AMD expands their gaming business by adding SSDs to their products portfolio

TOSHIBA is the inventor of flash storage, market leader in flash storage domain and last year it has bought OCZ Storage Solution to expand it's existence in the market.
AMD announced the all new AMD Radeon™ R7 Series SSDs which are built using state of the art flash and controller technology from Toshiba and OCZ.
AMD Radeon R7 Series SSDs will be available in 120GB, 240GB or 480GB capacities from online retailers.

AMD claims that the Radeon R7 Series SSDs will be an excellent choice for gamers looking to upgrade their system’s overall responsiveness with an economical solution.

AMD Radeon R7 series SSDs are the first high performance SSDs to utilize the Toshiba Group’s latest A19 MLC NAND flash process and the proven Barefoot 3 M00 controller which offer exemplary write endurance of 30GB/day, as well as read/write speeds of up to 550MB/s and 530MB/s, respectively.
This exclusive combination of hardware also features a special anodized black housing, characteristic of the AMD Radeon brand.

Chief marketing officer, OCZ Storage Solutions: Alex Mei

“By combining this proprietary technology with cost-efficient price points, we can deliver a tremendous value to gamers seeking the ultimate balance of performance and endurance for the complete gamut of their desktop and mobile gaming applications.”

AMD Radeon R7 Series SSDs represent the next stage of AMD’s strategy to be a “one-stop shop” for consumers, with a portfolio of high-performance solutions that now includes: AMD Radeon graphics cards, AMD FX processors, AMD Accelerated Processing Units, AMD Radeon memory, processor chipsets, and more.
The addition of a solid state drive makes it easier than ever for a customer to outfit their system with like-branded components both for peace of mind and reliability.

AMD Radeon R7 Series SSDs will be available at a starting price of $99.99 USD for the 120GB drive, and specifications for all models are as follows:

AMD Radeon™ R7 Solid State Drives	120GB	240GB	480GB
Sequential Read	550 MB/s	550 MB/s	550 MB/s
Sequential Write	470 MB/s	530 MB/s	530 MB/s
Max Random Read IOPS (4K QDepth 32)	85,000	95,000	100,000
Max Random Write IOPS (4K QDepth 32)	90,000	90,000	90,000
Steady-State Random Write IOPS (4K QDepth 32)	12,000	20,000	23,000

The introduction for AMD Radoen SSDS does not stop here.
Please go thorough the following links if you are further interested to explore more on AMD SSDs:
AMD Radeon SSDs link to explore more


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Smallest ever Gaming PC, The maingear SPARK

Maingear has introduced the smallest ever gaming PC with AMD Radeon R9 M275X and AMD A8-5557M APU as the core graphics processor and main CPU respectively.
It has a very small form factor and can be easily placed anywhere.
It is customizable and the price is starting at 699USD.

Lets have a look on the major hardware specs and some other features.

[The all new Maingear SPARK]

Full hardware specifications:

PROCESSOR:

AMD A8-5557M APU with Radeon™ HD 8550G 2.1GHz/3.1GHz Turbo

HARDWARE PORTS:

1 x HDMI
1 x Mini DisplayPort
2 x USB 3.0
1 x RJ45
1 x DC-In
1 x Kensington lock slot

CHIPSET

AMD Bolton M3

MEMORY

Up to 16GB Corsair® Vengeance™ DDR3-1600 1.35V (2x8GB, SODIMMs)

GRAPHICS

AMD Radeon™ R9 M275X

STORAGE

Up to 1TB Samsung® 840 EVO SSD (w/TRIM) [540MB/s Sequential Reads]
Up to one 512GB mSATA SSD

DIMENSIONS

2.25" - Height
4.5" – Depth
5" – Width

WEIGHT

Average Weight – 1 lbs

Optimal Performance right in your palm:

The MAINGEAR SPARK packs the AMD Radeon™ R9 M275X discrete graphics processor combined with 2GB of GDDR5 memory.
It is designed to support the latest graphics acceleration technologies including AMD Mantel API, Microsoft® DX12, Shader Model 5.0, OpenGL 4.1.
It also features the Quad-core AMD A8-5557M APU with a Frequency of 2.1 GHz and a Turbo Frequency of 3.1 GHz.
It can support up to 16GB of DDR3 memory with a max frequency of 1600MHz.

[Compact SPARK fits in hand]

Storage and Connectivity:

It has four 3.0 USB ports that offers 10X super speed.
1 mSATA slot that supports SSDs up to 512GB and 1 x 2.5" HHD tray supporting SATA III 6Gb/s.
With the unique high end Wi-Fi module the SPARK features the next generation of WiFi with 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.0, providing the fastest lag-free gaming experience.
Don't worry if you don't have a wireless router, because it has an RJ-45 cable connection port also with which you can connect the SPARK to a wired LAN.

[Maingear SPARK peripheral ports]

VESA support makes it invisible:

It offers a VESA(Video Electronics Standards Association) bracket that makes SPARK invisible.
Literally with the VESA support the SPARK can easily be mounted behind a monitor or HDTV making it discreetly hidden from view.
This offers a simple and elegant way to turn any VESA-compliant display or TV into a full-featured PC or digital multimedia unit.

Freedom from OS:

It offers you the freedom to chose an OS from the following as per your desire:
Microsoft Windows, Linux or Valve's Steam OS.

[Official Maingear SPARK Youtube video]

Of course it is a unique Gaming PC but it will definitely disappoint the hardcore gamers.
But yes it is really the perfect PC for show off and it will surely increase the charm of your digital multimedia collections.



All the information furnished in this post about the Maingear SPARK are taken from the following official Maingear website.
Maingear SPARK

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AMD Radeon R9 295X2, the World's FASTEST dual GPU graphics card with water cooling

Gaming enthusiasts know how it feels if they have multiple graphics cards in a single system.
In the multi-core processing era there already exists dual GPU graphics cards that embeds dual Graphics Processing Units in a single graphics card such as: Nvidia GTX 690, AMD Radeon™ 7990HD.
Now what really makes a dual GPU attractive is; if it's made of the existing two such fastest GPU cores.
As a gaming enthusiast I am in search of such fastest processing graphics cards what really makes my time.
Probably one day i'll get such a fastest graphics card, because for me, it is like, one more Mega Hertz is important and even one more frame per second matters.

AMD Radeon R9 295X2 first look:


[Image: World's fastest dual GPU. AMD Radeon R9 295X2]

Core GPU specification :

AMD has introduced the world's fastest dual GPU, the AMD Radeon™ 295X2 with water cooling that features two AMD Radeon™ R9 290X ASICs (formerly codenamed “Hawaii XT”), which is going to be launched on 21st April 2014.

The AMD Radeon™ R9 290X ASICs in their full configuration: 2816 shaders running @ up to 1018MHz.

Product specification of AMD Radeon™ R9 295X2.


[Image: AMD Radeon R9 295X2 specs]

Ready to feed???

As you can see in the product specification, this wholly uncompromising device demand an unapologetic 500W from a power supply.
First and foremost, the power supply needs to support at least two 8-pin PCIe power connectors that are each capable of supplying 28amps of dedicated current on two separate 12 volt rails.
The system power supply must support a combined 50amps of current over the two 8-pin power connectors, in addition to providing power requirements for other components.
AMD is quite confident that enthusiasts considering the AMD Radeon™ R9 295X2 will already be prepared, and will be rewarded accordingly with outrageous performance.

Liquid cooling :

As a market leader of graphics cards, AMD ensured that the gamer will enjoy every last MegaHertz of the quality by putting these premium ASICs under an Asetek-built liquid cooling solution.

In the design AMD selected for the Radeon™ R9 290X2, an integrated pump and waterblock assembly sits atop a high-turbulence plate.
There’s one assembly for each chip on the board.
To cool the loop, AMD has provided a 120x120mm single thick radiator in a push configuration.

Liquid cooling arrangement in Radeon R9 295X2


[Image: Asetek liquid cooling in AMD Radeon R9 295X2]

Resolution comparison highlight with the currently FASTEST graphics card :

Putting such an extreme GPU to work requires extreme resolutions.
The hardware resources of the AMD Radeon™ R9 295X2 will not be fully utilized with any resolution lower than 3840x2160.
And at this resolution, I’m confident in saying the numbers speak for themselves: the AMD Radeon™ R9 295X2 is not only perfectly playable, it’s the unquestioned leader.

FPS comparison of R9 295X2 & SLI Nvidia GeForce Titan Black :

When it comes to graphics cards, the real challenge is not in the specifications that it describes rather the real competition lies in the practical scenarios where a graphics card proves itself how much superior it is over the other.
Now think there is a graphics card that proves that it is the superior one over the current best graphics card and that is nothing but the Radeon R9 295X2!!!
Then what comes to your mind about the all new AMD Radeon R9 295X2???

FPS comparison for several games @ Ultra HD resolution


[Image: Radeon R9 295X2 (11.5 TFLOPS) & SLI Nvidia Titan Black (10.2 TFLOPS)]

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Till now this is the fastest GPU in the world.
Check out your pocket before thinking for this.

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