Developers

Developers should contact their local Quixant Sales Office to request access to our developer area, which provides extensive documentation, device drivers, libraries and protocols for Quixant platforms.

Quixant utilises advanced CPU, GPU and APU technology from AMD in its gaming platforms. To achieve optimum results it is essential that game developers use the programming techniques necessary to fully utilise this advanced technology.

Modern computer systems make extensive use of hardware acceleration techniques, particularly for graphics and media. In the past CPUs performed nearly all the work. However, other dedicated hardware elements are better suited to performing certain intensive tasks, such as graphics and media processing. For this reason APUs used in Quixant products include multiple processing elements optimised for different processing tasks. This is a strong trend in the industry and provides many benefits in terms of performance, reduced costs and lower power operation.

Developers need to make sure they use modern programming techniques to fully utilise the available hardware processing resources. Failure to do so can result in apparent under performance of the finished system compared to what is actually achievable.

Quixant advises all game developers to make full use of the increased performance provided by the advanced GPU and UVD (Universal Video Decoder) processing elements contained in AMD APUs. AMD provides comprehensive support to software developers to help achieve this through their excellent "AMD Developer Central" website:- http://developer.amd.com/

Quixant encourages all developers to make full use of this invaluable resource. We are sure you will find the improved results worthwhile!

Download the following PDF document for an overview of AMD APU technology, the features and benefits and why it represents the future of computing technology: