AMD 4.4.5 user manual Overview

	AMD Confidential
User Manual	November 21st, 2008

saved, the “*.bsd” file will have grown significantly, slightly larger than the size of simulated memory.

The graphics device supplied with the simulator is a 2D and 3D graphics card with linear frame buffer and DirectX 6 support. AMD currently plans to provide a graphics model with the simulator which will also have modern 3D hardware acceleration, including Microsoft® DirectX 9/10 support.

The simulator is available in two versions: Public Release and Full Release. Table 1-1shows the detailed feature matrix:

Feature	Public Release	Full Release
DIMM configuration	Limited
No 4 Gb limitation of simulated memory
Available devices	Limited
Available platform definition files (BSDs)	Limited
Devices can be added and removed from platform definition files
Connecting and disconnecting devices
Ships with a variety of different CPU cores (Product Files)
Full product support	Limited
Analyzer support
Support of simulated multi-processor systems (up to 16 CPUs)	1

Table 1-1: Feature Overview Public Release versus Full Release

To get more information about how to obtain the full release version of the simulator please send an email to simnow@amd.com.

1Support of up to two cores.

2 Chapter 1: Overview