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Quixant is bringing to market a gaming controller based on AMD’s Fusion technology just weeks after the chipmaker launched it at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month.
The QXi-200 controller uses an AMD Fusion chip – termed by its maker an accelerated processing unit, or APU – which combines a 64-bit processor and a Radeon graphics controller. It is available in single-core 1.5GHz and dual-core 1.6GHz designs.
“The new advanced cores and the cutting edge Radeon HD6310 GPU present in AMD’s processors brings previously unheard-of functionality and performance at this price point,” said Quixant managing director Nick Jarmany.
The controller is also said to have power requirements sufficiently low that it doesn’t need a fan, and can run on a single 12V supply.
“AMD has managed to come up with a platform that provides the ideal solution for high-volume, mainstream gaming applications. Quixant has taken that base and delivered it in an optimised product for gaming and released it just one week after the technology became available to the consumer market. That is a first for gaming,” said Richard Jaenicke, director of embedded client business at AMD.
“The combination of lower-power CPU cores and a discrete-level GPU core in the APU provides the high-resolution 3D graphics and media-rich experience needed for the latest gaming titles,” he added.
The QXi-200 employs the same architecture as the existing QXi-100, allowing an easy upgrade for customers. Quixant said pricing for the new controller would be roughly the same as for the QXi-100, which will continue in production.
