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A-EON TECHNOLOGY AND ACUBE SYSTEMS
SIGN RADEONHD DRIVER ACCORD
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STATEMENT FROM A-EON TECHNOLOGY
Following our announcement that we
have secured the future of RadeonHD
graphic drivers for AmigaOS 4 we are
pleased to reveal we have now made
an agreement with ACube Systems
which will allow owners of new
AmigaOne 500 and Sam460 systems
access to the new RadeonHD drivers
and future updates. Registered
owners of these new systems will be
able to download free RadeonHD
driver updates from the A-EON
Technology website as and when then
become available. Details of how to
register will be made available in
the near future. Pre-existing
AmigaOne 500 owners will also
benefit from this agreement.
Pre-existing Sam460 owners will
still be able to purchase the
RadeonHD driver from the A-EON
Technology website. ACube's Max
Tretene commented on the new
agreement, "We're all happy about
the securing of the driver
development (for AmigaOS 4)", while
Trevor Dickinson added, "Driver
support for the latest RadeonHD
graphics cards is a massive
achievement for AmigaOS 4 and I'm
pleased that ACube's customers can
benefit from Hans de Ruiter's work.
These are exciting times for AmigaOS
4 users."
We are also pleased to confirm that
Hans is making excellent progress
with the RadeonHD driver as he works
towards the version 1.0 release. The
latest version (0.46) has just been
uploaded to the AmigaONE X1000 beta
test team for testing. Registered
AmigaONE X1000 "First Contact"
customers will be able download the
latest update from the A-EON
Technology website in the near
future.
About Hans de Ruiter & HDRLab: Hans
de Ruiter is an electrical &
electronics engineer and leading
AmigaOS developer and Amiga
enthusiast. His website - HDRLab -
details various projects, many of
which are AmigaOS related. The
biggest of these is the RadeonHD
driver for AmigaOS, an ambitious
project that aims to deliver modern
graphics capabilities for the
AmigaOS platform.
About AmigaOS: The AmigaOS dates
back to 1985 with the introduction
of the landmark Amiga 1000. Today,
under the guidance and control of
Hyperion Entertainment, AmigaOS has
evolved into a modern operating
system without losing that intrinsic
"Amiga" look and feel.
About the AmigaONE X1000: The
AmigaONE X1000 is not like other
computers. It is a culmination of
efforts by real Amiga enthusiasts
and developers to create powerful,
modern desktop hardware for the
AmigaOS. It is the natural evolution
of the Amiga's PowerPC lineage and
is based on the PA-Semi Dual-core
PA6T-1682M CPU and includes Xena, a
"Software Defined Silicon"
co-processor. Above all it runs the
latest version of the AmigaOS.
About ACube Systems S.r.l.: ACube
Systems are the designers and
developers of the Sam440, Sam460 and
AmigaOne 500 computer systems for
AmigaOS 4.
WEB LINKS:
* HDR Labs - http://hdrlab.org.nz/
* A-EON Technology -
http://www.a-eon.com
* ACube Systems -
http://www.acube-systems.biz/
* AmigaOS - http://www.amigaos.net/
* AMD RadeonHD - http://www.amd.com/
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OVER THE RAINBOW
A-EON Technology secures graphic
card support for AmigaOS 4
A-EON Technology is pleased to
announce that it has signed a new
development agreement with premier
AmigaOS graphics specialist Hans de
Ruiter which ensures the future
compatibility of AmigaOS 4 with the
latest RadeonHD graphics cards. In
addition to the HD4000 (R700)
graphics drivers released with the
AmigaONE X1000 "First Contact"
system, we have now contracted Hans
to create a series of drivers for
the RadeonHD family. This also
includes support for Evergreen,
Northern Islands and the recently
released Southern Islands HD7000
series. These new drivers, which are
exclusively licensed to A-EON
Technology, will support the
X1300-1950, 5000, 6000 & 7000 series
RadeonHD graphics cards and provide
AmigaOS 4 with access to the latest
in graphic card technology.
Trevor Dickinson commented, "This is
a major boost for the AmigaOS and is
the first time that these modern
graphics cards have been supported
on non x86 systems. Hans has already
released several updates to his
RadeonHD driver and support for
Evergreen and Northern Islands cards
is already up to the standard of the
R700 drivers released with the
AmigaONE X1000. He has also made
excellent progress with drivers for
AMD's Southern Islands cards. Hans
de Ruiter replied, "I was initially
disappointed when supply of Radeon
HD 4000 series became scarce but now
I'm proud of what has been achieved.
The RadeonHD driver once again
supports some of the latest cards
available." His comments were echoed
by a long time AmigaOS 4 developer
and A1-X1000 beta tester who stated,
"Looks like OS4 won't have to worry
about availability of compatible
graphics cards anytime soon". We can
only agree.
The AMD RadeonHD series to be
supported include:-
* X1300-1950 - R520 chipset
* HD4000 - R700 series
* HD5000 - Evergreen series - first
released in September 2009
* HD6000 - Northern Island series -
first released in October 2010
* HD7000 - Southern Island series -
latest RadeonHD cards released in
January 2012
Although the RadeonHD driver is
exclusively licensed to A-EON
Technology for AmigaOS 4, owners of
ACube's "Next Generation Amiga"
systems need not despair. They will
be able to purchase RadeonHD driver
updates via the A-EON Technology
website for their Sam460 and
AmigaOne 500 systems. AmigaKit will
also be offering RadeonHD graphics
cards and driver bundles. Please
visit the AmigaKit website for more
details. Customers who purchase the
new driver will qualify for free
upgrades, up to and including
version 1.0 of the RadeonHD driver.
Registered AmigaONE X1000 "First
Contact" customers will be able
download driver updates free of
charge from the A-EON Technology
website.
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