AMD FirePro Professional Graphics boosts HP ZBook mobile stations
January 28, 2015

AMD FirePro Professional Graphics boosts HP ZBook mobile stations

SUNNYVALE, CA — ​AMD (www.amd.com) announced that the second-generation HP ZBook 14 G2 and 15u G2 Mobile Workstations feature AMD FirePro M4150 and AMD FirePro M4170 mobile professional graphics models. AMD FirePro professional graphics are compliant with the latest industry standards enabling users to take full advantage of applications from companies including Adobe, Autodesk, Avid, Dassault Systèmes, ESRI, Siemens, and more.

AMD FirePro mobile professional graphics are powered by AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture1 and, according to AMD, are especially designed to enable outstanding performance for professional applications in a wide variety of work environments for many computer-aided design (CAD) and digital media applications.

“AMD and HP have combined efforts to enable mobile workstation users with leading-edge technologies with results that matter for designing, engineering, and creating,” said David Cummings, senior director and general manager, professional graphics at AMD. “HP mobile workstation users can benefit from quality driver support and certified ISV applications for a stable and reliable platform that redefine mobile workstation performance while enabling users to do more.”

“Our customers demand productivity features for their mission-critical projects especially for computer-aided design and content creation,” said Jeff Wood, vice president, worldwide product management, commercial solutions business unit, HP. “We know our mobile workstation customers can rely on AMD FirePro mobile professional graphics for the performance they demand backed with robust driver and application support.”

AMD FirePro professional graphics are now available — from high end to entry level — on the HP ZBook 17 G2, HP ZBook 15 G2, HP ZBook 15u G2 and HP ZBook 14 G2. Based on the desktop AMD FirePro W-series professional graphics, the AMD FirePro M-series mobile professional graphics offers: Desktop class workstation performance on-the-go; AMD FirePro mobile professional graphics are supported by high-quality software drivers that are finely tuned to work optimally with leading workstation applications featuring OpenCL; and Intelligent Power Features that offer power monitoring and management technologies to help deliver improved battery life to mobile workstations.