AMD intros ATI FirePro V8800

AMD announced the launch of the first of a new family of ATI FirePro
professional graphics solutions with ATI Eyefinity technology, delivering clear
performance advances and productivity leadership. The ATI FirePro V8800 supports
ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology and Microsoft DirectX 11 technology.

"AMD is the undisputed consumer graphics leader and today we're bringing many
of the same cutting edge innovations from our ATI Radeon HD 5000 series to the
professional graphics market for the first time. The ATI FirePro V8800 with ATI
Eyefinity multi-display technology effectively dissolves visual limitations for
professionals," said Rick Bergman, Senior VP and GM-Products Group, AMD. "Our
ecosystem has never been stronger as we're actively working with leading ISVs
and OEMs on a global scale to offer unprecedented choice and advanced
performance for handling today's modern workloads. We are confident the latest
family of ATI FirePro professional graphics brings new value to the workstation
graphics market."

The ATI FirePro V8800, priced at $1499, is a powerful solution, delivering
2.6 teraflops of computing power with a memory bandwidth (147.2 GB/s) available
in any single-card professional graphics solution. In the coming months AMD
plans to round out its next-generation ATI FirePro family, offering a number of
solutions to meet the various 2D and 3D needs of professionals working in CAD,
digital content creation (DCC), broadcast, medical imaging and financial
services.