15
September 2016
E
mbedded
C
omputing
most efficient performance-hungry H.265
codec is now supported. In addition, devel-
opers can use the integrated AMD Radeon
graphics for GPGPU tasks related to percep-
tual computing, such as the analysis of live
audio and video data. Full support of the
recently adopted 1.0 specification for Hetero-
geneous System Architecture (HSA) makes
this now easier than ever. With HSA compat-
ible SoCs, developers need to code only once
and can then use the same code on different
platforms. This streamlines and simplifies
programming and there is no need for adap-
tation to potentially varying heterogeneous
resources. This makes dealing with different
platform structures very simple. HSA also
uses the same memory address space for CPU
and GPU, which accelerates the data exchange.
The processing power required from the soft-
ware is automatically allocated to the most
appropriate computing units. This leads to
optimum performance at minimum power
consumption.
Another innovation for the cost-optimized
mid-performance range of embedded SoC
processors is support of up to 32GB of
dual-channel DDR4 RAM with ECC. DDR4
RAM is not only faster but also around 20%
more energy-efficient than the previous DDR3
RAM, which has an additional positive effect
on performance and power consumption.
For applications that require a higher degree
of operational safety, or that for instance are
exposed to increased radiation, ECC mem-
ory modules can be used. This means that bit
errors can be corrected automatically in RAM,
which significantly increases the application
reliability. As far as bandwidth is concerned,
it is important to mention that PCI Express
Figure 1. The new AMD G-Series SoCs are based on the powerful Excavator microarchitecture,
which is also used for the new R-Series SoCs.
Figure 2. The new conga-TR3 COM Express
Module with AMD Embedded G-Series SoC
provides a convincing price/performance ratio.
Figure 3.Technagon covers the display techno-
logy, including safety glass and anti-reflective
coating technologies.
