Set your calendars for May 12th, when AMD will webcast their launch for the next phase of its VISION Technology and some new notebook platforms for their build partners. VISION appears to be the real purpose of the conference, however. When it was introduced in October 2009, VISION was a set of three tiers that were intended to be easy ways for consumers to understand how powerful their hardware was. With labels such as VISION, VISION Premium, and VISION Ultimate, the consumer could feel more comfortable choosing between computers—they wouldn’t have to worry about small differences in specs like a 2.24GHz processor vs. a 2.4GHz one—if the VISION tier was the same, the machine could be expected to perform roughly the same.
It hasn’t been terribly effective or seen in wide use as of yet, so for posterity’s sake, the original VISION tiers are:
VISION
Watch online video and DVD’s
- Look at photos and videos online
- Surf the web
- Listen to music
VISION Premium
Watch Blu-Ray or HD Videos
- Convert videos to watch on your portable media player.
- Convert CD to MP3s
- Play games
- Use a webcam
VISION Ultimate
Create/Edit HD Movies
- Record live TV
- Play graphics-rich online games
- Edit/Mix Music
- Advanced Photo Editing
- Create Podcasts
You can visit the VisionCast on May 12 at noon Eastern to join Rick Bergman, senior VP of the Products Group of AMD and Leslie Sobon, the VP of AMD’s worldwide product marketing. Stay tuned right here to see what directions VISION will be taking this year.
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