AMD M690 Chipset for Notebooks Introduced

AMDAdvanced Micro Devices has announced the availability of the AMD M690 chipset, designed for use in notebook computers. Along with AMD Turion 64 X2 dual-core mobile technology and an integrated ATI Radeon X1200 series graphics processor, AMD M690 chipset incorporate a new power saving technology called Display Cache.

“To ensure longer battery life, the AMD M690 incorporates innovative memory technology known as Display Cache, designed to allow the CPU to operate in low-power mode without accessing system memory. This platform-level innovation coupled with the energy efficient processor design of AMD Turion 64 X2 dual-core mobile technology extends battery life by up to 30 minutes over previous AMD mobile technologies.

The AMD M690 is powered by the ATI Radeon X1200 series graphics processor, delivering seamless access to any of the visually rich features found in Windows Vista and strong gaming performance. As the first mobile AMD chipset to support ATI Avivo technology and integrated HDMI and DVI connectivity options, the AMD M690 series provides smooth video playback and vivid images for all multimedia applications, including high-definition content.

Combined with AMD Turion 64 X2 dual-core mobile technology, and a superior wireless connectivity solution from one of the Better by Design program partners, AMD delivers the ultimate mobile computing experience, optimized for the new demands of Windows Vista”, AMD’s press release says.

The first AMD M690-based laptops are HP Compaq 6515b and 6715b. It will be also used in laptops from computer manufacturers such as ASUS and Fujitsu Siemens, according to AMD.

AMD M690 Chipset Specifications

CPU Interface
– Supports AMD Mobile and Desktop Client Processors
– Supports up to 800MHz HyperTransport interface speeds

Memory Interface [For AMD M690T only]
– Supports a dedicated display cache (side-port) of up to 128MB
– New dynamic memory allocation scheme improves performance and reduces power simultaneously

PCI Express Interface
– Compliant with the PCI Express 1.1a Specifications
– 1X16 slot for graphics expansion
– 4×1 PCI Express general purpose links

2D Acceleration Features
– Highly optimized 128-bit engine, capable or processing 4 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 AMD Xilleon products with integrated ATI Avivo engine
– 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 – 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

Integrated LVDS
– Integrated dual-link 24-bit LVDS interface

DVI/HDMI
– Supports a TMDS interface, enabling DVI or HDMI
– 1650 Mbps/channel with 165 MHz pixel clock rate per link
– HDCP 1.1 support on data stream with on-chip key storage

DVO Support [For AMD M690T only]
– Supports an external display via a DVO port (only available if side-port memory is not implemented)

Power Management Features
– Fully supports ACPI states S1, S3, S4, and S5
– Support for PowerPlay v.7
vSupport for Cool’n’Quiet
– Support for PowerXpress
– Clocks to every major functional block are controlled by a unique dynamic clock switching technique
– Supports dynamic lane reduction for the PCI-E interfaces, adjusting the number of lanes employ to the task at hand
– Dynamic self-refresh for the side-port memory [Applicable only to the AMD M690T]

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

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