AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015

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1 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015 This recording is for training purposes only. Re-broadcasting this presentation online without AMD s written permission is prohibited.

2 AGENDA Introduction and Welcome Technology Update AMD is Ready for Windows 10 & DirectX 12. Are You? New Product Overview: AMD A8 7670K APU Q&A Carolina Castaño Channel Enablement Manager Channel Marketing Robert Hallock Head of Technical Marketing Don Woligroski Product Marketing Manager 2 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015

3 ROBERT HALLOCK HEAD OF TECHNICAL MARKETING

4 1.5 BILLION USERS OPPORTUNITY 4 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY

5 ACCELERATE WINDOWS 10 MOVIES & TV VIDEO PLAYER MICROSOFT EDGE BROWSER MODERN UI MICROSOFT BITLOCKER DRIVE ENCRYPTION Smooth playback with AMD APU hardware acceleration Enable full graphics acceleration for HTML5 and WebGL Accelerate native windows UI functions (Live Tiles, Modern applications, windows transparency etc.) Encrypt / Decrypt Advantage for AMD A8 APU vs i3 1 AMD A8-7670K Core i Encrypt / Decrypt your hard drive using native AES encryption algorithms 5 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015 See Endnotes for details

6 ENABLE WINDOWS 10 FEATURES WINDOWS DEVICE DRIVER MODEL 2.0 Enables new GPU capabilities, improves responsiveness and better resource utilization WIRELESS DISPLAY FAST ZIP EXTRACTION REMOTE DESKTOP Leverages native H.264 encode in AMD APUs AMD A8-7670K Core i Leverages native H.264 encode/decode in AMD APUs Extract Blender.zip Advantage for AMD A8 APU vs i3 2 Up to 4 CPU cores for smooth running of multiple applications 6 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015 See Endnotes for details

7 PREMIUM ENTERTAINMENT WITH WINDOWS 10 EXPLICIT MGPU RENDERING GAMEDVR XBOX ONE GAME STREAMING Leverage APU graphics with your graphics card Leverages native H.264 encode to record your gameplay Leverages native H.264 decode in AMD APUs to stream Xbox One games to your PC 7 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015

8 AMD & DIRECTX 12

9 DIRECTX 12 GRAPHICS API Potential Benefits Better use of multi-core CPUs Higher min/max/avg framerates More on-screen detail Smoother gameplay More efficient use of GPU hardware Reduced system power draw Allows for new game designs previously considered impossible due to technical limitations of past DirectX APIs 9 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015

10 TOP FEATURES OF DIRECTX 12 MULTITHREADED COMMAND BUFFER RECORDING ASYNC SHADERS EXPLICIT MULTIADAPTER MULTI-CORE CPU PERFORMANCE GPU PERFORMANCE MULTI-GPU PERFORMANCE 10 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015

11 MULTITHREADED COMMAND BUFFER RECORDING POTENTIAL BENEFITS FOR GAMERS HIGHER FPS Uses more CPU cores to finish work faster More CPU time spent on game code Allows all CPU cores to speak to GPU simultaneously SIMPLICITY Game performance largely determined by user s GPU PERFORMANCE PER WATT MULTI-CORE CPU PERFOMANCE Doing more work for gamers on the same power draw 11 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015

12 >30 FPS DIRECTX 12 MULTI-CORE SCALING 3DMARK API OVERHEAD FEATURE TEST INCREASING DETAIL WITH CORES 3 16 Mil. 14 Mil. 12 Mil. 10 Mil. 8 Mil. 6 Mil. 4 Mil. 2 Mil. Mil. 0 2 Cores 4 Cores 6 Cores 8 Cores DirectX 11 DirectX 12 AMD FX million draw calls per core up to 6 cores * 12 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015 AMD FX-8350, AMD Radeon R9 290X, Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5, 8GB DDR3-1866, Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 (Build 10041), AMD Catalyst driver DirectX 11 multi-threaded vs. DirectX 12 multi-threaded. 3840x2160 resolution. * Average gain. Performance plateau characteristic of application workload.

13 DIRECTX 12 SOC PERFORMANCE LEADERSHIP 3DMARK API OVERHEAD FEATURE TEST SCENE DETAIL (1080p) AMD A K Core i Mil. 1 Mil. 2 Mil. 3 Mil. 4 Mil. >30 FPS AMD A K THE ULTIMATE SOC FOR DIRECTX AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015 AMD A K/Asus A88X-Pro/16GB DDR3-2133, i5-4460/gigabyte Z97X-UD3H/8GB DDR3-1600, Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 (Build 10041), AMD Catalyst driver Intel driver DirectX 12 multi-threaded. 1920x1080 resolution.

14 AMD DELIVERS A PREMIUM WINDOWS 10 GAMING EXPERIENCE AMD DELIVERS A PREMIUM WINDOWS 10 GAMING EXPERIENCE DIRECTX 12 GAMING Enabling up to 15X more details in games 5 Draw Calls in DirectX 12 vs. DirectX AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015 Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs on optimized AMD reference systems. PC manufacturers may vary configurations yielding different results.. 3DMark API Overhead Feature Test on Intel i7-5960x, 16GB DDR4-2666, 2TB Seagate HDD, AMD Radeon R9 390 GPU, Driver a E, Windows 10 v for 18,463,548 draw calls per second in DirectX 12, and for 1,172,587 draw calls per second in DirectX 11. GRDT-66

15 ASYNC SHADERS Potential Benefits For Gamers HIGHER FPS Breaks complex serial workloads into many parallel tasks Idle GPU resources do work instead of waiting their turn Parallel workloads = jobs finish faster = more performance Increasing granularity of the multi-threading improves performance GREAT FOR VR More parallelism = lower latency = more responsive VR IMAGE QUALITY GPU PERFORMANCE More performance = more headroom for new graphics effects 15 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015

16 EXPLICIT MULTIADAPTER Potential Benefits For Gamers HIGHER FPS Native support for multi-gpu now in DirectX for the first time Precise dev control over app workloads to better parallelize rendering Precise dev control over hardware to extract higher utilization/performance NEW MULTI-GPU CONFIGS DirectX -standardized support for APU + GPU solutions NEW WAYS TO RENDER MULTI-GPU PERFORMANCE Split-frame rendering (SFR) brings low latency to multi-gpu Now possible to combine GPU memory pools 16 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015

17 OPTIMIZED FOR GRAPHICS CORE NEXT Built with the Dawn Engine Supports DirectX 12 Features TressFX Hair 3.0 More features TBA Watch the trailer Visit the website 17 AMD WINDOWS MEET THE 10, JULY EXPERTS 2015 JULY AMD 2015 CONFIDENTIAL

18 OPTIMIZED FOR GRAPHICS CORE NEXT Built with the Nitrous Engine Supports DirectX 12 Supports Mantle MT Command Buffer Recording More features TBA See the gameplay Visit the website 18 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015

19 HOW TO PREPARE FOR WINDOWS 10 NOW AVAILABLE: AMD Catalyst 15.7 driver for APUs and GPUs NOW AVAILABLE: Any GPU and/or APU based on the GCN Architecture HOW TO GET WINDOWS 10 NOW AVAILABLE: Windows 10 Insider Preview participants will receive ongoing activated upgrades to Windows 10 RTM and beyond. JULY 29+: Activated Windows 7/8.0/8.1 customers can exchange their existing license for an equivalent Windows 10 edition. Offer distributed through Windows Update. Offer good for one year. JULY 29+: Various retailers will offer CD or USB-based boxed SKUs for customers who don t qualify for free Windows 10 licenses. $119 for Home, $199 for Pro. THE MOST COMPLETE WINDOWS 10 EXPERIENCE 19 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015

20 DON WOLIGROSKI PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER

21 AMD A8-7670K APU Featuring up to 10 Compute Cores (4 CPU + 6 GPU)* for: Quad core performance for Home Office / Family PCs to help you breeze through tasks and apps that are open simultaneously Smooth Online Gaming with onboard Radeon R7 Graphics, get the same gaming DNA found in all the latest game consoles Ultimate Windows 10 Experience** 21 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015 * * See amd.com/computecores * for more information ** AMD Catalyst Driver 15.7 or higher required

22 AMD CHANNEL A-SERIES APUS AMAZING PERFORMANCE Great price BEST-IN-CLASS Online Gaming EASY UPGRADES with socket compatibility A K AMD Radeon R7 Graphics A K AMD Radeon R7 Graphics A8-7670K AMD Radeon R7 Graphics A8-7650K AMD Radeon R7 Graphics Compute Cores 12 (4 CPU + 8 GPU) * 12 (4 CPU + 8 GPU) * 10 (4 CPU + 6 GPU) * 10 (4 CPU + 6 GPU) * Max Turbo / CPU Frequency 4.1/3.9 GHz 4.0/3.7 GHz 3.9/3.6 GHz 3.8/3.3 GHz L2 Cache 4 MB 4 MB 4 MB 4 MB GPU Frequency 866 MHz 720 MHz 757 MHz 720 MHz DirectX 12 / Mantle Support Yes Yes Yes Yes HSA Features Yes Yes Yes Yes AMD FreeSync Technology Yes Yes Yes Yes Virtual Super Resolution Yes Yes Yes Yes AMD Dual Graphics Support 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Unlocked 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes 22 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015 * See amd.com/computecores

23 PERFORMANCE AT A GREAT PRICE 6 AMD A8-7670K Smart Sharpen Filter GREAT PROCESSOR PERFORMANCE FOR UNDER $120* 23 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015 See endnotes for system details * Based on estimated AMD etail pricing and pricewatch.com pricing as of 6/29/15

24 QUAD CORE PERFORMANCE FOR THE HOME OFFICE PC 7 $ US $117.99* US 4 CPU Cores > 2 CPU Cores AMD APUs are the ideal single-processor solution for every day tasks 24 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015 *Based on estimated AMD etail pricing and pricewatch.com pricing as of 6/29/15

25 BETTER COMPUTE PERFORMANCE FOR THE FAMILY PC 8 Pentium G3258 Core i AMD A8-7670K Adobe Photoshop CC Blender 2.75 Libre Office Recalc $ US** $117.99** US Featuring 10 Compute Cores (4 CPU + 6 GPU)* AMD is the ideal single-processor solution for intensive tasks Aftershot Pro 2 Adobe Premiere Pro CC 0% 50% 100% 150% 200% 250% 300% Slower Faster 25 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015 * See amd.com/computecores. See endnotes for system detail ** Based on estimated AMD etail pricing and pricewatch.com pricing as of 6/29/15

26 GCN ARCHITECTURE FOR BETTER GAMING New The better all-in one solution 9 Perfect single-processor solution for online and esports gamers FPS 26 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015 See endnotes for system details

27 FEATURING THE POWER OF DISCRETE Beats Core i GeForce GT Perfect single-processor solution for online and esports gamers 27 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015 See endnotes for system details

28 PERFECTLY PAIRED WITH AMD A68H USB 3.0 AMD 68H Motherboards starting at $52 US* AMD A8-7670K APU starting at $ US PCI Express Gen 3 SATA 6 Gbps RAID 0, 1, AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015 *Based on estimated AMD etail pricing and pricewatch.com pricing as of 6/29/15

29 UNLOCKED FOR YOUR CUSTOMIZATION CUSTOMIZE FOR BETTER SETTINGS 11 AMD OverDrive allows you to define your experience 29 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015

30 RECOMMENDED ONLINE GAMING SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS Suggested Price (USD) Processor Motherboard Cooling Memory PSU Hard Drive/SSD Recommended peripherals Suggested Configuration 2 $599 AMD A8-7670K APU with Radeon R7 Graphics AMD socket FM2+ ATX motherboard with A68H chipset Chassis fan 50CFM/ <42dBA 2x4GB DDR W 80+ Certification Supports 1 6-pin PCIe PWR 1TB HDD/120GB SSD AMD FreeSync enabled monitor, gaming mouse/keyboard 30 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015

31 READY FOR WINDOWS 10 ACCELERATE Movies & TV Video Player Microsoft Edge Browser Microsoft Bitlocker Modern UI ENABLE Windows 10 Driver Model WDDM 2.0 Wireless Display Fast File Extraction Remote Desktop Ultimate Windows 10 Experience Perfect single-processor solution for every day tasks 31 AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015 DELIVER PREMIUM ENTERTAINMENT DirectX 12 Explicit MGPU Rendering Xbox One Streaming GameDVR

32 Q&A IF YOUR QUESTION WAS NOT ANSWERED IN TODAY S SESSION, PLEASE CONTACT US AT AMDPARTNER.PROGRAM@AMD.COM

33 THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING! Download the free AMD Catalyst 15.7 driver Visit the AMD Partner Hub

34 FOOTNOTES 1. Testing by AMD Performance labs on optimized AMD reference systems measuring time taken to encrypt and decrypt a USB flash drive containing 1GB files. PC manufacturers may vary configurations yielding different results. AMD A8-7670K with AMD Radeon R7 Graphics, 2x4GB DDR3-2133, 256 SSD, Windows bit, Driver took 11.34s to encrypt and 16.73s to decrypt the device. Intel Core i with Intel HD 4600 Graphics, 2x4GB DDR3-1600, 256 SSD, Windows bit, Driver 4156 took 17.09s to encrypt and 18s to decrypt. GV Testing by AMD Performance labs on optimized AMD reference systems measuring time taken to extract the Blender 2.75.zip file. PC manufacturers may vary configurations yielding different results. AMD A8-7670K with AMD Radeon R7 Graphics, 2x4GB DDR3-2133, 256SSD, Windows bit, Driver 15.20took 1.6s to extract the files. Intel Core i3 4160with Intel HD 4600Graphics, 2x4GB DDR3-1600, 256SSD, Windows bit, Driver 4156took 2.19s to extract the files. GV AMD FX-8350, AMD Radeon R9 290X, Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5, 8GB DDR3-1866, Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 (Build 10041), AMD Catalyst driver DirectX 11 multi-threaded vs. DirectX 12 multi-threaded. 3840x2160 resolution. 4. AMD A K/Asus A88X-Pro/16GB DDR3-2133, i5-4460/gigabyte Z97X-UD3H/8GB DDR3-1600, Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 (Build 10041), AMD Catalyst driver Intel driver DirectX 12 multi-threaded. 1920x1080 resolution. 5. Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs on optimized AMD reference systems. PC manufacturers may vary configurations yielding different results.. 3DMark API Overhead Feature Test on Intel i7-5960x, 16GB DDR4-2666, 2TB Seagate HDD, AMD Radeon R9 390 GPU, Driver a E, Windows 10 v for 18,463,548draw calls per second in DirectX 12, and for 1,172,587draw calls per second in DirectX 11. GRDT Testing conducted by AMD Performance Labs on optimized AMD reference systems. PC manufacturers may vary configurations yielding different results. AMD A8-7670K with AMD Radeon R7 Graphics, 2x4GB DDR3-2133, 256 SSD, Windows bit, Driver scored 1389 in 3DMark Fire Strike 1920x1080 settings, 3343 in PCMark 8 v2 Home, and took 2.63 s in Adobe Photoshop CC, using a Smart Sharpen filter with Radius=64. Core i with Intel HD 4600 Graphics, 2x4GB DDR3-1600, 256 SSD, Windows bit, Driver 4156 scored 644 in 3DMark Fire Strike, 3049 in PCMark 8 v2 Home, and took 6.11s in Adobe Photoshop CC, using a Smart Sharpen filter with Radius=64. GV Testing by AMD Performance labs on optimized AMD reference systems using 7zip 9.20 decryption, PassMark 8.0 CPU test, and PCmark 8 v2 Work test. PC manufacturers may vary configurations yielding different results. AMD A8-7670K with AMD Radeon R7 Graphics, 2x4GB DDR3-2133, 256 SSD, Windows bit, Driver scored 53.66s, passmarks, and 4247 pcmarks, respectively. Core i with Intel HD 4600 Graphics, 2x4GB DDR3-1600, 256 SSD, Windows bit, Driver 4156 scored 54.89s, passmarks, and 4171 pcmarks, respectively. Pentium G3258 with Intel HD Graphics, 2x4GB DDR3-1600, 256 SSD, Windows bit, Driver 4156 scored 84.52s, passmarks, and 3833 pcmarks respectively. GV Testing by AMD Performance labs on optimized AMD reference systems using Adobe Photoshop CC Smart Sharpen test, Blender 2.75 using the BMW benchmark in Cycles, Libre Office Recalc 4.4.4, Aftershot Pro 2 converting 50 Canon6D raw photos, Premiere Pro Time to transcode Red_ProofLabFootage_Baseline.proj.PC manufacturers may vary configurations yielding different results. AMD A8-7670K with AMD Radeon R7 Graphics, 2x4GB DDR3-2133, 256 SSD, Windows bit, Driver took 2.3s, 407s, 142,14ms,.35s per picture, and 89.85s respectively. Intel Core i with Intel HD 4600 Graphics, 2x4GB DDR3-1600, 256 SSD, Windows bit, Driver 4156 took 6.13s, 549s, ms,.48s per picture, and s respectively. Pentium G3258 with Intel HD Graphics, 2x4GB DDR3-1600, 256 SSD, Windows bit, Driver 4156took 9.46s, 866s, 666ms, 0.79s per picture, and s respectively. GV All platforms used Windows 8.1, 2TB 7200 rpm HDD, Counter Strike: Go tested at 1080P ultra settings. AMD platforms used 2x8 DDR3-2133, driver AMD A K was enabled with x8gb DDR and scored61.96 fps. AMD A8-7670K scored AMD A scored fps. AMD A scored fps. Intel Core i system was enabled with 2x4GbDDR and driver and scored 19.53fps. 10. Testing by AMD Performance Labs using: AMD A K with AMD Radeon R7 Graphics, 2x4GB DDR3-2400, 256 SSD, Windows bit, Driver AMD A8-7670K with AMD Radeon R7 Graphics, 2x4GB DDR3-2133, 256 SSD, Windows bit, Driver Core i with Nvidia GT 740 Graphics 1GB DDR3, 2x4GB DDR3-1600, 256 SSD, Windows bit, Driver 4156 Games tested: 1080P Max settings (AMD platform scored 49fps Y& 42.32fps vs 37fps), League of Max settings (AMD platform scored 89fps and 55.81fps vs 60fps), StarCraft II run at max settings at 1080p (AMD platform scored 35fps & 32.98fps vs 28fps). 11. Testing by AMD Performance labs on optimized AMD reference systems using Heroes of the Storm in 1080p. PC manufacturers may vary configurations yielding different results. AMD A8-7670K with AMD Radeon R7 Graphics, 2x4GB DDR3-2133, 256 SSD, Windows bit, Driver scored 30fps in 1080P (ultra settings), and 35fps (high settings). Using AMD OverDrive to overclock CPU to 4.3Ghz, and GPU to 920MHz, the system scored 36fps in 1080P ultra settings. GV AMD MEET THE EXPERTS JULY 2015

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