Low Power, Exceptional Performance
The AMD G-Series platform is a flexible solution that in the
same package oers scalable choices for the level of CPU
performance, power eciency, and visual experience. The AMD
G-T16R APU with an average power of only 2.3 Watts1 enables
very small form factor, fan-less and portable applications. APU
configurations are available with single or dual x86 cores, at
4.5W, 9W or 18W thermal design power (TDP), and two levels
of graphics and video performance. Each APU supports single
or dual-independent high resolution displays and exceptional
multi-media capability with hardware decode support for
H.264, VC-1, MPEG2, WMV, DivX and Adobe® Flash. When
paired with the AMD A50M controller hub with support for
advanced interfaces such as 6Gb/s SATA, Generation 2 PCI
Express®, and HD Audio, the AMD G-Series platform delivers
a low power, value-oriented solution for applications requiring
a better balance of CPU and multimedia performance. For
high-end, full- featured platforms, the AMD A55E controller
hub is an alternative pairing choice with added features of
Gigabit Ethernet MAC, RAID (0/1/5/10) support with FIS-based
switching, and PCI local bus support.
Headless Embedded Systems
For deeply embedded headless systems, the AMD Embedded
G-Series CPU models T48L and T30L enable whisper-quiet
media servers and model T24L enables fanless design for
factory control systems.
Product Overview
The AMD Embedded G-Series processor is the world’s first integrated circuit to combine a low-power CPU and a discrete-level
GPU into a single embedded Accelerated Processing Unit (APU). This unprecedented level of graphics integration builds a
new foundation for high performance multi-media content delivery in a small form factor and power ecient platform for a
broad range of embedded designs. Based on a power-optimized core, the AMD Embedded G-Series platform delivers levels of
performance in a compact BGA package that is ideal for low power designs in embedded applications such as Digital Signage,
x86 Set-Top Box (xSTB), IP-TV, Thin Client, Information Kiosk, Point-of-Sale, Casino Gaming, Media Servers, and Industrial
Control Systems.
Product Brief
AMD Embedded G-Series APU Platform
The worlds first combination of
low-power CPU and advanced
GPU intergrated into a single
embedded device
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Product Brief: AMD Embedded G-Series APU Platform
Features and Benefits
A flexible platform that in one package oers many choices
for power eciency, visual experience with high resolution,
and fully connected Internet experience with maximum multi-
media capability. Delivering unprecedented high definition
visual experience while still maintaining a low power design.
• DirectX® 11 support lets you enjoy awesome
graphics performance, stunning 3D visual eects
and dynamic interactivity.
• Advanced discrete-level GPU with OpenGL 4.0 and
OpenCL™ 1.1 support in an integrated device provides
support to build the designs of tomorrow, today
• Unprecedented graphics performance/per watt thru
advanced graphics and hardware acceleration delivering
over 3X performance per watt of previous generation2.
• Selective models, T56N and T40N, have additional boost
capability enabled by AMD Turbo CORE technology
without additional power draw.
• Enabling Innovative Small Form Factor Designs -
Smaller foot print and low power solution reduces
overall system costs.
• The integration of the APU reduces the foot print of a
traditional three-chip platform to two chips, the APU
and its companion controller hub. This simplifies the
design, requiring fewer board layers and a smaller power
supply, thereby driving down system costs.
• Reduced Costs over the Product Life Cycle - A single,
scalable platform design that allows OEMs to reduce
development costs, optimize solutions and increase
product stability.
• A single APU architecture with an array of performance
options, the AMD Embedded G-Series platform lets
OEMs utilize a single board design to enable solutions
that span from entry level to high end. The commonality
of the scalable platform design across multiple product
variants can help reduce development costs, simplify the
supply chain and reduce operational complexity.
• AMD’s embedded lifecycle, with planned availability
of at least 5 years, helps to ensure a long life for an
OEM design.
Key Architecture Benefits
APU Features
• High speed device interconnect
• High performance integrated x86 core(s)
• Integrated cutting edge graphics processor
• High-bandwidth, low-latency integrated
memory controller
• Low-latency platform interface
x86 Core Architecture
• Single or dual x86 Processor
• Advanced Branch Prediction
• Out-of-Order Instruction Execution
- Full OOO Instruction Execution
- Full OOO Load/Store Engine
• High Performance Floating Point
• AMD64 64-bit ISA
• SSE1,2,3, SSSE3 ISA, SSE4A, MMX™
• Secure Advanced Virtualization
GPU Core Architecture
• Dedicated graphics memory controller
- High eciency ring bus memory controller
- Direct connection to memory
• 2D Acceleration
- Highly-optimized 128-bit engine, capable of processing
multiple pixels per clock
• 3D Acceleration
- Full DirectX® 11 support, including full speed 32-bit
floating point per component operations
- Shader Model 5
- OpenCL™ 1.1 support
- OpenGL 4.0 support
• Motion Video Acceleration
- Dedicated hardware (UVD 3) for H.264, VC-1
and MPEG2 decode
- HD HQV and SD HQV support: noise removal, detail
enhancement, color enhancement, cadence detection,
sharpness, and advanced de-interlacing
- Super up-conversion for SD to HD resolutions
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Product Brief: AMD Embedded G-Series APU Platform
Integrated DDR3 Memory Controller
• Support for solder-down, SODIMM and DIMM memory,
two slots, non-ECC type
• 64-bit DDR3 SDRAM controller operating at frequencies
up to 1333MT/s (667MHz)
Large High-Performance On-Chip Cache
• 32KB I-Cache, 32KB D-Cache
• 512KB L2 per core
Enabling Fan-Less, High Reliability,
Low Cost Solutions
• The two low power models, dual-core T40E and single-
core T40R, deliver up to 40% power savings compared
to the other models in the AMD Embedded G-Series
product family. They expand the fanless design options
for system architects and design engineers who want
to build a more reliable, lower cost solution with smaller
foot print without compromising on features for video,
graphics and support for multiple displays.
AMD Virtualization™ Technology (AMD-V™)
• SVM lock and unlock
• Nested paging
• Next RIP
• LBR virtualization
• 8 Address space identifiers
• Performance counter guest/host bit
• Nested page table fault info
I/O
• 4x1 or 1x4 PCI Express® interface on APU
• See controller hub table for detail I/O features of
• A50M and A55E
• Full ISA bus support available, please see Delivering Full
ISA Support with the AMD Embedded G-Series Platform
and the ITE Tech, ITE888 PCI to ISA Bridge posted on the
AMD Embedded Developers Web site PID (51762)
Package
• APU
- 413-pin lidless micro BGA
- 19mm x 19mm
• Controller Hub
- 605-pin lidless
AMD Embedded G-Series platform with dual display options
Display One Resolution Extended Display Resolution1
DisplayPort / eDP2
2560 x 1600 at 60Hz
(1920 x 1200 at 60Hz)
DisplayPort 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz (1900 x 1200 at 60Hz)
HDMI™1920 x 1200 at 60Hz (1900 x 1200 at 60Hz)
Single-link DVI 1920 x 1200 at 60Hz (1900 x 1200 at 60Hz)
VGA 2048 x 1536 at 60Hz (1900 x 1200 at 60Hz)
Single-link LVDS3,4
1440 x 900 or 1400 x 1050 at 60Hz
(1024 x 600 at 60Hz)
DisplayPort 2560 x 1600 at 60Hz (1900 x 1200 at 60Hz)
HDMI™1920 x 1200 at 60Hz (1900 x 1200 at 60Hz)
Single-link DVI 1920 x 1200 at 60Hz (1900 x 1200 at 60Hz)
VGA 2048 x 1536 at 60Hz (1900 x 1200 at 60Hz)
Single-link DVI
1920 x 1200 at 60Hz
(1920 x 1200 at 60Hz)
HDMI™1920 x 1200 at 60Hz (1900 x 1200 at 60Hz)
Single-link DVI 1920 x 1200 at 60Hz (1900 x 1200 at 60Hz)
VGA 2048 x 1536 at 60Hz (1900 x 1200 at 60Hz)
VGA
2048 x 1536 at 60Hz
(1920 x 1200 at 60Hz)
HDMI™ 1920 x 1200 at 60Hz (1900 x 1200 at 60Hz)
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Product Brief: AMD Embedded G-Series APU Platform
AMD G-Series Accelerated Processing Units
Model OPN Pckg CPU
Cores
L2
Cache
/Core
Memory
Interface
CPU Core
Frequency
Discrete Class
Graphics
GPU Core
Frequency
Hardware
Video
Acceleration12
Graphics Display
Outputs13
Display
Resolutions
Thermal
Design
Power
Tdie Product
Release
T56N GET56NGBB22GVE
FT1 413-pin µBGA 19mm2
2512KB DDR3-1333,
Unbuffered
1.65GHz17 AMD Radeon™
HD 6320
500MHz UVD 3 for H.264,
VC-1 and MPEG2
with Blu-ray
support
DirectX® 11
Shader
Model 5
OpenCL™ 1.1
OpenGL 4.0
Dual independent
display controllers
2 active outputs from:
1x VGA
2x single link DVI
1x single link LVDS
2x DisplayPort 1.1a
1x HDMI
1x DVO
VGA: 2560x1600
(HD 6320, HD 6310) or
1920x1200 (HD 6290, HD
6250) 30 bpp
Single link DVI: 1920x1200
24 bpp
HDMI™: 1920x1080p 36
bpp Single link LVDS14:
1400x1050 18 bpp
DisplayPort 1.1a:
2560x1600 (HD 6310)
or 1920x1200 (HD 6250)
@ 30 bpp
18W 90°C Q2-11
T56E GET56EGBB22GVE 2512KB DDR3-1333,
Unbuffered
1.65GHz17 AMD Radeon™
HD 6250
275MHz UVD 3 for H.264,
VC-1 and MPEG2
18W 90°C Q2-12
T52R GET52RGBB12GVE 1512KB DDR3-1333,
Unbuffered
1.5GHz AMD Radeon™
HD 6310
500HMz UVD 3 for H.264,
VC-1 and MPEG2
with Blu-ray
support
18W 90°C Q2-11
T48E GET48EGBB22GVE 2512KB DDR3-1066,
Unbuffered
1.4GHz AMD Radeon™
HD 6250
280MHz UVD 3 for H.264,
VC-1 and MPEG2
18W 90°C Q2-12
T44R GET44RFPB12GVE 1512KB DDR3-1066,15
Unbuffered
1.2GHz AMD Radeon™
HD 6250
280MHz
UVD 3 for H.264,
VC-1 and MPEG2
9W 90°C Q2-11
T40N GET40NFPB22GVE 2512KB DDR3-1066,15
Unbuffered
1.0GHz17 AMD Radeon™
HD 6290
280MHz 9W 90°C Q2-11
T48N GET48NGBB22GVE 2512KB DDR3-1066,
Unbuffered
1.4GHz AMD Radeon™
HD 6310
520MHz 18W 90°C Q2-11
T40E GET40EFSB22GVE 2512KB DDR3-1066,15
Unbuffered
1.0GHz AMD Radeon™
HD 6250
280MHz 6.4W 90°C Q2-11
T40R GET40RFSB12GVE 1512KB DDR3-1066,15
Unbuffered
1.0GHz AMD Radeon™
HD 6250
280MHz 5.5W 90°C Q2-11
T16R
GET16RFWB12GVE
1512KB LVDDR3-1066 615MHz AMD Radeon™
HD 6250
276MHz VGA: 1920x1200 (HD
6290, HD 6250) 30 bpp
Single link DVI:
1920x1200 24 bpp
DisplayPort 1.1a: 1920
x 1200
(HD 6250) @ 30 bpp
4.5W 90°C Q2-12
T48L
GET48LGBB22GVE
2512KB DDR3-1066,
Unbuffered
1.4GHz N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 18W 90°C Q2-11
T30L
GET30LGBB12GVE
1512KB DDR3-1066,
Unbuffered
1.4GHz N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 18W 90°C Q2-11
T24L
GET24LFQB12GVE
1512KB DDR3-1066,15
Unbuffered
1.0GHz N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 5W 90°C Q2-11
AMD G-Series Platform Controller Hubs
Model OPN CPU
Interface Package PCI
Express®PCI SATA FIS-Based
Switching
Ethernet
MAC USB HD Audio
LPC
SPI
SMBus
Max
GPIOs
APU Fan
Control
APU Clock
Gen Power16
A50M
100-
CG2198
1x4 Gen 1 FCBGA
605-pin
lidless µBGA
2mm2
4x1 Gen 2 No 6x 6Gb/s No No 14 v2.0
2 v1.1
Up to
4-channels
Yes 102 Yes Yes 2.7W-
5.9W
A55E
100-
CG2293
1x4 Gen 2 FCBGA
605-pin
lidless µBGA
2mm2
4x1 Gen 2 33MHz
4 Slots
6x 6Gb/s
with RAID
0,1,5,10
Yes Yes
(non-EEE
PHY only)
14 v2.0
2 v1.1
Up to
4-channels
Yes 102 Yes Yes 2.7W-
5.9W
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Product Brief: AMD Embedded G-Series APU Platform
Notes:
1. Extended displays connected to any interface of the AMD Radeon™ HD 6290/6250 graphics support a maximum resolution of 1920 x 1200 at 60Hz.
2. Internal LCD panel.
3. Internal LCD panel, DP0 only.
4. 24-bit, dual-channel, LVDS support option available. See the AMD FT1 Processor Display Option Schematic (PID 48601) on the AMD Embedded Developer Support Web Site (wwwd.amd.com/dev).
1 When comparing the AMD Embedded G-Series T44R platform to the AMD Sempron™ 210U/780E platform running 3DMark™ 06. Internal testing of current vs. previous generation AMD processor-based
embedded systems as of October 13, 2010 showed more than 3X graphics performance-per-watt advantage for the current generation. Current system: AMD G-T44R APU (9W TDP), Inagua development
platform, 2 GB RAM, Windows® 7. Previous generation: AMD Sempron™ 2010U processor (15W TDP), MSI 9858 motherboard, 2 GB RAM, Windows 7. Graphics performance-per-watt calculated based on 3DMark™
06 benchmark divided by solution thermal design power (TDP).
2 While running a Winbench 99 business graphics benchmark the AMD G-T16R APU consumed an average of 2.284W. I/O Controller Hub power is estimated based on the measured average power drawn
by the I/OCH of .965W during a run of 3DMark 06. System Configuration: AMD G-T16R APU (DVT) at 30°C, “Inagua” Development Board, 4GB 1.35V DDR3, Windows 7 Ultimate. EMB-26
2 Low voltage (1.35V) DDR3 is assumed for the 9W TDP processors. The use of 1.5V DDR3 will incur a power adder. Always refer to the processor/chipset data sheets for technical specifications. Feature information
in this document is provided for reference only.
3 Models enabled by AMD Turbo CORE technology, up to 10% clock speed increase is planned. For CPU boost, only one processor core of a dual-core has boost enabled.
12 Refer to the Brazos Platform Minimum System Recommendations for HD Video Playback, order# 48826 to view the minimum system configurations required to enable HD playback and the maximum resolution
supported for each advanced video quality feature.
13 Other resolutions available that do not oversubscribe link bandwidth. Display resolutions limited by available memory bandwidth.
14 eDP translator option supporting 2048x1536 (HD 6310) or 1920x1200 (HD 6250) at 18 or 24 bpp.
15 Low voltage (1.35V) DDR3 is assumed for the 9W TDP processors. The use of 1.5V DDR3 will incur a power adder.
16 Configuration dependent. See product databook for configurations.
17 Models enabled by AMD Turbo CORE technology, up to 10% clock speed increase is planned. For CPU boost, only one processor core of a dual-core has boost enabled.
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14x USB 2.0
SPI
LPC
SMBus
CIR
GPIO
4x1 or 1x4
6x SATA 6Gbs [Raid 0,1,5,10*]
Ethernet
Gen 2
Full ISA Bus
with DMA Support
VGA
4x1 or 1x4
AMD G-Series Processor
CPU0
512kB
L2
DDI0
DDI1
DirectX® 11
Capable GPU
PCIe x4 Gen 2
CPU1
512kB
L2
A50M/A55E*
Controller Hub
x4 UMI
Clock Gen
RTC
Watchdog
HD Audio
Ethernet MAC*
BIOS ROM
SIO TMP
Fan CTRL
HD Codec
ITE 8888
(Option)
Ethernet PHI
DDR3, 1-ch
AMD G-Series Platform Block Diagram