Insight
EMBEDDED SOLUTIONS Power and performance
leap forward in AMD’s processor proposition in almost every aspect including performance, power consumption, feature set and graphics/video acceleration capabilities. Tey will enable gamers to benefit from AMD’s strong graphics capabilities integrated into a chip which also offers best of class CPU performance. Intel’s Kaby Lake architecture is an evolution of Skylake and improves power utilisation and subtle increases in performance and enhancements of the video decode engine on the integrated graphics unit to support 4K video encoding/decoding.
Craig Stapleton, Advantech-Innocore: AMD’s new RyZen architecture (and the embedded versions to be released in 2018) offer great promise to enable a larger use of integrated graphics for 4k gaming applications. AMDs new CPU architecture closes the gap somewhat with Intel on CPU performance. Traditionally Intel CPUs have been stronger on arithmetical operations especially in multithreaded applications.
Te new AMD Ryzen closes the gap while still maintaining AMD’s superiority in the integrated graphics provided within the CPU/APU. But it should be stressed that only a certain percentage of casino gaming applications can use the integrated graphics and an increasing proportion require dedicated GPU hardware. But for those applications for which dedicate graphics hardware is not needed AMD Ryzen will offer a great price performance package.
efficiently and having access to purpose built technology which reduces their R&D spend on computer development and frees them up to focus on the game - which ultimately is what drives the player experience.
Clyde Chen, Axiomtek: For game developers, it is always important to know the operating system that the game would be operating, and then the choice of game engines (either standard or open-source customisable) would be similarly critical. Moreover, the availability of different hardware to create next- gen experiences like 3D, VR, curved displays, etc. are also crucial to be considered for game developers in order to deliver next-gen experiences to the players.
Craig Stapleton, Advantech-Innocore: As mentioned it is mainly the GPU hardware and CPU technologies that enable the newest user experiences whether virtual reality or 3D graphics for arcade/console style skill based games. Underlying rendering engines such as Unity are enabling cross platform development and Direct X 12.
What are the key differences in the latest chipsets from Intel and AMD - Kaby Lake and Ryzen, and what impact are they going to have on the market?
Jon Jayal, Quixant: AMD’s Ryzen products represent a
It is also worth noting that AMD Ryzen, as well as Intel Kaby Lake and future platforms only support Windows 10 and later operating systems. Meaning the ODM’s developers have access to enabling technologies of Windows 10 such as Direct X12 but also forcing them to port their existing libraries and platforms to the new operating systems whether they want to or not. (Intel’s recent Skylake platform is getting a lot of interest because it is the last embedded lifecycle platform with support for Windows 7).
Clyde Chen, Axiomtek: Te latest offering from both Intel (Kaby Lake) and AMD (Ryzen) are based on the 14nm process architecture where both have different appeals for the market. Intel usually offers the widest range of scalable processors that meets most clients’ needs, whereas AMD’s latest Ryzen provides more graphical power when compared to similar performance Intel-based processors. Another difference as a differentiator for market acceptance is on the software support, which could have a big influence on maximising all the power available from the hardware and also the level of customisation possible to ease the game development process.
Mark Perkins, Heber: AMD Ryzen is a relatively new consumer based product, but it will be a while before we see long-life embedded products for the gaming market. Intel is slightly ahead of the game and has embedded long-life parts available today.
Intel has traditionally had better CPU performance over AMD, however, with Ryzen this will be significantly reduced. Tese new CPUs offer a significant performance upgrade over previous devices so games designers will be able to produce even more graphically rich game content.
“AMD Ryzen is a relatively new consumer based product, but it will be a while before we see long-life embedded products for the gaming market. Intel is slightly ahead of the game and has embedded long-life parts available today. Intel has traditionally had better CPU performance over AMD, however, with Ryzen this will be significantly reduced. These new CPUs offer a significant performance upgrade over previous devices so games designers will be able to produce even more graphically rich game content.” Mark Perkins, Heber
“For game developers, it is always important to know the operating system that the game would be operating in and then the choice of game engines (either standard or open- source customisable) would be similarly critical. Moreover, the availability of different hardware to create next-gen experiences like 3D, VR, curved displays, etc. are also crucial to be considered for game developers in order to deliver next-gen experiences to the players.” Clyde Chen, Axiomtek
NEWSWIRE / INTERACTIVE /
247.COM P57
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84
