ATI Radeon™ 2400 and ATI Radeon™ 2600 Now Shipping to Board Customers

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMD (NYSE: AMD) is now shipping ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 and ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 graphics processors in volume to its board customers. The ATI Radeon HD 2400 and ATI Radeon HD 2600 deliver feature-rich DirectX® 10 gaming and high definition video for Windows Vista®. Graphics cards based on these processors are expected to be available at online retailers within a few weeks from board customers including Asus, Club 3D, Diamond Multimedia, GeCube, Gigabyte, HIS, MSI, Palit, PowerColor, Sapphire and VisionTek.

Both graphics processors feature AMD’s innovative UVD (Unified Video Decoder) technology. UVD is a hardware feature that offloads video decoding from the CPU to the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) to significantly lower system power consumption. This is particularly important for media center PCs (because lower power consumption means quieter cooling solutions) and notebooks (where power consumption dictates battery life). UVD is designed to be used in a range of video applications, for example, watching Blu-ray™, HD DVD or standard definition movies.

AMD also wishes to clarify any confusion that may exist regarding the presence of the Unified Video Decoder (UVD) in its ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 series graphics processors. UVD is present in the ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 2300, the ATI Radeon™ HD 2400, and the ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 series products, but is not present in the ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 series products as it is not needed due to the usage model of this high end product.

The ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 and ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 cards are designed for use in entry-level and mainstream systems, in which the UVD technology is beneficial for watching high definition movies. In contrast, the ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 XT is a high-end desktop card for gaming enthusiasts, and designed to be used in high-performance PCs with the fastest CPUs. In these environments, the CPU can perform software decoding of HD video without being overburdened and UVD technology is not required. The user will get a high-quality video experience (including watching Blu-ray or HD DVD movies) with any ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 series card.

Features of the ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 series:
	ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 2300	ATI Radeon™ HD 2400	ATI Radeon™ HD 2600	ATI Radeon™ HD 2900
ATI Avivo™ HD	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
HD playback support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
UVD	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
DirectX® version	DirectX® 9	DirectX® 10	DirectX® 10	DirectX® 10
Unified shader architecture	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Stream processors^1	N/A	40	120	320
Memory controller	128b	64b	128b	512b
Process	90nm	65nm	65nm	80nm (HS)
Ring bus	No	No	Yes	Yes
HDMI and HDCP support^2	Optional	Yes	Yes	Yes
^1 The ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 2300 has a fundamentally different architecture to which the term “stream processor” is not equivalently applicable.
^2 The ATI Radeon™ HD 2400, ATI Radeon™ HD 2600, and ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 have full support for HDMI and HDCP (including HDCP keys) built into the processor itself; availability in consumer products is determined by the specific solution provider (board partner, PC manufacturer or notebook vendor). The ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 2300 can support HDCP and HDMI with additional components. Purchasers of ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 2300 products manufactured by third parties should inquire whether the manufacturer has enabled HDMI and/or HDCP in such product.

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