AMD technology powers 4 of the top 5 fastest supercomputers in the world. AMD was also the first to release a quad-core CPU over 6.5GHz and the fastest graphics card. More recently, AMD launched new processors and chipsets, improved graphics drivers, and partnered to bring 500,000 Android apps to PCs. AMD has advantages over competitors like larger L1 CPU caches, easier overclocking tools, power efficiency technologies, and upgradeability across motherboards.

1. AMD
Technology
Internal Guide:
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2. Index
INTRODUCTION
PREVIOUS WORK
PRESENT WORK
ADVANTAGES
CONCLUSION
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3. INTRODUCTION
Today, World’s fastest super computers
Use AMD technology……
Why?
1:-What is AMD technology……
2:-Why it is better……
3:-What are the Advantages ……
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4. World’s fastest Supercomputers….
4 out of first 5 supercomputers of the world Today, use AMD technology.
Rank Site Computer
1 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, -USA Jaguar - AMD Opteron Six Core
2 DOE/NNSA/LANL, -USA Roadrunner - AMD Opteron DC 1.8 GHz
3 National Institute for Computational Sciences, -USA Kraken - AMD Opteron Six Core 2.6 GHz
4 Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ), -Germany JUGENE - Blue Gene-IBM
5 National Super Computer Center in Tianjin /NUDT, -China Tianhe-1 - Intel Xeon + ATI Radeon HD 4870
6 NASA/Ames Research Center/NAS, -USA Pleiades - Intel Xeon QC 3.0 GHz/Nehalem 2.93 Ghz,
7 DOE/NNSA/LLNL, -USA IBM Blue Gene
8 Argonne National Laboratory, -USA IBM Blue Gene
9 Texas Advanced Computing Center/ Univ. of Texas, -USA Ranger - AMD Opteron QC 2.3 Ghz,
10 Sandia National Renewable Energy Laboratory, -USA Red Sky - Intel Xeon X55xx 2.93 Ghz
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5. World’s fastest Quadcore CPU…
AMD Phenom II-X4- 955 sets the new world record..
First quad core X86 processor to break the barrier of 6.5 Ghz.
What are the records which are broken ?
1: Highest ever quad core clock speed of 6.5Ghz..
2: Any CPU running at lowest possible temp -235 C..
3: Highest 3DMark05 score ever..
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6. World’s fastest Graphic card…
On 18th Nov 2009, AMD Introduces ATI Radeon™ HD 5970…
The Fastest Graphics Card in the World
ATI 5XXX Series Graphic Cards are also the
First Graphic cards in the world, with Direct X 11 Support.
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7. World’s First 12 core and 8 core X86 processors.
On 29th March 2010, AMD Introduces 8 core and 12 Core Opteron CPUs for 2P
& 4P server market.
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8. PREVIOUS WORK
The different series of processors were based on different architecture
and technologies.
 First generation AMD processors like AM2900 were created in
1975. The basic design of this technology is founded on the principles
of slice topology.
 The purpose of the slice technology is to make them compatible
components for computer control unit.
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9.  AM29000 was created on the RISC strategy. RISC or reduced
instruction set computer is a type of standard for the design of CPU.
 Am29100 is a list of supporting chips and micro controllers. These
processors are really intelligent that they can even perform the operations of
the software's. AM29200 family was intended for the microcontroller
computer.
 The Am29300, AM29400, AM29500, Am29600, AM29700, Am29800
and Am29900 are also among the list of Am2900 family.
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10.  Next family of microprocessors is X86 Architecture which was a
variable length dual address design with focus on backward
compatibility. The entire K series is associated with AMD’s x86
processors.
 Opteron was the first processor to run the AMD86 instruction set.
It was released in 2003.
This processor was aim to compete with the server and workstation
market which was already captured by Intel Xeon.
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11. PRESENT WORK
 AMD Now Recently has releases AMD Catalyst and AMD CrossFire X
 This release of AMD Catalyst™ delivers support for the latest AMD
CrossFireX™ profiles in a separate executable file ensuring users have access
to the absolute latest set of profiles installed on their PC.
 New profiles added to this release:
 Borderlands 2:New CrossFire profile
 Guild War 2:Resolves grass texture corruption observed when changing
graphics settings in a CrossFire configuration
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12.  World of Warcraft(DX9) Fix the flickering observed when view
distance is changed to fair in graphics settings when CrossFire is
enabled
 Depth Hunter Resolves shadow flickering seen when running in
CrossFire mode
 Dirt Showdown Resolves flickering seen in CrossFire mode
 Stalker Call of Pripyat Resolves flickering seen in CrossFire mode
 War of Roses Fixes flickering seen in CrossFire mode
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13.  AMD and BlueStacks announced a partnership today that will bring
500,000 Android apps to PCs powered by AMD CPUs.
 The two forces have launched the AMD App Zone where users can grab
the virtualization software required to run Android apps on the PC
alongside a number of free apps.
 The existing quad-core A10-4655M and dual-core A6-4445M are joined
by the new quad-core A8-4555M and the dual-core model A4-4355M.
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14.  AMD also quietly launched a new Bobcat-based C-series processor.
The dual-core C-70 is placed above the current C-60, but features
the exact specs with a clock speed of 1 GHz/1.33 GHz, 9 watt TDP,
1 MB L2 cache, 80 active graphics cores as well as a GPU clock
speed of 276 MHz/400 MHz.
 A second update to the Radeon DRM driver has been released that
will be pulled into the Linux 3.8 kernel. This second Direct Render
Manager update for the Radeon kernel driver provides new code
from AMD that was kept internally for months but is now permitted
for open-sourcing.
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15. ADVANTAGES
AMD Advantage-1 : AMD Powerhouse
AMD is the only company in the world, manufactures…
CPU, GPU and Chipset…
ATI
AMD graphics
Processors
AMD chipsets
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16. AMD Advantage-2 : L1 Cache
L1 Cache refers to level 1 cache or internal cache or Primary cache.
It is a memory bank built in the processor core
used for storing information recently accessed by a processor,
As it is the cache closest to the processor.
L1 Cache in AMD = 128 KB Per core
L1 Cache in Intel = 32 KB Per core
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17. AMD Advantage-3 : Over clocking with AMD Overdrive™
Personalize Your System Basic – One Slider
Beyond Default Settings
Easy to use Interface Advanced – Many Sliders
Multiple User Modes
Automatic Over clocking
System Monitoring
System Stability Tests
Highly Configurable
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18. AMD Advantage-4 : Cool’n’Quiet technology
AMD CPUs Use power only when required.
Saves energy & keeps CPU
Cool & quiet.
“Cool‘n’Quiet™ technology was awarded
a Technical Innovation ENERGY STAR
Certificate of Recognition from the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).”
– March 15, 2005 -
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19. AMD Advantage-5 : Upgradeability/Scalability
All AMD CPUs
Sempron, Athlon-II or Phenom-II
Are compatible with
Any available AMD
motherboards
No need to change motherboard
for future upgradeability…
Great….Isn't it ??? 
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20. CONCLUSION
 Delivering higher performance with similar power consumption at a
lower price therefore seems to be AMD score competence.
 Its platforms were offering significant advantages, delivering high
performance and power efficiency
 AMD was also strongly understanding that end-users buying behavior
they are not focusing on performance and hardware specifications, but
more on the experience the machine will enable them to live.
 AMD’s VISION Technology therefore provides improved
performance and battery life, consequently offering higher quality and
higher quantity.
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21. AMD chipset Advantages: Benchmarks:-Gaming:
790GX/780G Vs. G35/45, GF 8200/8300
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22. By- SYED IMRAN
IVth YEAR
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