AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series

AMD RADEON HD 7900 SERIES GRAPHICS
Codename Southern Islands

December 2011 AMD Confidential NDA Required
1 | AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series Graphics | December 2011 | Confidential NDA Required
The demand for graphics horsepower
IS ON THE RISE.
PC GAMING
Significant Growth in
INTENSIVE
Games Are More Visually
High-Definition
Graphics
AND BEYOND
POWER EFFICIENCY
Increasing Demand for
COMPUTE
Major Shift to
Lead in Innovation
Process Technology
90nm 80nm 65nm 55nm 40nm 28nm
ALWAYS AHEAD of the Curve

Lead in Innovation
Industry Standards
Bandwidth (Gb/s)
FIRST to PCI-E Gen3

Lead in Innovation
Industry Standards
First to
*
ALWAYS AHEAD of the Curve

10 | AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series Graphics | December 2011 | Confidential NDA Required * DirectX 11.1 compliant
AMDs Southern Islands Product Line
Tahiti
Pitcairn
Cape Verde
Enthusiast Gamers The Worlds Most Powerful and Advanced GPU*

Hardcore Gamers The Sweet Spot For Hardcore Gamers
Performance Gamers New Paradigm of Performance and Power
* As of November 30, 2011 the AMD Radeon HD 7970 Series GPU has been calculated at over 3.5 Teraflops of processing power.
Graphics Core Next
AMD Eyefinity 2.0
AMD App Acceleration
SOUTHERN ISLANDS
Graphics Core Next

Revolutionary Architecture 28nm Process Technology PCI-E Gen3 Power Management AMD PowerTune Technology AMD ZeroCore Power Technology
AMD Eyefinity 2.0

DDM Audio 5 x 1 Landscape AMD Eyefinity Technology with AMD HD3D Technology New Bezel Compensation Custom Resolutions
AMD App Acceleration

VCE Designed for Compute AMD Steady Video 2.0 Improved UVD New software partnerships
SOUTHERN ISLANDS
Introducing the AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series GPUs
NEVER SETTLE
* As of November 30, 2011 the AMD Radeon HD 7970 Series GPU has been calculated at over 3.5 Teraflops of processing power.
AMD Radeon HD 7970 Never Settle

Worlds Fastest and Most Advanced GPU based on leading-edge 28nm technology* Brand new revolutionary architecture with significantly more compute power than AMD Radeon HD 6970 3GB GDDR5 memory for maximum performance in ultra-high resolution and multi-monitor gaming
Stream Processors Shader Architecture Memory Size / Bus Width Board Power Connectors Display Outputs Maximum Displays
2,048 Graphics Core Next 3GB GDDR5 / 384-bit 6pin + 8pin DVI, HDMI, 2x mDP 6
* As of November 30, 2011 the AMD Radeon HD 7970 Series GPU has been calculated at over 3.5 Teraflops of processing power. ** Reference board shown only. Actual product may vary in appearance and display outputs.
Display Configurations
Full slot for improved cooling HDMI-to-DVI and Active mDP included
Dual BIOS Toggle Switch

Setting 1: unprotected Setting 2: factory defaults
Improved Fan Design

Wider fan with new blades Higher CFM Improved cooling and acoustics
Heat Sink
6th generation vapour chamber Improved cooling and acoustics
* vs. AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series reference boards
AMD PowerTune Technology

Maximum Board Power
Untapped Performance
Graphics Board Power ATI Radeon HD 5870
AMD Radeon HD 7970
More Performance When You Need it

* Chart is for illustration purposes only.
AMD ZeroCore Power Technology
Energy Saved
Graphics Board Power ATI Radeon HD 5870
AMD Radeon HD 7970
More Energy Savings When You Dont

Lower Long Idle Power with AMD ZeroCore Power Technology
55nm Jun. 2008 90 W
40nm Sept. 2009 27 W
40nm Oct. 2010 24 W
Board Idle Power
28nm Dec. 2011 <3W
* Typical power values shown are representative of a GPU in long idle state and may vary based on hardware/software configuration.
AMD ZeroCore Power Technology with AMD CrossFire Technology
Energy Saved
Idle Graphics Board Power
4 x Competitive Solution
4 x AMD Radeon HD 7970 in AMD CrossFire Technology Mode
Maximum Performance with Maximum Energy Savings

1,100 MHz 1,050 MHz
1 GHz
975 MHz 950 MHz 925 MHz
GPU Clock
Overclocking headroom 1GHz and Beyond

22 | AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series Graphics | December 2011 | Confidential NDA Required * AMDs product warranty does not cover damages caused by overclocking even when enabled via AMD software
Summary
AMD Radeon HD 7970 is the Worlds Most Powerful and Advanced GPU This is the Card Enthusiasts Have Been Waiting For AMD is Redefining Efficiency with AMD PowerTune Technology and AMD ZeroCore Power Technology We Have Many More Exciting Southern Islands Products to Come
GRAPHICS CORE
NEXT
As Featured in the AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
GPU Evolution
1ST ERA: Fixed Function 3D Geometry Transformation 2ND ERA: Simple Shaders 3RD ERA: Graphics Parallel Core VLIW5
Branch Unit
Memory Interface 8 Vertex Pipes
Stream Processing Units
FMAD+ Special Functions
Setup Engine
General Purpose Registers
Lighting
Pixel Shader Core
VLIW4
Branch Unit
16 Pixel Pipes
Stream Processing Units

General Purpose Registers
Graphics Core Next Architecture

A new GPU design for a new era of computing
Cutting-edge graphics performance and features High compute density with multi-tasking Built for power efficiency Optimized for heterogeneous computing Enabling the Fusion System Architecture Amazing scalability and flexibility
AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series Codename Tahiti

Graphics Core Next Architecture Up to 32 Compute Units Dual Geometry Engines 8 Render Back-ends
32 color ROPs per clock 128 Z/stencil ROPs per clock
Up to 768KB read/write L2 cache Fast 384-bit GDDR5 memory interface

Over 264 GB/sec memory bandwidth
PCI Express 3.0 x16 bus interface 4.3 billion 28nm transistors
Utilization and Efficiency

Higher utilization = higher performance per sq.mm
SmallptGPU
AMD Radeon HD 6970 AMD Radeon HD 7970
LuxMark
SHA256
AES256
Mandelbrot DP
0x
1x
2x
3x
4x
5x
Tessellation Performance
4,5x 4,0x 3,5x Tessellation Rate 3,0x 2,5x Lost Planet 2 2,0x 1,5x 1,0x 0,5x 0,0x 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 Tessellation Factor AMD Radeon HD 7970 0 0,5 1 1,5 Relative Performance 2 2,5 Crysis 2 Total War: Shogun 2 Unigine Heaven S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
AMD Radeon HD 6970
Partially Resident Textures (PRT)

Local graphics memory behaves like a hardware-managed cache
Texture data can be streamed in on demand
Improved memory efficiency and image quality with very large, detailed textures
Hardware accelerated mapping & filtering for Virtual Texturing or MegaTexture Texture sizes up to 32 TB (16k x 16k x 8k x 128-bit) Expected to feature in next-gen game engines High value to apps working with very large data sets
Texture Filtering Quality

Improved anisotropic filtering algorithm
New filter kernel weights Reduces shimmering artifacts seen in high frequency texture details, without blurring Enabled automatically No performance cost Fully angle invariant
Images captured from 3DCenter Filter Tester Version 1.1 by Axel Gneiting
AMD EYEFINITY 2.0 TECHNOLOGY

December 2011 | AMD Confidential | Under NDA
Display Technology Leadership

Multi-Display Leadership Industry Standards Open Stereo 3D
Continued evolution of AMD Eyefinity technology and the ecosystem
First to DisplayPort 1.2 Certification & Fast HDMI
Stereo 3D done right with AMDs open ecosystem initiative
Display Technology Leadership

DP1.2
MST HUB DP / VGA / DVI / HDMI DP / VGA / DVI / HDMI DP / VGA / DVI / HDMI
HDMI1.4
HDMI cable
Stereo 3D
Color Correction
Uniting AMD Eyefinity & HD3D Technologies

First single GPU to drive three Stereo 3D displays using new DisplayPort 3D monitors Next level of gaming immersion
Discrete Digital Multi-Point Audio

Todays GPUs support only one audio stream at a time
Audio
Discrete Digital Multi-Point Audio

The AMD Radeon HD 7900 is the first GPU that can simultaneously output multiple, independent audio streams
Audio
DDM Audio : Directional Audio

Audio seamlessly follows the video
Audio
DDM Audio : Multi-display Video Conferencing

Affordable multi-display, multi-audio conferencing for consumers
Audio
Evolution of AMD Eyefinity Multi-Display Technology

MAR, 2010 FEB, 2010
AMD Catalyst 10.2: AMD CrossFire Support Bezel Compensation Per-Display Color Adjust Multiple Display Groups Improved Display Config Switching
APR, 2011 JUL, 2010

AMD Catalyst 10.7 AMD CrossFireX in Portrait Modes AMD HydraVision enhancements AMD Catalyst 11.4: Revamped configuration UI
SEP, 2009
AMD Eyefinity Technology Launch
MAY, 2011
AMD Catalyst 11.5 More AMD HydraVision Enhancements
APR, 2010
ATI Radeon HD 5870 E6 Edition released
2009
2010
2011
AMD Eyefinity Technology 2.0: New Features

OCT 2011
AMD Catalyst 11.10
New grid configurations Flexible Bezel Comp 16k x 16k support
Up to 16k Up to 16k
AMD Eyefinity Technology 2.0: New Features

Dec 2011 and Beyond
AMD Catalyst 11.12, 12.1, 12.2
AMD Eyefinity + AMD HD3D technologies Custom Resolutions Preset Manager Improvements Task Bar Positioning
Before
After
After
AMD HD3D Technology Game Support

Native 3D games supported
80 Days A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda AC-130: Operation Devastation Age of Booty Age of Empires 3 - Asian Dynasties Age of Empires 3 - The War Chiefs Age of Empires 3 Aion Alien Breed 2: Assault Alien Breed 3: Descent Alien Breed: Impact Alien Swarm Alliance of Valiant Arms Allods Online Alpha Prime Alpha Protocol Alpine Ski Racing 2007 America's Army 3 Ancient Wars - Sparta Ancients of Ooga Ankh Heart of Osiris Anno 1404 (Dawn of Discovery) ARMA - Combat Operations ARMA II Operation Arrowhead ArmA II ArmA Armed and Dangerous Armed Forces Armies of Exigo Ashes Cricket 2009 Assassin's Creed 2 Assassins Creed Brotherhood Assassin's Creed Revelations Assassin's Creed Assault Heroes Avatar: the Game Back to the Future: The Game Batman: Arkham Asylum Battle Forge Battle of Europe Battlefield 2 Battlefield 2142 Battlefield 3 Battlefield Heroes Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Battlestar Galactica Battlestations: Pacific Bee Movie - The Game Besieger Besieger Bionic Commando BioShock 2 BioShock Black and White 2 Blade Kitten Blocktality Blood Bowl Bootfighter Windom Borderlands Breed Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway Bulletstorm Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate box Call of Duty 2 Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare Call of Duty World at War Call of Duty: Black Ops Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Call of Juarez Carrion Reanimating Cities XL Civilization 4 - Beyond the Sword Civilization 4 Civilization 5 Clones Code of Honor 2: Conspiracy Island Collin McRae Rally 3 Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 Command & Conquer 3 Kane's Wrath Command & Conquer 3 Tiberiam Wars Command & Conquer 4 Commandos Strike Force Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor Company of Heroes Condemned: Criminal Origins Crash Time 2 Burning Wheels Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason Crysis Warhead Crysis Damnation Dark Horizon Dark Messiah of Might and Magic Dark Void Darksiders Darkspore DarkStar One Dawn Of Magic DC Universe Online De Blob Dead Reefs Dead Rising 2 Dead Space 2 Death Track Resurrection Defense Grid: The Awakening Delta Force: Extreme 2 Demigod Deus Ex: Human Revolution Devil May Cry 3 Devil May Cry 4 Diamond Dan Dirt (Colin McRae) DiRT 2 DiRT 3 Divinity 2: Ego Draconis Dracula Origin Dragon Age 2 Dragon Age Origins Awakening Dragon Age Origins Drakensang: The Dark Eye Dream Pinball 3D DRIV3R Driver San Francisco Duke Nukem Forever Dungeon Defenders Dungeon Siege III Dungeons and Dragons Online Dungeons
Supported games through DDD

Dynasty Warriors 6 Dynasty Warriors Online Earth 2160 Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Elven Legacy Empire Earth III Empire Total War Euro Truck Simulator Europa Universalis III EVE Online Evolution GT F.E.A.R. Extraction Point F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate F.E.A.R. F.E.A.R.2: Project Origin F1 2010 Fable - The Lost Chapters Fable III Faces of War Fallen Earth Fallout 3: Broken Steel Fallout 3: Mothership Zeta Fallout 3: Operation Anchorage Fallout 3: Point lookout Fallout 3: The Pitt Fallout 3 Fallout New Vegas Fantasy Wars Far Cry 2 Far Cry FIFA 08 FIFA 09 FIFA 10 FIFA 11 FIFA 12 FIFA Online 2 FIFA Online Final Fantasy XIV FlatOut 2 FlatOut Football Manager 2009 Football Manager 2010 Football Manager 2011 Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood Frontlines Fuel of War Fuel Galactic Civilizations 2 Gold Edition Garshasp The Monster Slayer Gears of War G-Force Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Ghost Recon Ghostbusters Sanctum of Slime Ghostbusters Godfather II, The Google Earth Gothic 3 Grand Ages: Rome Grand Theft Auto 4: Episodes from Liberty City Grand Theft Auto IV Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Grid (Race Driver Grid) Ground Control 2 Operation Exodus GTR 2 GTR Evolution Guardians of Graxia Guild Wars - Eye of the North Guild Wars: Factions Guild Wars: Nightfall Guild Wars Guitar Hero 3 Gun Half-Life 2 - Episode 1 Half-Life 2 - Episode 2 Half-Life 2 Lost Coast Half-Life 2 Halo 2 Halo Combat Evolved Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the HalfBlood Prince Hegemony: Philip of Mecedon Hellgate London Heroes of Might and Magic 5 Hammers of Fate Heroes of Might and Magic 5 Tribes of the East Heroes of Might and Magic 5 Heroes of Newerth Hitman: Blood Money Homefront Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Imperium Romanum Incredibles, The Infernal Jack Keane Jade Empire James Bond 007: Blood Stone Jericho - Clive Barker's Journeys of the Dragon Rider Juiced 2 Hot Import Nights Jutland Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Kane and Lynch - Dead Men Kings Bounty The Legend King's Bounty: Armored Princess Kong Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Last Remnant, The Lead and Gold: Gangs of the wild west League of Legends Left 4 Dead 2 Left 4 Dead Legend - Hand of God Legendary Lego Batman Lego Indiana Jones Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy Lego Star Wars Lego Universe Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust Lineage 2: Oath of Blood Lineage 2: The Chaotic Throne - Gracia Lineage 2: The Chaotic Throne - Interlude Loki Lord of the Rings Battle For Middle Earth II Lord of the Rings Battle For Middle Earth Lord of the Rings Online Mines of Moria, the Lord of the Rings: Conquest, The Lost Horizon Lost Planet 2 Lost Planet Extreme Condition Colonies Lost Planet Extreme Condition LOST Via Domus Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Madden NFL 2007 Madden NFL 2008 Mafia 2 Magic 2012 Magic The Gathering: Duels of the Planewalkers Magicka Majesty 2 Mass Effect 2 Maw Medal of Honor Multiplayer Medal of Honor - Single Player Medieval 2 - Total War Memento Mori Men of War Assault Squad Men of War Mercenaries 2 World in Flames Metro 2033 Micro Machines 4 Microsoft Flight Simulator X Midnight Club II Midway Area 51 Might and Magic Heroes 6 Mini Ninjas Minigolf Adventures Mirror's Edge MLB 2K9 Monsters vs. Aliens MotoGP 08 Movies, The MTX Mototrax NBA 2K10 NBA 2K11 NBA 2K9 Need for Speed Carbon Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Need for Speed Most Wanted Need for Speed Pro Street Need for Speed Shift 2 Unleashed Need for Speed Shift Need for Speed Undercover Need for Speed Underground 2 Need for Speed World NHL 06 Nikopol Nimbus Ninja Blade Operations Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Orcs Must Die Order of War Overlord II Overlord Painkiller Overdose Painkiller: Resurrection Perimeter II: New Earth Perimeter: Emperor's Testament Perimeter Portal 2 Portal Pound of ground Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time Prince of Persia - Warrior Within Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands PRISM Guard Shield Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 Prototype Proun Psychonauts Pure Putt Nutz Pyroblazer Quantum of Solace Quantz R.U.S.E. Resident Evil 4 Resident Evil 5 rFactor Richard Burns Rally Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War Rise of the Argonauts Risen Risk Factions Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 Romance of the three kingdoms XI Runespell Overture Rush for the Bomb Saboteur Sacred 2: Fallen Angel Savage 2: A Tortured Soul Section 8 Sega Rally Serious Sam HD Shadowgrounds Surviver Shadowgrounds: Survivor Shadowrun Shank Shattered Horizon Shellshock 2: Blood Trails Sherlock Holmes Awakend Sherlock Holmes Nemesis Sherlock Holmes versus Jack the Ripper Ship Simulator Extremes Silent Hill Homecoming Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific Sims 2 Bon Voyage, The Sims 2 Nightlife, The Sims 2, The Sims 3, The Singularity Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment Sins of a Solar Empire Space Siege SpaceForce Captains Split Second Spore Creature Creator Spore Star Raiders Star Trek D-A-C Star Trek Online Star Wars: Battlefront 2 Star Wars: Empire at War Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Star Wars: The Force Unleashed StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Starship Troopers Stormrise Street Fighter IV Strong Bad Episode 1 Homestar Ruiner Strong Bad Episode 2 Strong Badia Strong Bad Episode 3 Baddest of the Bands Strong Bad Episode 4 Dangeresque 3 Strong Bad Episode 5 - 8 Bit is Enough Stronghold 2 StuntMania Super Taxi Driver 2006 Supreme Commander 2 Supreme Commander Sword of the Stars System Protocol One Tales of Monkey Island Team Fortress 2 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Ball The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Settlers II - 10th Anniversary The UnderGarden Theatre of War 2 Tiger Woods 2007 Tiger Woods 2008 Titan Quest Tom Clancy's EndWar Tom Clancy's HAWX 2 Tom Clancy's HAWX Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction Tomb Raider - Anniversary Tomb Raider - Legend Tomb Raider - Underworld Total War Shogun 2 Toy Story 3 Transformers: Revenge of Fallen Transformers Trine Tron: Evolution Tropico 3 Two Worlds Universal Combat Universe at War Earth Assault Unreal Tournament III Up Vancouver 2010 Velvet Assassin Virtual Earth Wallace and Gromit Grand Adventures Wall-E Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Titan Quest Tom Clancy's EndWar Tom Clancy's HAWX 2 Tom Clancy's HAWX Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction Tomb Raider - Anniversary Tomb Raider - Legend Tomb Raider - Underworld Total War Shogun 2 Toy Story 3 Transformers: Revenge of Fallen Transformers Trine Tron: Evolution Tropico 3 Two Worlds Universal Combat Universe at War Earth Assault Unreal Tournament III Up Vancouver 2010 Velvet Assassin Virtual Earth Wallace and Gromit Grand Adventures Wall-E Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Warmonger Watchmen: The End is Nigh Wheelman Wings of Prey Witcher, The Wolfenstein (2009) World in Conflict World of Tanks World of Warcraft Burning Crusade World of Warcraft Lich King World of Warcraft WorldShift X3 Reunion X-Blades X-Men Origins: Wolverine XMotorRacing Zeno Clash Zombie Driver
Nearly 600 titles supported!
HD3D Ecosystem: 3D Monitors

Samsung SA700 Samsung SA750 Samsung TA950 LG D2342P
Samsung SA950
Samsung TA750
LG D237IPS
Fast HDMI for Stereo 3D

AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series are the first GPUs to support 3GHz HDMI with frame packing support for Stereo 3D
1080p 60 Hz/Eye = 120Hz Total
L R
1 Second (60 Packed Frames)
Faster frame rates for smooth gameplay

Ultra High Resolution Support

4k displays today require multiple inputs Next-generation 4k displays will only require one input
DP1.1 DP1.1
DP1.2 HBR2
OR
HDMI 1.4a 3GHz
DVI DVI DVI DVI
The AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series are the first GPUs ready for current and next-generation displays
Summary
AMD Eyefinity technology 2.0 Uniting AMD Eyefinity, AMD HD3D & AMD CrossFire technologies Positional Audio With DDMA DisplayPort 1.2 & Fast HDMI And more!
Never Settle
AMD APP ACCELERATION

December 2011 | AMD Confidential | Under NDA
AMD App Acceleration & Radeon HD 7900 Series:

A Comprehensive User Experience Dedicated hardware HD video accelerators
Enhanced Productivity PC best in class HD playback quality
Faster than real-time HD video conversion1
Enhanced compute hardware & software Ecosystem of applications enabled with AMD APP SDK
Accelerated HD Video Editing
AMDs Unified Video decoder

Comprehensive Formats Support >> Flexible Playback Engine
UVD
1st generation 2nd
UVD
generation
UVD
AMD Radeon HD 7900
H.264 / AVCHD VC-1 / WMV profile D
H.264 / AVCHD VC-1 / WMV profile D MPEG-2
H.264 / AVCHD VC-1 / WMV profile D MPEG-2 Multi-View Codec (MVC) MPEG-4 / DivX
Video Formats
Bitstream decode
Bitstream decode Picture-in-Picture
Bitstream decode Picture-in-Picture Dual stream HD+SD Dual stream HD+HD
Features
Dual stream HD+SD
Introducing AMDs Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Core functionality
Multi-stream hardware H.264 HD Encoder Power efficient & Faster than real-time1 1080p @60fps Two encode modes: full fixed & hybrid (with compute)
Quality features
4:2:0 color sampling video Optimizations for scenes changes (games & video) Variable compression quality
Interfacing features
Audio / Video multiplexing Input from frame buffer for Transcoding & Video Conferencing Input from GPU display engine for Wireless Display
Encode with VCE Full Mode

Faster than Real-Time1, Low Latency, Power-Efficient HD Encode
CPU GPU Current frame (Uncompressed YUV420) Forward Transform (e.g. FDCT) Bitrate Feedback
Rate Control
Reference frames in the group of pictures (GOP)
Intra Prediction
Quantization
Entropy Encode
0100110010110 10111100
Motion Estimation
H.264 Compressed Stream
VCE
Encode with VCE Hybrid Mode

More Parallelism >> scalable Pipeline
CPU GPU Current frame (Uncompressed YUV420) Forward Forward Forward transform transform Transform (e.g. FDCT) (e.g. FDCT) (e.g. FDCT) Reference frames in the group of pictures (GOP) Bitrate Feedback
Rate Control
Intra Intra Intra prediction prediction Prediction
Quantization Quantization Quantization
Entropy Encode
0100110010110 10111100
Motion Motion Motion estimation estimation Estimation
H.264 Compressed Stream
Compute
VCE
TotalMedia Theatre 5.2

Exciting pre-announcement of the new updater New design; new concept Alpha blended UI Media Management for your local and online media Movie metadata search Smart menu for DVD movies & video clips Sim3D - real-time 2D-to-3D conversion Optimized for AMD Radeon HD graphics MVC H/W acceleration Blu-ray 3D with HDMI 1.4 UVD support HW accelerated on MPEG-4 ASP OpenCL SimHD Rewritten with AMD APP SDK
Utilizing AMD Video Codec Engine (VCE) technology in Transcoder Pipeline

Encode Decode (UVD) SimHD (OpenCL)
ME / IDCT / MC (OpenCL)
Entropy (VCE)
Full encoding (VCE)
Hybrid encode mode: On high-end graphics, use OpenCL for ME / IDCT / MC and VCE for entropy encoding. Faster than realtime encoding. VCE full encode mode: On low-end graphics, use VCE for the entire encoding. Lower power consumption compare to CPU encoding.
Media Processing Instructions

SAD = Sum of Absolute Differences Critical operation for many video & image processing algorithms
Motion detection Gesture recognition Video & image search Depth extraction Computer vision
2 4 7 4 5 0 5 1 5 7 9 3 4 1 4 1
Closest match
3 2 8 3 5 9 5 5 5 7 7 9 0 7 9 1 6 3 8 1 3 1 4 2 0 1 9 6
4 SAD = 1 0 7 5 9 22 1 2 1 9
2 SAD = 6 9 6 559 3 8 0 3 7
7 SAD = 8 4 5 058 4 2 4
2 SAD = 0 2 2 245 3 0 3
SAD (4x1) and QSAD (4x4) instructions

Evaluate up to 64 pixels per CU per clock cycle
Maskable MQSAD instruction

Allows background pixels to be ignored Accelerated isolation of moving objects AMD Radeon HD 7970 can evaluate
>1.8 Terapixels/sec
AMD Radeon HD 7900, QSAD in Motion Estimation of Steady Video

Used in Steady Video 2.0, this instruction enables unprecedented acceleration to detect motion in the video To detect random shifts +/-32 pixels in any possible direction: The number of SADs/sec for 1920x1088@60Hz = 513,382,809,600 Over 513 billion calculations All processing must happen in few millisecond to keep real-time playback
AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series: new QSAD instruction can deliver 10x speed-up over CPU for motion estimation3 allowing time for more sophisticated processing for best in class video quality
Enhanced Productivity with AMD App Acceleration

Browsers & Plug-ins Consumer Video Editing
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Google Chrome Adobe Premiere Elements
Corel VideoStudio Pro
CyberLink PowerDirector
Adobe Flash Player
Microsoft Silverlight
Productivity & Mapping
Sony Vegas Movie Studio
Roxio Creator
Microsoft Windows Live
Popular Media Players
Microsoft PowerPoint
Google Earth
Bing Maps Corel WinDVD Roxio CinePlayer
ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre
CyberLink PowerDVD
Introducing WinZip 16.5

The fastest, most trusted method for securing, storing and sharing files is about to get a lot faster Working closely with AMD, WinZip is using OpenCL to accelerate the WinZip engine Accelerating Deflate compression Inflate decompression, and AES encryption WinZip 16.5 is being optimized for AMD Fusion and Radeon Graphics Fast memory access on Fusion APUs Massively parallel operation favors the most powerful discrete graphics OpenCL allows workload to be spread across CPU, integrated GPU, and discrete graphics
AMD App Acceleration & Radeon HD 7900 Series:

A Comprehensive User Experience Dedicated hardware HD video accelerators
Enhanced Productivity PC best in class HD playback quality
Faster than real-time HD video conversion1
Enhanced compute hardware & software Ecosystem of applications enabled with AMD APP SDK
Accelerated HD Video Editing
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AMD RADEON HD 7900 SERIES GRAPHICS

Codename Southern Islands

The demand for graphics horsepower

Games Are More Visually

Increasing Demand for

ALWAYS AHEAD of the Curve

FIRST to PCI-E Gen3

ALWAYS AHEAD of the Curve

AMDs Southern Islands Product Line

Enthusiast Gamers The Worlds Most Powerful and Advanced GPU*

Hardcore Gamers The Sweet Spot For Hardcore Gamers

Performance Gamers New Paradigm of Performance and Power

Graphics Core Next

AMD Eyefinity 2.0

AMD App Acceleration

Graphics Core Next

AMD Eyefinity 2.0

AMD App Acceleration

Introducing the AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series GPUs

AMD Radeon HD 7970 Never Settle

Dual BIOS Toggle Switch

Improved Fan Design

* vs. AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series reference boards

AMD PowerTune Technology

Graphics Board Power ATI Radeon HD 5870

AMD Radeon HD 7970

More Performance When You Need it

* Chart is for illustration purposes only.

AMD ZeroCore Power Technology

Graphics Board Power ATI Radeon HD 5870

AMD Radeon HD 7970

More Energy Savings When You Dont

* Chart is for illustration purposes only.

Lower Long Idle Power with AMD ZeroCore Power Technology

55nm Jun. 2008 90 W

40nm Sept. 2009 27 W

40nm Oct. 2010 24 W

Board Idle Power

28nm Dec. 2011 <3W

AMD ZeroCore Power Technology with AMD CrossFire Technology

Idle Graphics Board Power

4 x AMD Radeon HD 7970 in AMD CrossFire Technology Mode

Maximum Performance with Maximum Energy Savings

* Chart is for illustration purposes only.

1,100 MHz 1,050 MHz

Overclocking headroom 1GHz and Beyond

As Featured in the AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series

Memory Interface 8 Vertex Pipes

Stream Processing Units

FMAD+ Special Functions

General Purpose Registers

Pixel Shader Core

Stream Processing Units

Graphics Core Next Architecture

AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series Codename Tahiti

Up to 768KB read/write L2 cache Fast 384-bit GDDR5 memory interface

Utilization and Efficiency

AMD Radeon HD 6970 AMD Radeon HD 7970

AMD Radeon HD 6970

Partially Resident Textures (PRT)

Texture Filtering Quality

AMD EYEFINITY 2.0 TECHNOLOGY

Display Technology Leadership

Continued evolution of AMD Eyefinity technology and the ecosystem