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

AMD为无风扇应用发布双核6瓦x86处理器

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——芯片厂商AMD发布了一款双核x86系统芯片，该芯片额定功率为6W，可用于无风扇的工业应用。

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系列系统芯片是该公司主要的低功耗芯片，主要用于自动化、瘦客户机、工业平板电脑和博彩机等工业应用。AMD发布的GX-210JA双核1GHz x86系统芯片的热设计功耗是6W，其宣称平均功耗为3W，可以用于无风扇的平板电脑中。

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的嵌入式处理器，但是其x86嵌入式芯片在一段时间内仍可能是其关注的重点和销售的推动因素。AMD能够把双核x86处理器的耗电量降低到6W，展示了其深厚的技术能力，该双核x86处理器包括一个主频为255MHz的Radeon HD 8180 GPU，支持ECC内存和一个集成的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另外还发布了五款G系列系统芯片，包括9瓦的双核GX-210HA芯片。该芯片采用x86内核，主频也是1GHz，不过该GPU的主频可最多提高到300MHz。AMD称，这种芯片也能够用于无风扇设计。

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副总裁兼嵌入式系统总经理Arun Iyengar表示，AMD嵌入式G系列系统芯片产品提供了无以伦比的计算、图形和I/O集成，从而实现更少的电路板组件，降低应用功耗，并减少复杂性和成本。

"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.

全球最大的瘦客户机供应商之一的戴尔Wyse业务部表示正考虑在其产品中采用AMD的GX-210JA芯片，“新的GX-210JA芯片工作的平均耗电量约为3瓦，能够实现新一代的无风扇设计，适合内容较多的、多媒体和传统工作负载的处理。”

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.

对于AMD来说，为要求苛刻的工业应用生产热设计功耗为6W的双核x86芯片，为公司将来生产用于无风扇消费电子设备的芯片，无疑提供了一个很好的跳板。