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 Jul 12, 2011 Eurocom launches AMD Radeon HD 6990M GPU in line of High Performance Notebooks Contact: Braden Taylor 613-224-6122 ext. 239 btaylor@eurocom.com Eurocom Corporation (www.eurocom.com), a developer of long lifespan, fully upgradable notebooks is adding AMD’s newest AMD Radeon HD 6990M GPU to their extensive options list of high performance notebook computers. Eurocom will offer both HD 6970M and HD 6990M in its products. The addition of the AMD Radeon HD 6990M offers users a new level of high performance GPU computing in single and CrossFireX (dual) configurations. Eurocom will also offer the AMD Radeon HD 6990M GPUs separately to existing customers as an upgrade option. “Together with support from Eurocom, AMD is able to provide notebook users with the world’s fastest single mobile graphics processor – AMD Radeon™ HD 6990M,” said Matt Skynner, corporate vice president and general manager of the graphics division, AMD. “AMD’s graphics offer massive computing power for mobile users and hardcore gamers can experience even more gaming performance through AMD CrossFireX™ technology.” The addition of the AMD Radeon HD 6990M, the highest performing mobile solution from AMD, gives Eurocom customers a more complete choice of video processor options to configure into their new Eurocom system or upgrade into their existing system. The addition of the AMD Radeon 6990M GPUs in single and CrossFireX offers users another choice of video processor options to fit any preference or performance level. “Eurocom has been working together with AMD team for many years now in both embedded and non-embedded projects. In the past we integrated AMD processors and ATi graphics solutions into a number of our systems. The AMD Radeon HD 6990M will enhance the capability of our products and offer customers a wider selection of GPU solutions” said Mark Bialic, President of Eurocom. About AMD Radeon HD 6990M The new AMD Radeon HD 6990M GPU is the most powerful single mobile GPU from AMD. Harness the incredible power of two GPUs with AMD CrossFireX technology, with 2GB of GDDR5 memory, 1.6 teraflops of compute power and 1120 stream processors times 2! For maximum performance Eurocom supports two AMD Radeon HD 6990M GPUs in CrossFireX in specific systems. Featuring great tessellation performance, advanced DirectCompute support, Shader Model 5, texture compression and OpenCL support for true to life game play. AMD Radeon HD 6990M are supported by the award winning AMD Catalyst driver updates that enable new features and performance improvements every month. AMD Radeon HD 6990M Specs: Process: 40nm Stream Processor Units: 1120 Compute Power: 1.6 TFLOPS Transistor Count: 1.7 Billion Engine Clock Speed: 715 MHz Bus Width: 256 bit Resolution: 2560x1600 Memory Clock Speed: 900 MHz Memory Size: 2 GB GDDR5 Memory Bandwidth (max): 115.2 GB/s AMD HD 6990M Supports the following technologies: OpenCL 1.1 Support AMD CrossfireX Support Microsoft DirectX 11 Support Stereo 3D Gaming Support Blu-ray 3D Support Display Port 12 HDMI 1.4a UVD 3 Eurocom Notebooks Eurocom notebooks are high performance mobile computing solutions that are designed to offer the customer complete freedom in upgradeability and configurability. Eurocom notebooks including the Panther Series, Neptune, Racer and Fox provide gaming, multimedia and professional capabilities with support for the best available processors (Intel Xeon, Intel Core i7, i5, i3 mobile and desktop), Graphics Cards, Storage Drives (SSD, HDD, Hybrid) in RAID 0/1/5/10 and support for up to 32GB of DDR3-1333/1600 RAM. Eurocom Models Supporting AMD Radeon HD 6990M The AMD Radeon HD 6990M will be supported in the EUROCOM Panther 3.0 in CrossFireX with Xeon Processors, up to four storage drives and 24GB of RAM. As well as the EUROCOM Racer in single GPU configuration with up to 32GB of RAM and a full line of Sandy Bridge Processors. In addition to the EUROCOM Neptune in single GPU configuration with a beautiful 17.3” HD display, a full line of Sandy bridge processors and three solid state storage drives. EUROCOM Panther Series EUROOM Neptune EUROCOM Racer About Eurocom: Eurocom is a leading developer of long lifespan, fully upgradable notebooks, high performance mobile workstations and mobile servers since 1989. The company has produced many firsts and continues to engineer VGA solutions that inspire and enable individuals and companies to reach great possibilities. Eurocom has been a leading innovator in the mobile computer industry since 1989, is currently the only developer in the world offering a Server on the Go solution along with a full line of Mobile Workstations, RAID 01/5/10 with up to 4 hard drives. For more information on Eurocom please visit (www.eurocom.com). |