AMD (NYSE:AMD - News) today announced ATI XGP? (External Graphics Platform) Technology, a new external PCI Express? (PCIe) 2.0 graphics platform, designed to deliver enthusiast-class desktop graphic performance and true multimedia upgradeability to notebooks1. ATI XGP is an exclusive technology that capitalizes on PCIe 2.0 to deliver enthusiast-class graphics via a connected cable to an externally powered and cooled device. This unique innovation delivers up to 4.0 Gbyte/s in each direction in bandwidth communication between the notebook and external graphics, whereas previous consumer level external solutions were limited in graphics bandwidth2. ATI XGP is fully optimized for new AMD Turion? X2 Ultra notebook platforms, also announced today.
ATI XGP Technology is being first launched with the newly announced ATI Mobility Radeon? HD 3800 series for eye-catching HD graphics. As an industry first for notebooks, ATI XGP Technology delivers multi-GPU capabilities of scalable performance with ATI CrossFireX? technology. The additional high bandwidth of the included USB 2.0 connectivity allows users to connect to a wide variety of USB-based devices, including external TV tuners, external Blu-ray players, and much more.
Wow, i was so happy when i saw this article, the current day laptops don’t have any graphics card close to desktop graphics performance (other then the Dragon(HP & voodoo) and alienware . AMD has taken a huge step with this, full blown desktop performance graphics for laptops. Now your laptop can be used as a 3d Rendering mobile workstation!. Do you think this is a sweet product?
Source: Yahoo! Finance.
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