AMD Announces First Desktops Featuring 7th Generation AMD PRO Processors Delivering Enterprise-Class Performance for Business Critical Experiences

AMD Announces First
Desktops Featuring 7th Generation AMD PRO Processors Delivering
Enterprise-Class Performance for Business Critical Experiences

—    New commercial systems
featuring AMD PRO A-Series processors enable overall simplification of IT
complexities for businesses around the world —

Barcelona, Spain — Oct.
3, 2016 — Last night at the Canalys Channels Forum, AMD (NASDAQ:
AMD) announced the first PCs featuring 7th Generation AMD PRO APUs (formerly
codenamed “Bristol Ridge PRO”). Built for business, AMD PRO APUs deliver
increased computing and graphics performance, improved energy efficiency, while
providing a secure and stable platform to protect customers’ IT investments.

“In
the past two years we made incredible progress in the commercial client
segment. Since its inception in mid-2014, AMD PRO processor unit shipments
increased more than 45 percent, enabling businesses all over the world to
simplify IT with secure, high performance, reliable solutions” said Jim
Anderson, senior vice president and general manager, Computing and Graphics
Business, AMD. “We are thrilled to have PC market leaders like HP and Lenovo expanding
their use of AMD technology in their business client portfolios.”

“We’re
delighted to offer 7th generation AMD PRO processors in our new HP EliteDesk
705 G3 desktop series,” said Guayente Sanmartin, Vice President of Product
Management, Commercial Desktops, HP Inc. “We are delivering more performance,
security and flexibility to give our enterprise customers peace of mind that
allows them to focus on their business, not on IT complexity.”

New systems from HP and Lenovo combine
commercial-grade1quality, performance, and stability, with exceptional video
and audio capabilities enabling businesses to achieve more across key areas
including productivity, manageability, and collaboration. In addition,
Microsoft® Windows® 10 Pro features including
Device Guard, Windows Hello, Biometric Security and BitLocker Encryption are
fully supported, out of the box.

“We
at Canalys recognize the ongoing appetite across channel and mid-size
businesses globally for more secure, reliable, flexible and cost-effective
technology enablement.” said Steve Brazier, President and CEO of Canalys. “As
companies embrace digital options deeper in their businesses, their
expectations from technology partners will change, making it imperative that IT
vendors deliver products that can make an immediate impact on the market
through innovation, enhanced performance and increased reliability, amongst
other focus areas. These new desktops, featuring AMD processor technology,
provide opportunities for businesses to handle critical challenges without
sacrificing manageability, security or stability.”

AMD
7th Generation PRO Processors

7th Generation AMD PRO processors
tackle business needs in three key areas:

·         Help ensure sensitive
data and trusted applications remain secure with the dedicated and integrated
AMD Secure Processor technology; a system-wide secure environment that offloads
and isolates security functions, providing an independent hardware-based root
of trust for secure boot, content protection, application security, and fTPM
2.0 (firmware trusted platform module).

·         To meet users’ growing
compute and graphic demands, new AMD PRO desktop processors provide up to 14%
more compute and 22% more graphic performance while being up to 32% more energy
efficient than 6th generation AMD PRO processors2.

·         Open standards and
CPU-agnostic DASH manageability allows IT departments to easily integrate and
manage systems. The new AMD AM4 desktop infrastructure provides a stable and
upgradable platform for the future.

AMD 7th Generation
Systems

The
HP EliteDesk 705 G3 Series desktops, available in microtower, small-form factor
(SFF), or mini-form factor, deliver impressive value with uncompromising
performance, security, and manageability for an enterprise-class experience.
The EliteDesk desktop PCs are more secure with HP Sure Start with Protection of
BIOS Configuration and Policy. This helps to protect your PC and ensure
uninterrupted productivity by automatically detecting and recovering from BIOS
corruption or attacks. The desktops also include TPM 2.0 to secure data and
HP’s full portfolio of physical-security accessories for a robust, three-layer
security solution.

7th generation AMD PRO processors aim
to deliver the best performance, reliability, and opportunity to handle
critical workloads with planned availability in additional new PCs in the near
future.