AMD introduced the AMD 690 series chipset, the company’s first chipset to bring together the combined strengths of AMD CPU and platform technology with the industry-leading features of the ATI Radeon™ X1250 GPU. Multitasking between applications has never been easier with Windows Aero, the new visually-rich 3D user interface built into Windows Vista Premium and Business editions. The AMD 690 series chipset delivers the power to make new features like Windows Flip and Windows Flip 3D an integral part of every business day.
Working together, AMD’s chipset, CPU and GPU hardware and software teams have optimized the AMD 690 platform to provide rock-solid stability and image quality and will soon support select platforms in the AMD Validated Solutions program.
AMD 690 series-based platforms support up to four monitors with the addition of a dual-DVI ATI Radeon graphics card. The AMD 690 family is the first AMD chipset with ATI graphics that supports ATI Avivo™ technology, providing The Ultimate Visual Experience™ with smooth video playback and true-to-life images for all multimedia, including high-definition content.
AMD 690 Series Specifications
CPU Interface
• AMD Sempron™, AMD Athlon™ 64, Athlon™ 64 FX, Athlon™ 64 FX X2
• 1GHz HyperTransport inteface speeds
PCI Express Interface
• Compliant with the PCI Express 1.1a Specifications
• 1×16 graphics interface
• Up to 4×1 PCI Express general purpose links
2D Acceleration Features
• Highly optimized 128-bit engine, capable or processing multiple pixels per clock
• Supports a maximum resolution of 2048×1536 @ 32bpp
• Game acceleration including support for Microsoft’s DirectDraw
3D Acceleration Features
• Full DirectX 9.0 support
• 3D Texture support, including projective 3D textures
• Anti-aliasing using multi-sampling algorithm with support for 2,4, and 6 samples
• New generation rendering engine provides top 3D performance
• Support for OpenGL format for Indirect Vertices in Vertex Walker
Motion Video Acceleration Features
• Enhanced MPEG-2 hardware decode acceleration
• MPEG-4 decode support
• Hardware acceleration for WMV9 playback
• Supports top quality DVD and time-shifted SDTV/HDTV television playback with low CPU usage
TV Out
• Integrated TV encoder from Xilleon products with integrated Avivo™
• Supports Macrovision 7.1 copy protection standard (required by DVD players)
• Supports the formats of component, composite and S-video outputs
Multiple Display Features
• Dual independent displays including two digital outputs *
• Resolution, refresh rates, and display data can be completely independent for the two display paths
• Supports both interlaced and non-interlaced displays
• Integrated HD Audio controller for HDMI audio data *
DVI/HDMI *
• Supports a TMDS interface, enabling DVI or HDMI 1.2 <1650 Mbps/channel with 165 MHz pixel clock rate per link
• HDCP 1.1 support on data stream with on-chip key storage
Universal Connectivity
• 10 USB 2.0 ports
• SATA Gen 2 PHY support at 3.0GHz
• 4 ports SATA AHCI controller supports NCQ and slumber modes
• ATA 133 controller support up to UDMA mode 6 with 2 drives (disk or optical)
• TPM 1.1 and 1.2 compliant
• ASF 2.0 support for manageability control
• UAA (Universal audio architecture) support for High-Definition Audio
• PCI v2.3 (up to 6 slots)
• LPC (Low Pin Count), SPI (New Flash Bus), and SM (System Management) bus management
The AMD 690 series chipset will be widely available from partners.
