardocp.com\/', 'HardOCP']);\" >HardOCP<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/hothardware.com\/Articles\/ATI-Radeon-HD-4890-RV790-Unveiled\/?page=10\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/hothardware.com\/Articles\/ATI-Radeon-HD-4890-RV790-Unveiled\/?page=10', 'HotHardware Recommended Award']);\" >HotHardware Recommended Award<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tweaktown.com\/articles\/2702\/gigabyte_radeon_hd_4890_1gb_graphics_card\/index18.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.tweaktown.com\/articles\/2702\/gigabyte_radeon_hd_4890_1gb_graphics_card\/index18.html', 'Editor\u2019s Choice Award']);\" >Editor\u2019s Choice Award<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tweaktown.com\/index.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.tweaktown.com\/index.html', 'Tweaktown']);\" >Tweaktown<\/a>, among others. The accolades speak to the excitement around the product and to the continued strength of the discrete graphics market overall, something analyst <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonpeddie.com\/about\/who-we-are\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.jonpeddie.com\/about\/who-we-are', 'Dr. Jon Peddie']);\" >Dr. Jon Peddie<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonpeddie.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.jonpeddie.com\/', 'Jon Peddie Research']);\" >Jon Peddie Research<\/a> predicts will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h4cPPacgxSM&amp;feature=channel\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h4cPPacgxSM&amp;feature=channel', 'continue to play a strong role']);\" >continue to play a strong role<\/a> in the computing industry. <\/li>\n<li>As a result of the worldwide accolades from media, developers, enthusiasts and fans, AMD released an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NFSUh8OjO-0\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NFSUh8OjO-0', '\u201cinside look\u201d']);\" >\u201cinside look\u201d<\/a> at how the card was made and what it means for gamers. The card marks a new aspect to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/us-en\/0,,3715_15943,00.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.amd.com\/us-en\/0,,3715_15943,00.html', 'AMD \u201cDragon\u201d desktop platform']);\" >AMD \u201cDragon\u201d desktop platform<\/a> technology, providing an even more powerful single GPU desktop graphics option to OEMs, channel partners, and do-it-yourself (DIY) consumers. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThroughout the 40-year history of AMD, we have continually focused on technology firsts that deliver superior value to the customer,\u201d said Rick Bergman, senior vice president, Products Group, AMD. \u201cThe 1GHz ATI Radeon HD 4890 continues that tradition by increasing the performance and compute power of our flagship single-GPU solution, ensuring a great experience whether our customers are playing the latest DirectX 10.1 game or running GPU accelerated applications built with OpenCL.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Ecosystem support<\/b>     <br \/>The ATI Radeon HD 4890 graphics card is supported by a dozen add-in-board companies offering a variety of custom board and cooling solutions. Technology partners include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asus.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.asus.com\/', 'ASUS']);\" >ASUS<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.club3d.nl\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.club3d.nl\/', 'Club 3D']);\" >Club 3D<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diamondmm.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.diamondmm.com\/', 'Diamond Multimedia']);\" >Diamond Multimedia<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.force3d.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.force3d.com\/', 'Force3D']);\" >Force3D<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gecube.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.gecube.com\/', 'GECUBE']);\" >GECUBE<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gigabyte.com.tw\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.gigabyte.com.tw\/', 'Gigabyte']);\" >Gigabyte<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hisdigital.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.hisdigital.com\/', 'HIS (Hightech Information Systems)']);\" >HIS (Hightech Information Systems)<\/a>, ITC, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jetway.com.tw\/jw\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.jetway.com.tw\/jw\/', 'Jetway']);\" >Jetway<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msi.com\/language\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.msi.com\/language\/', 'MSI']);\" >MSI<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palit.biz\/main\/index.php?lang=us\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.palit.biz\/main\/index.php?lang=us', 'Palit Multimedia']);\" >Palit Multimedia<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powercolor.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.powercolor.com\/', 'PowerColor']);\" >PowerColor<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sapphiretech.com\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.sapphiretech.com\/', 'SAPPHIRE Technology']);\" >SAPPHIRE Technology<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xfxforce.com\/en-us\/Home.aspx\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.xfxforce.com\/en-us\/Home.aspx', 'XFX']);\" >XFX<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what partners are saying about the overclocked edition of the ATI Radeon HD 4890 graphics card:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Achieving air-cooled clock speeds of 1 GHz with our Vapor-X cooler immediately puts the new Sapphire HD 4890 Atomic Edition graphics card in an overclocking class of its own,\u201d said Adrian Thomson, vice president, Marketing, Sapphire. \u201cAt 150 MHz above stock speeds, this card will unlock new levels of performance and allow gamers to push the latest DirectX 10.1 titles to new highs in image quality and frame rates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cXFX is renowned for its ability to design and deliver high-performance graphics products, expertly overclocked to maximize every aspect of the GPU,\u201d said Eddie Memon, senior vice president, Marketing, XFX. \u201cThe XFX team was excited to see just how far we could push the 1 GHz ATI Radeon HD 4890. I know our customers are going to love the performance of XFX\u2019s ATI Radeon\u2122 HD 4890 Black Edition. Hitting 1GHz is an amazing feat, even more so when done in production-level volumes and with overclocking headroom to spare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cASUS has always prided itself on delivering leading technology, and the ASUS EAH4890 Formula Series packs all of the great features and performance gamers crave,\u201d said Kent Chien, associate vice president of graphics and multimedia business, ASUS. \u201cIn addition, we are equipping the ASUS EAH4890 Formula Series with Voltage Tweak technology and Super ML Cap, giving gamers the flexibility to boost GPU voltage and achieve as much as an 18 percent performance improvement over factory settings. The ASUS EAH4890 Formula Series and Voltage Tweak is a potent combination.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the PowerColor PCS++ HD4890, we built a truly performant graphics card around the exceptional ATI Radeon HD 4890 graphics processor and added our own ZEROtherm cooling system,\u201d said Ted Chen, CEO of TUL Corporation. \u201cThe mix of ATI Radeon HD graphics technology and PowerColor design gives our customers enthusiast-level game performance at an affordable price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><small>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/us-en\/Corporate\/VirtualPressRoom\/0,,51_104_543_15944%7E131192,00.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.amd.com\/us-en\/Corporate\/VirtualPressRoom\/0,,51_104_543_15944%7E131192,00.html', 'AMD']);\" >AMD<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Please join us in our <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/abt\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Forums<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech', 'Twitter']);\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the latest updates from ABT, please <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\">join our RSS News Feed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join our Distributed Computing teams<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Folding@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 164304 <\/li>\n<li>SETI@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 138705 <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1', 'World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech']);\" target=\"_blank\">World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building on the success of the recently launched ATI Radeon\u2122 HD 4890 graphics card &#8212; driven by the world\u2019s most powerful graphics processor1 &#8212; AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced availability of a factory overclocked&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1084,1083,72,73,1085,1054,1086],"class_list":["post-6805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-1-ghz-gpu","tag-1ghz-video-card","tag-amd","tag-ati","tag-hd-4800","tag-hd-4890","tag-rv790"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}