Sony gave a sneak-peek at its next-generation PlayStation®4 (PS4) game console coming later this year and, here at AMD, we couldnt be more excited. Bringing a supercharged PC architecture that combines next-gen hardware, software, and the fastest game network in the world. Oh, and this is all powered by a semi-custom designed AMD accelerated processing unit(APU) jointly developed in coordination with Sony!

In fact, the PS4 is the first announced design win based on semi-custom AMD APUs. This further demonstrates our commitment to take AMD technology into adjacent high growth markets as we diversify beyond the PC.

What exactly is a semi-custom APU? Let me elaborate:

At the most basic level, an APU is a single chip that combines general-purpose x86 central processing unit (CPU) cores with a graphics processing unit (GPU) and a variety of system elements, including memory controllers, specialized video decoders, display outputs, etc. Our semi-custom solutions take the same treasure trove of graphics; compute and multi-media IP found in our APUs, and customize them for customers who have a very specific high-volume product that could benefit from AMDs leading-edge technologies.

In the case of the PS4, we leveraged the building blocks of our 2013 product roadmap the same technologies you find in the latest AMD APUs powering PCs, ultrathin notebooks and tablets to create a solution that incorporates our upcoming, low-power AMD Jaguar CPU cores with next-generation AMD Radeon graphics delivering nearly 2 TFLOPS of compute performance! This unique APU architecture enables game developers to easily harness the power of parallel processing to fundamentally change the console gaming experience. Not only creating the opportunity for new possibilities in software design, but also faster and more fluid graphics.

This is going to be a very exciting year for gamers, especially for those with AMD hardware in their PCs and consoles, as we have even more game-changing (pun intended) announcements still to come.

Look for some more exciting things happening at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in March when we will provide even more info on how we are working with game developers to make AMD the hardware of choice for running the best games!

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seriously when it comes to games l forget everything and just play, forget everything and just play , l'm pretty sure that happens to all of us, anyway when l play Games l have this confidence telling me " come on you can do it" l know it sounds funny but its true even when it sounds rediculous, l mean this confidence gave me the courage to beat Dead Space 2 on Hardcore mode (for all of you people who never played Dead Space 2 before, Hardcore mode is the hardest difficulty and u're able to save game 3 times only and there is no checkpoint, so to sum things up if u die u'll start from the saving point).

But at the end all l have to say is if you want to be good at something, u need to show it some courage, fath, u need to show it that you're willing to do what it takes and that you're ready for anything, l'm trying my best to do that, and l hope l succeed, thats all l have to say, if you have anything you would like to share plz leave a commont. Later ;D

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