Review G2E VEGAS 2015
BMM Testlabs was at G2e Las Vegas celebrating a huge deal to create 1,000 full-time jobs during the next five years in the Greater Moncton area of Canada
Martin Storm, President and CEO of BMM Testlabs, told us: “This really is a huge milestone for BMM. We look forward to building on our already substantial business in Greater Moncton, as we consider the city an ideal location to grow our Canadian presence. BMM Testlabs is honoured to work closely with New Brunswick in this important initiative. The deal is a game changer for the gaming industry and in many ways the beginning of the future. We’ve spent 12 years getting to this point in North America. We’ve moved carefully, but persistently and having got to this stage we know exactly what we have to deliver.”
The 1,000 jobs that will be created include quality assurance testers, engineers, computer scientists, business development managers and project
AMD or Advanced Micro Devices, is a name that won’t be too familiar with casino operators, although its work will undoubtedly be on your slot floor
AMD is at the forefront of some of the market-leading 3D graphics being used by the industry’s biggest players as well as video on multiple large displays, leading-edge HD video and immersive multimedia.
New out at G2E were multiple discrete AMD Embedded Radeon graphics options suitable for multiple form factors. The suite of products is specifically designed to advance the visual and parallel processing capabilities of embedded applications. The graphics cards represent AMD’s commitment to embedded market innovation, providing engineers with more choices to achieve their design goals, from leading performance to energy efficiency.
The new offerings cover a broad range of needs, from 192 GFLOPS to 3 TFLOPS of single precision performance, and from 20 to less than 95 watts of thermal design power. The products are offered as a Multi-Chip Module (MCM), Mobile PCI ExpressModule (MXM) and PCIe options, with AMD offering the only MCM solutions. All of these products offer extended support and longevity. The new discrete graphics cards offer the right balance of performance, power and graphics memory size, to meet the needs of most customers.
“The demand for rich, vibrant graphics in embedded systems is greater than ever before, and that demand is growing,” said Scott Aylor, corporate vice president and
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Wendy Anderson and Martin Storm at G2E
BMM BREAKTHROUGH IN CANADA
managers. The investment by the provincial government will contribute an estimated $75m annually to New Brunswick’s gross domestic product once all positions have been filled.
Moncton Premier Brian Gallant added: “This is a historic announcement in terms of the numbers of
jobs being created by the private sector in partnership with the New Brunswick government. We are proud to partner with BMM Testlabs in creating 1,000 new good-paying jobs for the province. This is a game-changer for the province as we work to create more jobs for New Brunswickers in priority sectors, such as information technology.”
AMD’s Chris Mikeshall with Kamal Khouri and Becky Ellzey
AMD ADDING A NEW DIMENSION
general manager, AMD Embedded Solutions. “Our latest additions to the embedded product lineup help designers build mesmerising user experiences with 4K multi-screen installations and 3-D and interactive displays. In addition, the powerful capabilities of our GPUs can address the toughest parallel computing challenges.”
The graphics cards span three levels of performance
within the embedded market: UltraHighPerformance, High Performance and Power Efficient.
The new AMD Embedded Radeon E8950MXM Module is an incredibly powerful discrete GPU that is well- suited for GPGPU computing and built for 4K applications with support for 4K decode, 4K encode, and up to six 4K displays. This product is ideal for high- end casino and arcade gaming machines.
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