— “Vega” GPU architecture delivers 2.3X the
performance to accelerate professional applications1, 2.6X geometry
throughput for complex models2, no local memory limits for mammoth
data sets, and breaks the terabyte graphics memory barrier enabling
8K workflows —
SIGGRAPH 2017 --
At the
second annual Capsaicin SIGGRAPH event, AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) unveiled
new professional graphics cards designed to dramatically accelerate
the pace of professional content creation today, while enabling
creators to take bold new steps into the more demanding workflows
of tomorrow. Based on AMD’s next-generation “Vega” GPU
architecture, the Radeon™ Pro WX 9100 and Radeon™ Pro SSG
professional graphics cards defy convention, introducing advanced
technology never before seen in the professional space that reduces
or eliminates traditional content creation barriers, empowering
artists, designers and engineers to better realize their visions.
“Today we’re seeing the convergence of our professional markets.
Real-time visualization, graphics virtualization, and machine
intelligence are coming together to enable extraordinary new
possibilities for professionals, and no one is better positioned to
win than AMD. Radeon Pro was built on the promise of enabling the
art of the impossible, giving professional content creators a means
to realize even their wildest ambitions. But their visions and the
technology needed to achieve them is a moving target, an unending
challenge that demands more from creators and the technology they
use every year. With the new Radeon Pro WX 9100 and Radeon Pro SSG,
we’re breaking new ground and we can’t wait to see how you unleash
this power,” said Ogi Brkic, general manager, professional
graphics, Radeon Technologies Group, AMD.
Radeon Pro WX 9100: Accelerating Your
Imagination
The Radeon Pro WX 9100 workstation graphics card is designed to
excel in the most demanding media and entertainment, and design and
manufacturing workloads. Delivering up to 12.3 TFLOPS of peak
single precision compute performance, the Radeon Pro WX 9100
graphics card represents a new era of professional graphics
capabilities fueled by powerful Next-Gen Compute Units3 with Rapid
Packed Math and an Enhanced Geometry Pipeline which improves
processing efficiencies. Compared to the AMD FirePro™ W9100 the
Radeon Pro WX 9100 runs models more than twice as fast, delivering
over 2.6X the peak throughput-per-clock.2
The Radeon Pro WX 9100 uses 16GB of High-Bandwidth Cache based
on the newest, ultra-fast HBM2 Error Correcting Code (ECC) Memory,
and harnesses the revolutionary High Bandwidth Cache Controller
(HBCC), the world’s most advanced GPU memory architecture. At
Capsaicin SIGGRAPH, AMD demonstrated how the new memory system
powers extraordinary workflows not possible before, showcasing a
complex scene in Radeon™ ProRender that easily exceeded on-card
memory capacity but ran smoothly as the HBCC automatically extended
local memory. The same scene would not load on competing offerings
because of an out-of-memory error. When working with large data
sets and complex models, as local GPU memory is exceeded, the
Radeon WX 9100 continues delivering smooth performance and low CPU
usage.
The Radeon Pro WX 9100 is a dramatic improvement over AMD’s
previous generation graphics card, boasting 51% more memory
bandwidth4, 2.6X performance/Watt5, 2.3X the compute performance6,
and a wide range of API support including Vulkan® 1.0, OpenGL® 4.5,
OpenCL™ 2.0, and DirectX® 12.1, and the latest display technologies
including support for 8K at 60Hz, 4K at 120Hz, and DisplayPort 1.4
HDR-ready7 with support for up to six displays using AMD Eyefinity
Technology. To demonstrate the computational superiority of the
Radeon Pro WX 9100, AMD demonstrated real-time raytracing using
Radeon ProRender paired with Unreal® Engine 4. As the scene was
loaded in Unreal, the Radeon Pro WX 9100 computed the raytraced
scene in parallel.
Radeon Pro SSG: The World’s First GPU to Break the
Terabyte Graphics Memory Barrier
Today’s professional content creators face numerous obstacles in
their workflows, and while the GPU and storage ingredients exist to
address them in theory, in practice there has been no solution that
brings them together. With the Radeon Pro SSG, AMD set out to solve
those obstacles with a fundamental shift in the science of PC
technology, with high-speed, high-capacity NVMe devices onboard the
graphics card.
Featuring the same performance and features of the Radeon Pro WX
9100, the Radeon Pro SSG is the first graphics card to offer 2TB of
graphics memory, enabling smooth, native 8K video editing in
real-time. At Capsaicin SIGGRAPH, AMD demonstrated how the Radeon
Pro SSG effortlessly scrubbed through raw 8K content in Adobe®
Premiere® Pro providing near instantaneous access to any position
in the video. The Radeon™ Pro SSG card empowers the editors to play
back, manipulate, stitch and post-process raw 8K content as easily
as today’s 4K workflows and represents a fundamental shift in
hardware for those who deal with big data sets. Leading ISVs are
adapting their software to make the most of this next-generation
architecture.
The massive high-speed memory of the Radeon Pro SSG combined
with the “Vega” GPU architecture’s immense computation capabilities
also enables stunning next-generation workflows, unlocking huge
data sets and real-time responsiveness. At Capsaicin SIGGRAPH AMD
demonstrated a massive uncompressed lightfield data set of a
kitchen, fully navigable in real-time.
Radeon Pro Reliability and Support
Both the Radeon Pro WX 9100 and Radeon Pro SSG are designed by
AMD and engineered with a consistent bill of materials and the
highest quality components offering stable, reliable performance. A
three-year limited warranty8 and optional seven-year limited
warranty9 is offered on the retail version of the Radeon Pro WX
9100, and a two-year limited warranty8 is offered on the Radeon Pro
SSG.
To ensure the best possible experience with the Radeon™ Pro
graphics cards, Radeon™ Pro Software Enterprise Drivers are
specifically designed to combine the power of AMD's next-generation
graphics with the highly-tailored needs of professional users.
Radeon Pro Software Enterprise Drivers deliver predictable software
release dates, with updates issued on the fourth Thursday of each
calendar quarter, and feature prioritized support with AMD working
with customers, ISVs, and OEMs to provide top-of-the-queue
engineering work. The drivers are certified in numerous workstation
applications covering the leading professional use cases.
AMD also offers a wide range of tools and open source software
for professional content creators including Radeon ProRender and
the Radeon™ ProRender Game Engine Importer. Radeon ProRender is a
powerful physically-based rendering engine available as for many
popular 3D content creation applications, including Autodesk® 3ds
Max® and Maya®, Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORSK®, and Blender™, and an
upcoming integration with Cinema 4D by Maxon. Radeon ProRender
works across Windows®, macOS® and Linux®, and supports AMD GPUs,
CPUs and APUs as well as those of other vendors. The Radeon
ProRender Game Engine Importer, currently in beta, is designed to
more easily port models from visualization programs like
SOLIDWORKS® to real-time engines like Unreal® Engine. With a few
clicks professionals can easily export a Radeon ProRender scene in
one application, and open the same scene in the real-time engine
enabling advanced visualization with the power of Radeon Pro GPUs
and Radeon ProRender.
Pricing and Availability
The Radeon Pro WX 9100 and Radeon Pro SSG graphics cards’
planned availability is September 13. The expected MSRP of the
Radeon Pro WX 9100 is $2,199 and the expected MSRP of the Radeon
Pro SSG is $6,999. For more information visit
pro.radeon.com/wx/9100 and pro.radeon.com/ssg.
Supporting Resources
- Read more about Radeon Pro graphics cards
- Hear what the industry thinks of the new Radeon Pro solutions
here
- Get all the details on the new AMD Studios initiative here
- Read about Project 47, AMD’s 1 PetaFLOPS rack ideal for
graphics virtualization and machine intelligence here
- See more details about the Radeon Pro Software Enterprise
Driver
- Become a fan of AMD and Radeon on Facebook
- Follow @RadeonPro on Twitter
About AMDFor more than 45 years AMD has driven
innovation in high-performance computing, graphics, and
visualization technologies ― the building blocks for gaming,
immersive platforms, and the datacenter. Hundreds of millions of
consumers, leading Fortune 500 businesses, and cutting-edge
scientific research facilities around the world rely on AMD
technology daily to improve how they live, work, and play. AMD
employees around the world are focused on building great products
that push the boundaries of what is possible. For more information
about how AMD is enabling today and inspiring tomorrow, visit the
AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) website, blog, Facebook and Twitter pages.
AMD, the AMD logo, Ryzen and Radeon are trademarks
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concerning Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) including the
features, functionality, availability, timing, pricing and expected
benefits of Radeon™ Pro-based products, which are made pursuant to
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actual results to differ materially from current expectations. Such
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uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and generally
beyond AMD's control, that could cause actual results and other
future events to differ materially from those expressed in, or
implied or projected by, the forward-looking information and
statements. Material factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from current expectations include, without
limitation, the following: Intel Corporation’s dominance of the
microprocessor market and its aggressive business practices may
limit AMD’s ability to compete effectively; AMD has a wafer supply
agreement with GF with obligations to purchase all of its
microprocessor and APU product requirements, and a certain portion
of its GPU product requirements, from GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. (GF)
with limited exceptions. If GF is not able to satisfy AMD’s
manufacturing requirements, its business could be adversely
impacted; AMD relies on third parties to manufacture its products,
and if they are unable to do so on a timely basis in sufficient
quantities and using competitive technologies, AMD’s business could
be materially adversely affected; failure to achieve expected
manufacturing yields for AMD’s products could negatively impact its
financial results; the success of AMD’s business is dependent upon
its ability to introduce products on a timely basis with features
and performance levels that provide value to its customers while
supporting and coinciding with significant industry transitions; if
AMD cannot generate sufficient revenue and operating cash flow or
obtain external financing, it may face a cash shortfall and be
unable to make all of its planned investments in research and
development or other strategic investments; the loss of a
significant customer may have a material adverse effect on AMD;
AMD’s receipt of revenue from its semi-custom SoC products is
dependent upon its technology being designed into third-party
products and the success of those products; global economic
uncertainty may adversely impact AMD’s business and operating
results; the markets in which AMD’s products are sold are highly
competitive; AMD may not be able to generate sufficient cash to
service its debt obligations or meet its working capital
requirements; AMD has a large amount of indebtedness which could
adversely affect its financial position and prevent it from
implementing its strategy or fulfilling its contractual
obligations; the agreements governing AMD’s notes and the Secured
Revolving Line of Credit impose restrictions on AMD that may
adversely affect its ability to operate its business; AMD's
issuance to West Coast Hitech L.P. (WCH) of warrants to purchase 75
million shares of its common stock, if and when exercised, will
dilute the ownership interests of its existing stockholders, and
the conversion of the 2.125% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 may
dilute the ownership interest of its existing stockholders, or may
otherwise depress the price of its common stock; uncertainties
involving the ordering and shipment of AMD’s products could
materially adversely affect it; the demand for AMD’s products
depends in part on the market conditions in the industries into
which they are sold. Fluctuations in demand for AMD’s products or a
market decline in any of these industries could have a material
adverse effect on its results of operations; AMD’s ability to
design and introduce new products in a timely manner is dependent
upon third-party intellectual property; AMD depends on third-party
companies for the design, manufacture and supply of motherboards,
software and other computer platform components to support its
business; if AMD loses Microsoft Corporation’s support for its
products or other software vendors do not design and develop
software to run on AMD’s products, its ability to sell its products
could be materially adversely affected; and AMD’s reliance on
third-party distributors and AIB partners subjects it to certain
risks. Investors are urged to review in detail the risks and
uncertainties in AMD's Securities and Exchange Commission filings,
including but not limited to AMD's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended April 1, 2017.
1. The Radeon Pro WX 9100 peak single precision performance is
~12.3 TFLOPS. The AMD FirePro W9100 peak single precision
performance is ~5.24 TFLOPS. The Radeon Pro WX 9100 has ~2.3x
greater peak single precision performance (12.3/5.24=2.3)
2. Data based on AMD Engineering design of “Vega” GPU
architecture. AMD FirePro W9100 has 4 geometry engines and a peak
of 4 polygons per clock. Vega is designed to handle up to 11
polygons per clock with 4 geometry engines. This represents an
increase of up to 2.6x.
3. Discrete AMD Radeon™ and FirePro™ GPUs based on the Graphics
Core Next architecture consist of multiple discrete execution
engines known as a Compute Unit (“CU”). Each CU contains 64 shaders
(“Stream Processors”) working together. GD-78
4. The Radeon Pro WX 9100 memory bandwidth is ~484 GB/s.
The AMD FirePro W9100 memory bandwidth is ~320 GB/s. The Radeon Pro
WX 9100 has 51% greater memory bandwidth (484/320=1.51)
5. The Radeon Pro WX 9100 is rated at 250W total board
power. The AMD FirePro W9100 is rated at 275W total board
power. The Radeon Pro WX 9100 has a 2.6x advantage in
perf/watt over the AMD FirePro W9100. (12300/250=49.2
GFLOPS/W (WX 9100). 5240/275=19.05 GFLOPS/W (W9100).
49.2/19.05=2.58)
6. The Radeon Pro WX 9100 peak single precision performance is
~12.3 TFLOPS. The AMD FirePro W9100 peak single precision
performance is ~5.24 TFLOPS. The Radeon Pro WX 9100 has ~2.3x
greater peak single precision performance (12.3/5.24=2.3)
7. As of June 2017. Product is based on the DisplayPort 1.4
Specification published February 23, 2016, and has passed VESA’s
compliance testing process (excluding HDR) in June 2017. GD-123
8. For more information visit http://www.amd.com/warranty
9. For more information visit
http://www.amd.com/extendedwarranty
Contact Information
Chris Hook
AMD Communications
512-578-9727
chris.hook@amd.com
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