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customed to high-definition video and 3D
graphics in their home media experience.
With multi-display digital signage systems,
retailers are enabled to immerse shoppers
with visually-arresting promotional content
that stands out from conventional static
and/or single-screen signage systems.
How AMD Eyefinity Works
AMD Eyefinity is enabled by two or
more display outputs operating simultane-
ously and independently from each other,
depending on the processing platform
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. Sup-
port is available for Duplicated (Clone) and
Extended multiple monitor modes, with sup-
port for the capability to group displays into
a single large surface spanning across mul-
tiple displays. AMD’s support for multiple
displays works with applications that support
non-standard aspect ratios, which is required
for panning across multiple displays.
AMD Eyefinity technology is closely
aligned with AMD’s DisplayPort implemen-
tation, providing the flexibility to configure
up to two DVI, HDMI™, or VGA displays in
combination with DisplayPort outputs for the
possibility of up to six monitors, depending
on the underlying processing platform
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. e
Video Electronics Standards Association’s
(VESA) royalty-free DisplayPort connectiv-
ity standard is built upon a micro-packet ar-
chitecture that enables the ability to address
and drive several displays through one Dis-
playPort connector, a feature commonly re-
ferred to as daisy-chaining. Where DVI and
HDMI both require a dedicated clock source
for each display, DisplayPort only requires a
single reference clock source to drive as many
DisplayPort streams as there are display pipe-
lines in the processing platform, yielding in-
credibly efficient multi-display digital game
and digital signage system designs.
AMD Embedded Processor
Platform Support for AMD
Eyefinity
AMD Embedded R-Series APUs –
AMD R-Series APUs combine power-effi-
cient, high-performance x86 processing with
exceptional integrated graphics performance
and high-performance parallel processing
support, bringing together a low-power CPU
and a discrete-level GPU on a single die with a
high-speed bus architecture to deliver an out-
standing HD visual experience. is integra-
tion of general purpose, programmable scalar
and vector processor cores for high-speed par-
allel processing establishes a new foundation
for high-performance multimedia content
delivery. Digital gaming and digital signage
system designers utilizing AMD R-Series are
equipped to power up to four displays simul-
taneously (the number and type of displays
may vary by board design
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). With AMD Eye-
finity, AMD R-Series APUs can drive mul-
tiple displays simultaneously as independent
displays or as a single large surface. By adding
an AMD Radeon Embedded 6000 Series dis-
crete graphics processor or card to the system,
the number of supported independent displays
can increase to six
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. AMD Dual Graphics
technology can combine the processing power
of AMD R-Series APUs and AMD Radeon
Embedded 6000 Series GPUs to more than
double graphics performance compared to us-
ing discrete graphics alone
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.
AMD Radeon E6760 Discrete GPUs
– AMD Radeon E6760 GPUs help enable
an exceptional entertainment experience
with immersive desktop-caliber 3D graph-
ics and outstanding multimedia features.
e advanced 3D graphics engine and pro-
grammable shader architecture support Mi-
crosoft® DirectX® 11 technology for superior
graphics rendering, and the third-generation
unified video decoder enables dual HD de-
code of H.264, VC-1, MPEG4 and MPEG2
compressed video streams
3
. Digital gaming
and digital signage system designers utiliz-
ing AMD Radeon E6760 GPUs in combi-
nation with AMD Eyefinity are equipped to
power up to six displays simultaneously
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.
AMD Radeon E6460 Discrete GPUs
– AMD Radeon E6460 GPUs deliver en-
try-level graphics, multimedia and compute
performance for value-sensitive embedded
applications, featuring 3D graphics capabili-
ties, programmable shader options, and sup-
port for Microsoft® DirectX® 11 technology
and OpenGL 4.1 for graphics rendering. e
unified video decoder enables dual HD de-
code of H.264, VC-1, MPEG4 and MPEG2
compressed video streams
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. Digital gaming
and digital signage system designers utilizing
AMD Radeon E6460 GPUs in combination
FIGURE 1 With AMD Eyenity multi-display technology, system designers can connect several high-resolution displays to achieve
a large integrated display surface.
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