AMD Vision, platform for notebook and netbook
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AMD’s Vision, Vision Premium, Ultimate Vision and Vision Black are the four versions of the new AMD platform for notebooks that will counter the dominance of Intel Centrino.
As anticipated for months by the roadmap of Sunnyvale chipmaker, AMD Vision is the revolution started on time. And in fact this is a genuine change of direction by AMD so far proposed an open-ended approach to mobile platforms.
It ‘a curious phenomenon when Intel seems to want to distance from the model based marketing platforms and chase rumors of a possible departure from the scene of the Centrino logo, the rival AMD chooses to adopt its own label, as already Centrino above, certify that this laptop meets some certain minimum efficiency and performance media.
The difference from the previous open platform “AMD Better by Design” but there is subtle: the logo VISION will not be associated with the presence of specific hardware components but will be an index of the overall capabilities of the system, the sum of CPU and GPU with the aim of offering the highest level of digital entertainment to the casual user.
Over the period in which the value of a computer was measured by the number of MHz of your processor, AMD VISION is to assess the level of multimedia performance, ie how a particular machine is effective in the reproduction and creation of digital content.
The aim is clearly to simplify the previous classification to help consumers choose the handset that best suits their needs but is also undeniably the intention of creating a strong brand and immediate halt to the penetration of the Centrino brand.
“Today, consumers pay close attention to what they can do with your computer and not only to the technical characteristics of each component,” notes Dirk Meyer, president and CEO of AMD. “Consumers want an experience digital entertainment in high definition, like that offered by the combination of AMD CPU and GPU, without having to be confronted with gigahertz and gigabytes. AMD VISION represents the last frontier in the field of marketing PCs, together with the values of the technology more understandable. ”
In essence, AMD Vision is a label that will appear on the next generation of AMD based notebook, divided into four versions: Vision, Vision Premium, Ultimate, Vision Black Vision.
To show off the logo AMD Vision, laptops should ensure good quality in viewing photos and video, a good gaming experience, support for 7.1 audio with HDMI output for HD video, an adequate operating time (for Portable classics both new Thin & Light) and the smooth operation of Windows 7, the next Microsoft operating system.
Windows 7 will, in fact, the ideal accompaniment software is optimized to the characteristics of the processors and video cards notebook AMD Vision, ensuring a perfect reproduction of detail in 3D games, thanks to DirectX 10, Direct X10.1 and Direct X11 and exploiting the potential of the decompression engine Unified Video Decoder to lighten the load on the CPU and for immediate conversion of video, enhanced by the new Drag and Drop.
AMD notebook platforms Tigris and Congo just presented is the first concrete VISION Technology. The improvements compared to previous solutions of the Californian chipmaker is considerable;
* Up to one billion colors for a perfect reproduction of video and images;
* Support for DirectX 10.1 gaming experience smooth and realistic;
* Support 7.1 audio for better sound music faithful and complete;
* Support of Blu-ray drive for movie watching a new generation.
Now let’s see what each logo corresponds Vision and what can we expect from a laptop with one of these stickers. Pressed the classification introduced by AMD is a “hierarchy of containment: each element contains all the features of what precedes it.
AMD Vision
Corresponds to a basic PC use, ie viewing photos, watching video (online or local), listening to music, surfing the Internet, e-mail consultation, and the games are not particularly expensive in terms resources. The operating system will be Windows 7.
AMD Vision Premium
This label indicates a computer with a multitasking application, suitable for most users. Applications base adds the ability to play Blu-Ray and high definition video, convert / encode music, play games and use the webcam. The user can also make a light photo editing with good performance in autonomy. Support for DirectX 10.1 is provided, as well as that for the Avivo HD technology and Stream.
AMD Ultimate Vision
These notebooks and multimedia user experience is enhanced! In addition to features already ensured by Vision Premium, Ultimate Vision a laptop is able to create and post videos and music, advanced photo editing, recording live from a TV channel, playing with most of the videogames online or locally, creating podcast.
AMD Vision Black
Vision Black guarantees offered by the Ultimate, but adds the certification of the laptop for playing videogames 3D heavier, for the creation and publication of video in high definition. The first mobile AMD Vision Black will be available only since 2010.
In addition to the announcement on the VISION Technology, AMD has introduced a pair of new software utilities designed to manage and exploit new hardware capabilities: Fusion and Fusion Media Explorer Utility for Mobility.
Fusion Media Explorer supports the Vision Technology AMD through a Three-dimensional media management, shortcuts for uploading and sharing photos on Facebook and Flickr and
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