As the world of console, PC and handheld gaming evolves with higher resolution displays, more intense rendering and more vibrant colors, the casino gaming market is following suit. The new normal for a typical casino or slot machine game is multiple, high resolution (up to 4K) screens displaying intricate, 3D graphics that show players their standings amongst others, highlight video content, display engaging ads, and more.
This is what the market is demanding. A truly visually engaging experience that helps casinos around the world compete with the likes of console, online, and handheld games.
In February 2018, we announced the Ryzen™ Embedded V1000 processor family, which brings together breakthrough performance of the pioneering AMD “Zen” CPU and “Vega” GPU architectures in a seamlessly integrated SOC solution. This provides the ability to deliver high end 3-D graphics on up to four, 4K, 60Mhz refresh displays. This is exactly what the casino gaming industry needs to enable a new higher levels of processing power for next-generation embedded designs, delivering superior graphics and multimedia processing, and compute performance.
Companies like Quixant, Advantech, iBase Gaming, Sapphire and Axiomtek have all signed on as Ryzen embedded V1000 customers, and will be showing off their systems at this year’s Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas at the AMD Booth, number 3814.
AMD’s support of the casino gaming industry spans more than a decade. With Ryzen Embedded V1000 and portfolio of discrete graphics processors, a bright future for casinos by enabling engaging, theme-based entertainment presented on multiple large 4K displays, with vibrant 3D graphics. It’s what will keep patrons engaged and trying for the jackpot!
