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Future AMD chip boasts 'human eye' reality
CNET ^ | September 11, 2009 9:10 AM PDT | by Brooke Crothers

Posted on 09/11/2009 11:41:21 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

On Thursday, AMD demonstrated graphics chip technology that the company says approaches the arc and clarity seen by the human eye.

Eyefinity is a multi-display technology that will be part of future Radeon graphics chips designed to use up to six connected high-definition displays that can achieve "up to 12 times 1080p high-definition resolution, which approaches eye-definition optical clarity," the company said in a statement.

The goal is to create virtual environments so detailed that they seem optically real to the human eye. In a single PC, this yields a resolution of 268 megapixels, roughly equivalent to the resolution of a 90-degree arc of what the human eye sees, AMD said. By comparison, an average 19-inch LCD display today delivers a resolution of about 1 megapixel.

ATI Eyefinity multi-monitor technology driving an immersive, panoramic gaming experience: Tom Clancy's Hawks at 5760x2400 resolution spanning six monitors employing the Display Port 1.1 interface.

Here, ATI Eyefinity multi-monitor technology drives an immersive, panoramic gaming experience: Tom Clancy's Hawks at 5760x2400 resolution spanning six monitors employing the Display Port 1.1 interface.(Credit: AMD)

In a blog, Simon Solotko, a senior advanced marketing manager at AMD, described three "new use models availed or expanded by" Eyefinity.

"The first I call immersive, panoramic computing. Many displays for one person," Solotko wrote. The user is surrounded with many displays creating an immersive reality or information environment--only possible previously on high-end workstations or simulators, according to Solotko.

The second model is many users using a single computer with multiple displays. "For example, one user enjoying dual monitor productivity, and a second user or group of users enjoying a movie or game on a third or fourth screen," he wrote. The basic premise is that it is a single session. One person is controlling the visual environment--one keyboard, one mouse. "Kind of like a...DJ who can launch applications for many to see," Solotko wrote.

When each screen has its own I/0 (mouse, keyboard, or motion controller) and supports a separate user session, this defines the third mode, according to Solotko. "A computer of the future with panoramic 3D gaming, multiple video playback, and access to 'cloud-based' resources on the internet on multiple displays," he wrote.

"Dad can be in the den playing Tom Clancy's Hawks (against his son) while his daughter is doing homework in her room and mom is managing finances in the office, all on the same, centrally managed PC."

Brooke Crothers is a former editor at large at CNET News.com, and has been an editor for the Asian weekly version of the Wall Street Journal. He writes for the CNET Blog Network, and is not a current employee of CNET. Contact him at mbcrothers@gmail.com. Disclosure.



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: atieyefinity; hitech

1 posted on 09/11/2009 11:41:23 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: ShadowAce; Yossarian; Las Vegas Dave

More on the question of resolution....raised by many.


2 posted on 09/11/2009 11:43:43 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Damn...I just outfitted the house with 1080p LCD TV’s and one plasma.....


3 posted on 09/11/2009 11:44:35 AM PDT by nevergore ("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I can't hardly wait.

4 posted on 09/11/2009 11:44:47 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Oh and it's "H.A.W.X." not "Hawks."


5 posted on 09/11/2009 11:45:44 AM PDT by Future Snake Eater ("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
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To: martin_fierro

ROFL....where do you find this stuff....nevermind...


6 posted on 09/11/2009 11:49:10 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Future Snake Eater

Thankx....


7 posted on 09/11/2009 11:49:51 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: nevergore
At Newegg:

Cables and Fittings

8 posted on 09/11/2009 11:57:02 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Support Geert Wilders)
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To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...

9 posted on 09/11/2009 12:04:17 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

My issue isn’t resolution of the combined SCREENS of the hardware, but rather of it’s effectiveness given the limited the limited resolution of the TEXTURES of objects in the software.

I haven’t seen that addressed in any article yet. Basically, if you don’t boost up the resolution of the textures in the games played on these systems, you’re just going to end up with objects with blurry interiors but with hyper-sharp edges.

(Still, though, I could see myself going for a 3-monitor wrap-around setup for racing. I already have a 2-huge-monitor setup for chip design....)


10 posted on 09/11/2009 12:28:28 PM PDT by Yossarian
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To: martin_fierro

YES!!! bsod in 268 megapixels!


11 posted on 09/11/2009 12:41:39 PM PDT by ActrFshr
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To: ActrFshr

BUMP!


12 posted on 09/11/2009 9:51:01 PM PDT by Publius6961 (Obama Garden Club: Nothing but plants.)
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