Posted to News on 13th Sep 2008, 15:01
AMD to support Universal Graphics Module (UGM) standard
Kontron has announced that AMD will support the Universal Graphics Module (UGM) standard. As a leading vendor of the well known ATI computer graphics processing technologies, AMD's support for the UGM standard will accelerate its rapid and wide-spread acceptance.
Aurelius Wosylus, Sales Manager Europe of AMD, comments: "The UGM standard provides off-the-shelf embedded graphics on an industry-standard modular platform with multiple display configurations. It will guarantee customers the shortest time-to-market. AMD serves the particular needs of the embedded market and its support of the UGM Consortium will accelerate the adoption of advanced graphics technologies in the embedded market."
Dirk Finstel, Vice President Global Research & Engineering at Kontron, adds: "The open standard strategy with multiple supporting vendors ensures that UGM is becoming as well accepted as Kontron's ETX and COM Express products. AMD's Embedded Display Group is responsible for delivering the high-end ATI product portfolio for the embedded markets and we welcome interest from other parties who would like to join the group of vendors supporting UGM."
About the UGM standard
The UGM open standard has been created for scalable, high-end PEG graphics with long-term availability. It is said to represent the right standard made available at the right time to fit the requirements of many new applications in the field of embedded computing.
UGM offers quick and easy implementation of advanced graphics functions in custom designs for all these applications - including all the necessary drivers. The world's first Universal Graphics Module, the Kontron UGM-M72, uses the ATI M72 chip, which is based on AMD's flagship GPU ATI R600.
For more information about UGM see www.universal-graphic-module.org/ and the UGM Specification is at www.universal-graphic-module.org/specs/specs.php.
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