<s>
Radeon	B-Device
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
brand	O
of	O
computer	O
products	O
,	O
including	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processing	I-Architecture
units	I-Architecture
,	O
random-access	B-Architecture
memory	I-Architecture
,	O
RAM	B-Application
disk	I-Application
software	O
,	O
and	O
solid-state	O
drives	O
,	O
produced	O
by	O
Radeon	B-Device
Technologies	I-Device
Group	I-Device
,	O
a	O
division	O
of	O
AMD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Radeon	B-Device
Graphics	O
is	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Rage	B-Device
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
different	O
families	O
of	O
microarchitectures	B-General_Concept
can	O
be	O
roughly	O
distinguished	O
,	O
the	O
fixed-pipeline	B-General_Concept
family	O
,	O
the	O
unified	O
shader	O
model-families	O
of	O
TeraScale	B-Architecture
and	O
Graphics	B-Architecture
Core	I-Architecture
Next	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
ATI/AMD	O
have	O
developed	O
different	O
technologies	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
TruForm	O
,	O
HyperMemory	O
,	O
HyperZ	B-Device
,	O
XGP	B-Device
,	O
Eyefinity	O
for	O
multi-monitor	B-General_Concept
setups	O
,	O
PowerPlay	O
for	O
power-saving	O
,	O
CrossFire	O
(	O
for	O
multi-GPU	O
)	O
or	O
Hybrid	O
Graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
range	O
of	O
SIP	B-Architecture
blocks	I-Architecture
is	O
also	O
to	O
be	O
found	O
on	O
certain	O
models	O
in	O
the	O
Radeon	B-Device
products	O
line	O
:	O
Unified	O
Video	O
Decoder	O
,	O
Video	O
Coding	O
Engine	O
and	O
TrueAudio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
brand	O
was	O
previously	O
only	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
ATI	B-Device
Radeon	I-Device
"	O
until	O
August	O
2010	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
increase	O
AMD	O
's	O
brand	O
awareness	O
on	O
a	O
global	O
scale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Products	O
up	O
to	O
and	O
including	O
the	O
HD	O
5000	O
series	O
are	O
branded	O
as	O
ATI	B-Device
Radeon	I-Device
,	O
while	O
the	O
HD	O
6000	O
series	O
and	O
beyond	O
use	O
the	O
new	O
AMD	B-Device
Radeon	I-Device
branding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
11	O
September	O
2015	O
,	O
AMD	O
's	O
GPU	B-Architecture
business	O
was	O
split	O
into	O
a	O
separate	O
unit	O
known	O
as	O
Radeon	B-Device
Technologies	I-Device
Group	I-Device
,	O
with	O
Raja	O
Koduri	O
as	O
Senior	O
Vice	O
President	O
and	O
chief	O
architect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMD	O
does	O
not	O
distribute	O
Radeon	B-Device
cards	O
directly	O
to	O
consumers	O
(	O
though	O
some	O
exceptions	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
it	O
sells	O
Radeon	B-Device
GPUs	B-Architecture
to	O
third-party	O
manufacturers	O
,	O
who	O
build	O
and	O
sell	O
the	O
Radeon-based	O
video	O
cards	O
to	O
the	O
OEM	O
and	O
retail	O
channels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Manufacturers	O
of	O
the	O
Radeon	B-Device
cards	O
—	O
some	O
of	O
whom	O
also	O
make	O
motherboards	O
—	O
include	O
ASRock	O
,	O
Asus	O
,	O
Biostar	O
,	O
Club	O
3D	O
,	O
Diamond	O
,	O
Force3D	O
,	O
Gainward	O
,	O
Gigabyte	O
,	O
HIS	O
,	O
MSI	O
,	O
PowerColor	O
,	O
Sapphire	O
,	O
VisionTek	O
,	O
and	O
XFX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
or	O
heavily	O
redesigned	O
architectures	O
have	O
a	O
prefix	O
of	O
R	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
R300	B-Device
or	O
R600	O
)	O
while	O
slight	O
modifications	O
are	O
indicated	O
by	O
the	O
RV	O
prefix	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
RV370	O
or	O
RV635	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Radeon	B-Device
,	O
first	O
introduced	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
was	O
ATI	O
's	O
first	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
to	O
be	O
fully	O
DirectX	B-Application
7	I-Application
compliant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
R100	B-Device
brought	O
with	O
it	O
large	O
gains	O
in	O
bandwidth	O
and	O
fill-rate	O
efficiency	O
through	O
the	O
new	O
HyperZ	B-Device
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RV200	O
was	O
a	O
die-shrink	O
of	O
the	O
former	O
R100	B-Device
with	O
some	O
core	O
logic	O
tweaks	O
for	O
clockspeed	O
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
release	O
in	O
this	O
generation	O
was	O
the	O
Radeon	B-Device
7500	I-Device
,	O
which	O
introduced	O
little	O
in	O
the	O
way	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
but	O
offered	O
substantial	O
performance	O
improvements	O
over	O
its	O
predecessors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ATI	O
's	O
second	B-Device
generation	I-Device
Radeon	I-Device
included	O
a	O
sophisticated	O
pixel	O
shader	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
R300	B-Device
was	O
the	O
first	O
GPU	B-Architecture
to	O
fully	O
support	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
DirectX	B-Application
9.0	I-Application
technology	O
upon	O
its	O
release	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
budget	O
line	O
of	O
RV350	B-Device
products	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
this	O
refreshed	O
design	O
with	O
some	O
elements	O
disabled	O
or	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
110-nm	O
and	O
130-nm	O
manufacturing	O
technologies	O
under	O
the	O
X300	O
and	O
X600	O
names	O
,	O
respectively	O
,	O
the	O
RV370	O
and	O
RV380	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
were	O
used	O
extensively	O
by	O
consumer	O
PC	O
manufacturers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ATI	O
's	O
DirectX	B-Application
9.0c	I-Application
series	O
of	O
graphics	O
cards	O
,	O
with	O
complete	O
shader	O
Model	O
3.0	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launched	O
in	O
October	O
2005	O
,	O
this	O
series	O
brought	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
enhancements	O
including	O
the	O
floating	O
point	O
render	O
target	O
technology	O
necessary	O
for	O
HDR	B-Device
rendering	I-Device
with	O
anti-aliasing	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
ATI	O
's	O
first	O
series	O
of	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
to	O
replace	O
the	O
old	O
fixed-pipeline	B-General_Concept
and	O
implement	O
unified	O
shader	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequent	O
revisions	O
tuned	O
the	O
design	O
for	O
higher	O
performance	O
and	O
energy	O
efficiency	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
ATI	O
Mobility	B-Device
Radeon	I-Device
HD	O
series	O
for	O
mobile	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HD	B-Device
4850	I-Device
and	O
HD	B-Device
4870	I-Device
have	O
800	O
stream	O
processors	O
and	O
GDDR3	O
and	O
GDDR5	O
memory	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
featured	O
a	O
40nm	O
fabrication	O
process	O
for	O
the	O
entire	O
product	O
line	O
(	O
only	O
the	O
HD4770	O
(	O
RV740	O
)	O
was	O
built	O
on	O
this	O
process	O
previously	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
more	O
stream	O
cores	O
and	O
compatibility	O
with	O
the	O
next	O
major	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
DirectX	B-Application
API	O
,	O
DirectX	B-Application
11	I-Application
,	O
which	O
launched	O
on	O
22	O
October	O
2009	O
along	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Device
Windows	I-Device
7	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
3D	O
output	O
is	O
enabled	O
with	O
HDMI	O
1.4a	O
and	O
DisplayPort	B-Protocol
1.2	O
outputs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Southern	O
Islands	O
"	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
series	O
to	O
feature	O
the	O
new	O
compute	O
microarchitecture	B-General_Concept
known	O
as	O
"	O
Graphics	B-Architecture
Core	I-Architecture
Next	I-Architecture
"	O
( GCN	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
Radeon	B-Device
HD	I-Device
7790	O
uses	O
GCN	O
2	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
product	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
by	O
AMD	O
on	O
9	O
January	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Sea	B-Device
Islands	I-Device
"	O
were	O
OEM	O
rebadges	O
of	O
the	O
7000	B-Device
series	O
,	O
with	O
only	O
three	O
products	O
,	O
code	O
named	O
Oland	O
,	O
available	O
for	O
general	O
retail	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Volcanic	B-Device
Islands	I-Device
"	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
were	O
introduced	O
with	O
the	O
AMD	B-Device
Radeon	I-Device
Rx	I-Device
200	I-Device
Series	I-Device
,	O
and	O
were	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Radeon	B-Device
Rx	B-Device
200	I-Device
line	O
is	O
mainly	O
based	O
on	O
AMD	O
's	O
GCN	O
architecture	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
lower	O
end	O
,	O
OEM	O
cards	O
still	O
using	O
VLIW5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
majority	O
of	O
desktop	O
products	O
use	O
GCN	O
1	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
R9	O
290x/290	O
&	O
R7	O
260X/260	O
use	O
GCN	O
2	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
only	O
the	O
R9	B-Device
285	I-Device
using	O
the	O
new	O
GCN	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GPUs	B-Architecture
codenamed	O
"	O
Caribbean	O
Islands	O
"	O
were	O
introduced	O
with	O
the	O
AMD	B-Device
Radeon	I-Device
Rx	I-Device
300	I-Device
Series	I-Device
,	O
released	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
series	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
solely	O
use	O
GCN	O
based	O
models	O
,	O
ranging	O
from	O
GCN	O
1st	O
to	O
GCN	O
3rd	O
Gen	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
GCN	O
3-based	O
Fiji-architecture	O
models	O
named	O
Fury	B-Device
X	I-Device
,	O
Fury	O
,	O
Nano	O
and	O
the	O
Radeon	B-Device
Pro	I-Device
Duo	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
GPUs	B-Architecture
codenamed	O
"	O
Arctic	B-Device
Islands	I-Device
"	O
were	O
first	O
introduced	O
with	O
the	O
Radeon	B-Device
RX	I-Device
400	I-Device
Series	I-Device
in	O
June	O
2016	O
with	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	O
RX	B-Device
480	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
cards	O
were	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
new	O
Polaris	B-Device
chips	O
which	O
implements	O
GCN	O
4th	O
Gen	O
on	O
the	O
14nm	B-Algorithm
fab	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RX	B-Device
500	I-Device
Series	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2017	O
also	O
uses	O
Polaris	B-Device
chips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
27	O
May	O
2019	O
,	O
at	O
COMPUTEX	O
2019	O
,	O
AMD	O
announced	O
the	O
new	O
'	O
RDNA	O
 '	O
graphics	O
micro-architecture	B-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
is	O
to	O
succeed	O
the	O
Graphics	B-Architecture
Core	I-Architecture
Next	I-Architecture
micro-architecture	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
Radeon	O
RX	O
5700-series	O
graphics	O
cards	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
be	O
built	O
under	O
the	O
codename	O
'	O
Navi	B-Device
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
5	O
March	O
2020	O
,	O
AMD	O
publicly	O
announced	O
its	O
plan	O
to	O
release	O
a	O
"	O
refresh	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
RDNA	O
micro-architecture	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dubbed	O
as	O
the	O
RDNA	O
2	O
architecture	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
stated	O
to	O
succeed	O
the	O
first-gen	O
RDNA	O
micro-architecture	B-General_Concept
and	O
was	O
initially	O
scheduled	O
for	O
a	O
release	O
in	O
Q4	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RDNA	O
2	O
was	O
confirmed	O
as	O
the	O
graphics	O
microarchitecture	B-General_Concept
featured	O
in	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X	I-Device
and	I-Device
Series	I-Device
S	I-Device
consoles	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
from	O
Sony	O
,	O
with	O
proprietary	O
tweaks	O
and	O
different	O
GPU	B-Architecture
configurations	O
in	O
each	O
systems	O
 '	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMD	O
unveiled	O
the	O
Radeon	B-Device
RX	I-Device
6000	I-Device
series	I-Device
,	O
its	O
next-gen	O
RDNA	O
2	O
graphics	O
cards	O
at	O
an	O
online	O
event	O
on	O
28	O
October	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lineup	O
consists	O
of	O
the	O
RX	B-Device
6800	I-Device
,	O
RX	B-Device
6800	I-Device
XT	I-Device
and	O
RX	B-Device
6900	I-Device
XT	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RX	B-Device
6800	I-Device
and	O
6800	O
XT	O
launched	O
on	O
18	O
November	O
2020	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
RX	B-Device
6900	I-Device
XT	I-Device
being	O
released	O
on	O
8	O
December	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
variants	O
including	O
a	O
Radeon	B-Device
RX	O
6700	O
(	O
XT	O
)	O
series	O
based	O
on	O
Navi	B-Device
22	O
,	O
launched	O
on	O
18	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
a	O
Radeon	B-Device
RX	O
6600(XT )	O
series	O
based	O
on	O
Navi	B-Device
23	O
,	O
launched	O
on	O
11	O
August	O
2021	O
(	O
that	O
is	O
the	O
6600XT	O
release	O
date	O
,	O
the	O
RX	O
6600	O
launched	O
on	O
13	O
October	O
2021	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Radeon	B-Device
RX	O
6500(XT )	O
,	O
launched	O
on	O
19	O
January	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
table	O
below	O
summarizes	O
the	O
APIs	O
supported	O
in	O
each	O
Radeon	B-Device
generation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
see	O
AMD	O
FireStream	O
and	O
AMD	B-Application
FirePro	I-Application
branded	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
24	O
November	O
2015	O
,	O
AMD	O
released	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
their	O
graphics	O
driver	O
following	O
the	O
formation	O
of	O
the	O
Radeon	B-Device
Technologies	I-Device
Group	I-Device
(	O
RTG	O
)	O
to	O
provide	O
extensive	O
software	O
support	O
for	O
their	O
graphics	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
driver	O
,	O
labelled	O
Radeon	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Crimson	O
Edition	O
,	O
overhauls	O
the	O
UI	O
with	O
Qt	B-Language
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
better	O
responsiveness	O
from	O
a	O
design	O
and	O
system	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unofficial	O
modifications	O
such	O
as	O
Omega	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
and	O
DNA	O
drivers	O
were	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
drivers	O
typically	O
consist	O
of	O
mixtures	O
of	O
various	O
driver	O
file	O
versions	O
with	O
some	O
registry	B-Protocol
variables	O
altered	O
and	O
are	O
advertised	O
as	O
offering	O
superior	O
performance	O
or	O
image	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Radeon	B-Application
Software	I-Application
is	O
being	O
developed	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
may	O
be	O
different	O
for	O
the	O
AMD	B-Application
FirePro	I-Application
brand	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
identical	O
hardware	O
but	O
features	O
OpenGL-certified	O
graphics	O
device	O
drivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ATI	O
stopped	O
support	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
after	O
the	O
Radeon	B-Device
R200	I-Device
cards	O
,	O
making	O
the	O
last	O
officially	O
supported	O
card	O
the	O
Radeon	B-Device
9250	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Radeon	B-Device
R100	I-Device
cards	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
Radeon	B-Device
7200	O
can	O
still	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
even	O
older	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
versions	O
such	O
as	O
System	B-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
,	O
although	O
not	O
all	O
features	O
are	O
taken	O
advantage	O
of	O
by	O
the	O
older	O
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ever	O
since	O
ATI	O
's	O
acquisition	O
by	O
AMD	O
,	O
ATI	O
no	O
longer	O
supplies	O
or	O
supports	O
drivers	O
for	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
nor	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Application
drivers	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
from	O
Apple	O
's	O
support	O
website	O
,	O
while	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
drivers	O
can	O
be	O
obtained	O
from	O
3rd	O
party	O
websites	O
that	O
host	O
the	O
older	O
drivers	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ATI	O
used	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
preference	O
panel	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
macOS	B-Application
called	O
ATI	O
Displays	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
both	O
with	O
retail	O
and	O
OEM	O
versions	O
of	O
its	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
it	O
gives	O
more	O
control	O
over	O
advanced	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
chipset	O
,	O
ATI	O
Displays	O
has	O
limited	O
functionality	O
compared	O
to	O
Catalyst	O
for	O
Windows	O
or	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
free	O
and	O
open-source	O
for	O
Direct	B-Application
Rendering	I-Application
Infrastructure	I-Application
has	O
been	O
under	O
constant	O
development	O
by	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	O
developers	O
,	O
by	O
3rd	O
party	O
programming	O
enthusiasts	O
and	O
by	O
AMD	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
user-space	O
component	O
in	O
Mesa	B-Application
3D	I-Application
;	O
currently	O
most	O
of	O
these	O
components	O
are	O
written	O
conforming	O
to	O
the	O
Gallium3D-specifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
all	O
drivers	O
in	O
Mesa	B-Application
3D	I-Application
with	O
Version	O
10.x	O
(	O
last	O
10.6.7	O
)	O
are	O
as	O
of	O
September	O
2014	O
limited	O
to	O
OpenGL	O
version	O
3.3	O
and	O
OpenGL	O
ES	O
3.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
all	O
drivers	O
in	O
Mesa	B-Application
3D	I-Application
with	O
Version	O
11.x	O
(	O
last	O
11.2.2	O
)	O
are	O
as	O
of	O
Mai	O
2016	O
limited	O
to	O
OpenGL	O
version	O
4.1	O
and	O
OpenGL	O
ES	O
3.0	O
or	O
3.1	O
(	O
11.2	O
+	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
all	O
drivers	O
in	O
Mesa	B-Application
3D	I-Application
with	O
version	O
12.x	O
(	O
in	O
June	O
2016	O
)	O
can	O
support	O
OpenGL	O
version	O
4.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
all	O
drivers	O
in	O
Mesa	B-Application
3D	I-Application
with	O
Version	O
13.0.x	O
(	O
in	O
November	O
2016	O
)	O
can	O
support	O
OpenGL	O
4.4	O
and	O
unofficial	O
4.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
free	O
and	O
open-source	O
driver	O
supports	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
available	O
in	O
Radeon-branded	O
cards	O
and	O
APUs	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
multi-monitor	B-General_Concept
or	O
hybrid	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
free	O
and	O
open-source	O
drivers	O
are	O
primarily	O
developed	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
adopted	O
DRI	O
,	O
and	O
since	O
Mesa	B-Application
3D	I-Application
is	O
not	O
programmed	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
it	O
should	O
have	O
identical	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
supports	O
2D	O
and	O
3D	B-Architecture
acceleration	I-Architecture
for	O
Radeon	B-Device
R100	I-Device
,	O
R200	B-Device
and	O
R300	B-Device
chipsets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
supports	O
Radeon	B-Device
R100	I-Device
,	O
R200	B-Device
,	O
R300	B-Device
,	O
R520	B-Device
(	O
X1000	B-Device
Series	O
)	O
,	O
R700	B-Device
(	O
HD	B-Device
4000	I-Device
Series	O
)	O
,	O
HD	O
5000	O
(	O
Evergreen	O
)	O
series	O
,	O
HD	O
6000	O
(	O
Northern	O
Islands	O
)	O
series	O
and	O
HD	O
7000	B-Device
(	O
Southern	O
Islands	O
)	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RadeonHD	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
driver	O
has	O
been	O
developed	O
by	O
Hans	O
de	O
Ruiter	O
funded	O
and	O
owned	O
by	O
A-EON	O
Technology	O
Ltd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
older	O
R100	B-Device
and	O
R200	B-Device
"	O
ATIRadeon	O
"	O
driver	O
for	O
AmigaOS	O
,	O
originally	O
developed	O
Forefront	O
Technologies	O
has	O
been	O
acquired	O
by	O
A-EON	O
Technology	O
Ltd	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
past	O
ATI	O
provided	O
hardware	O
and	O
technical	O
documentation	O
to	O
the	O
Haiku	B-Language
Project	O
to	O
produce	O
drivers	O
with	O
full	O
2D	O
and	O
video	O
in/out	O
support	O
on	O
older	O
Radeon	B-Device
chipsets	O
(	O
up	O
to	O
R500	O
)	O
for	O
Haiku	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
Radeon	B-Device
HD	I-Device
driver	O
was	O
developed	O
with	O
the	O
unofficial	O
and	O
indirect	O
guidance	O
of	O
AMD	O
open	O
source	O
engineers	O
and	O
currently	O
exists	O
in	O
recent	O
Haiku	B-Language
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
Radeon	B-Device
HD	I-Device
driver	O
supports	O
native	O
mode	O
setting	O
on	O
R600	O
through	O
Southern	O
Islands	O
GPU	B-Architecture
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AMD	O
(	O
and	O
its	O
predecessor	O
ATI	O
)	O
have	O
released	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
embedded	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
targeted	O
toward	O
medical	O
,	O
entertainment	O
,	O
and	O
display	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2011	O
,	O
AMD	O
expanded	O
the	O
Radeon	B-Device
name	O
to	O
include	O
random	B-Architecture
access	I-Architecture
memory	I-Architecture
modules	O
under	O
the	O
AMD	O
Memory	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013-05-08	O
,	O
AMD	O
announced	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Radeon	B-Device
RG2133	O
Gamer	O
Series	O
Memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Radeon	B-Device
R9	I-Device
2400	O
Gamer	O
Series	O
Memory	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2014-01-16	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dataram	O
Corporation	O
is	O
manufacturing	O
RAM	B-Architecture
for	O
AMD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012-09-06	O
,	O
Dataram	O
Corporation	O
announced	O
it	O
has	O
entered	O
into	O
a	O
formal	O
agreement	O
with	O
AMD	O
to	O
develop	O
an	O
AMD-branded	O
version	O
of	O
Dataram	O
's	O
RAMDisk	B-Application
software	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Radeon	B-Device
RAMDisk	B-Application
,	O
targeting	O
gaming	O
enthusiasts	O
seeking	O
exponential	O
improvements	O
in	O
game	O
load	O
times	O
leading	O
to	O
an	O
enhanced	O
gaming	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
freeware	O
version	O
of	O
Radeon	B-Device
RAMDisk	B-Application
software	O
supports	O
Windows	O
Vista	O
and	O
later	O
with	O
minimum	O
4GiB	O
memory	O
,	O
and	O
supports	O
maximum	O
of	O
4GiB	O
RAM	B-Application
disk	I-Application
(	O
6GiB	O
if	O
AMD	B-Device
Radeon	I-Device
Value	O
,	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
Performance	O
Edition	O
or	O
Products	O
installed	O
,	O
and	O
Radeon	B-Device
RAMDisk	B-Application
is	O
activated	O
between	O
2012-10-10	O
and	O
2013-10-10	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Retail	O
version	O
supports	O
RAM	B-Application
disk	I-Application
size	O
between	O
5MiB	O
to	O
64GiB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
this	O
Agreement	O
,	O
Elysium	O
is	O
authorized	O
to	O
sell	O
AMD	B-Device
Radeon	I-Device
RAMDisk	B-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
