Specifications

Technology Features

• 8 parallel pixel pipelines
• Six programmable vertex shader pipelines
• 0.11 micron fabrication process
• 128-bit dual-channel DDR1/DDR2/GDDR3 memory support
• PCI Express™ x16 lane native support

SmartShader™ HD

• Support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware
• DirectX 9.0 Vertex Shaders
• Vertex programs up to 65,280 instructions with flow control
• Single cycle trigonometric operations (SIN & COS)
• Direct X 9.0 Extended Pixel Shaders
• Up to 1,536 instructions and 16 textures per rendering pass
• 2nd generation F-buffer technology accelerates multi-pass pixel shader programs with unlimited instructions
• 32 temporary and constant registers
• Facing register for two-sided lighting
• 128-bit, 64-bit & 32-bit per pixel floating point color formats
• Multiple Render Target (MRT) support
• Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL® via extensions

SmoothVision™ HD

• 2x/4x/6x Anti-Aliasing modes
• Temporal Anti-Aliasing
• 2x/4x/8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes

3Dc™

• High quality 4:1 Normal Map Compression
• Works with any two-channel data format

HYPER Z™ HD

• 3-level Hierarchical Z-Buffer with Early Z Test
• Lossless Z-Buffer Compression (up to 48:1)
• Fast Z-Buffer Clear
• Z Cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering
• Optimized for performance at high display resolutions

VideoShader™ HD

• Seamless integration of pixel shaders with video in real time
• FullStream™ video de-blocking technology for Real, DivX, and WMV9 formats
• VideoSoap™ noise removal filtering for captured video
• MPEG1/2/4 decode and encode acceleration
• DXVA Support
• Hardware Motion Compensation, iDCT, DCT and color space conversion
• All-format DTV/HDTV decoding
• YPrPb component output for direct drive of HDTV displays
• Adaptive Per-Pixel De-Interlacing and Frame

PowerPlay™ 5.0

• ATI’s fifth-generation PowerPlay™ power management technology provides users with the optimal balance between performance and power consumption
• Multiple power-saving settings offer increased control and flexibility
• POWER-ON-DEMAND – constantly monitors system activity, dynamically adjusting clocks and voltage based on user scenario
• LOW POWER LCD – enables lower LCD refresh rate for longer battery life
• Vari-Bright™ technology optimizes notebook panel brightness for more power savings

Visual Display Flexibility

• Flexible and easy-to-use interface for multiple display settings
• LCD-EE™ display engine allows for support of the latest high resolution and wide-screen notebook displays such as WXGA (1920x1200) and QXGA (2048x1536)
• 165 MHz integrated TMDS transmitter, for support of DVI Digital Flat Panels at up to UXGA resolution (1600x1200)
• 230MHz integrated, Dual Channel LVDS
• Integrated TV-Out Encoder
• Dual RAMDACs at speeds of 400MHz
• Integrated HDTV encoder, supporting component output (YPbPr) for both North American and Japanese D-link connectors

VPU Recover™

• Automatically activated if the graphics processor hangs, triggering the driver to reset the GPU, avoiding system “crash”

Multiple Variants For Ultimate Design Flexibility
Support for multiple mobile form factors:

• Discrete
• On-chip 64MB DDR
• On-chip 128MB DDR

AXIOM™ (Advanced eXpress I/O Module) is a flexible approach to PCI Express® modules and provides a reliable, innovative solution on notebook PCs offering:

• Proven, robust connector
• Standard form factors
• Customization for optimal fit with industrial design
• Standard interconnect for graphics and other peripheral designs
• Full support for ATI FlexFit™ technology

Performance, technologies and features listed above can vary with specific notebook implementations.
Please consult with Notebook vendor for a complete list of supported features.