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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
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AMD Announces the First AMD Fusion Center at the
University of Illinois
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AMD today announced the first AMD Fusion Center of
Innovation at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, to focus on the developer
environment and software performance advancements
enabled by heterogeneous computing.
The center will fund and promote new commercial
enterprises emerging from the intellectual property
and research expertise in the University of Illinois
community. Through access to AMD Accelerated
Processing Unit (APU) technology and platforms, the
AMD Fusion Center of Innovation will help bridge
access to new AMD heterogeneous computing technology
with the spirit stimulated and nurtured on campus.
To kick-off the AMD Fusion Center of Innovation, the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is offering
a course aimed at kindling the spirit of
entrepreneurship by bringing a mix of expert speakers
to cover the specifics of AMD heterogeneous computing
technology, while also providing how-to background on
entrepreneurship, commercialization and start-up
creation. This course will be offered by the
university's College of Engineering, Technology
Entrepreneur Center (TEC), as "ENG/TE 360/460: Lectures in Engineering
Entrepreneurship AMD section."
At the completion of the course, students will submit
projects, which will be evaluated for potential
funding opportunities through the AMD Fusion Fund and
IllinoisVENTURES.
AMD APU technology combines a multi-core CPU and
discrete-level GPU and other hardware accelerators on
a single power-efficient chip enabling user interface
innovation, vivid HD entertainment and content
creation, fast Internet browsing and accelerated media
applications. |
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