19 AMD “RICHLAND” APU | HOT CHIPS 25 | PRAVEEN DONGARA | AUGUST 2013
"RICHLAND" BATTERY LIFE IMPROVEMENTS
Additional power-optimized energy-saving features
Product voltage/frequency/margin optimization
Fabrication process-tuning for power
Additional system-level improvements
Up to 51% more efficient than previous generation in HD video playback*
(APU+FCH)
AMD INTERNAL TESTING. System Configurations: Data based on AMD proprietary “Pumori” Reference Design A10-5757M / AMD A10-4600M, AMD Radeon™ 8650G / AMD Radeon™ 7660G, (35W), 2x 2GB, DDR3L-1600, 1.35V, 14.0” eDP
1366x768/ LED Backlight set at 100 nits, HDD (SATA) - 250GB 5400rpm and Windows® 8 64bit. PC manufacturers may vary configuration yielding different results.
*Video Playback workload - average power when system is playback 720p video from HDD over 30 minutes, with screen set to 100 nits and Wi-Fi on. See slide 24 for backup.