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Radeon Pro 500 Series for iMac: Powerful Performance for Breathtaking 5K Computing

Brisk creative applications, smooth and responsive high-end gaming, and exquisite VR experiences all made possible by Radeon Pro 500 series graphics, available in Apple’s updated iMac

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 05, 2017 — Today AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) unveiled the high-performance, power-efficient Radeon™ Pro 500 series graphics, fueling beyond-UHD creativity in All-In-One computing. Available in the updated 21.5- and 27-inch iMac, Radeon Pro 500 series graphics enable extraordinary computing experiences, including stunning gaming, immersive VR on select models*, and fluid content creation with exceptional performance and support for GPU acceleration across a range of creative applications on the Mac platform, such as Adobe Premiere® Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop® and the Foundry Nuke, Mari and Modo. Moreover, Radeon Pro 500 series provides accelerated performance for the Radeon™ ProRender photorealistic ray-tracing rendering technology which is enabled for Autodesk® Maya®, and Maxon’s Cinema 4D.

Radeon Pro 500 series graphics harness up to 5.5 TFLOPS of performance, unleashing the creativity of artists, designers, photographers, filmmakers, visualizers and engineers, and aspiring creative types across high-resolution canvases in the most popular creative applications, powering through the most demanding games, and bringing fantastic worlds to life in VR. The Radeon Pro 500 series makes use of the critically-acclaimed “Polaris” GPU architecture, delivering the perfect balance of performance and operating efficiency that makes them ideal for All-In-Ones.“It is incredibly satisfying to see the capabilities of Radeon Pro 500 series in elegant form factors and enabling

“It is incredibly satisfying to see the capabilities of Radeon Pro 500 series in elegant form factors and enabling amazing content creation, gaming and VR experiences,”

said Raja Koduri, senior vice president and chief architect, Radeon Technologies Group, AMD.

“Radeon Pro 500 Series graphics are enabling new generations of makers with compute-accelerated creative tools and new APIs, bringing their imaginations to life in ways like never before.”

*Available on the Radeon™ Pro 580.

RADEON™ PRO 500 SERIES

Radeon™ Pro 500 series graphics embody the pinnacle of the latest graphics technology. Powering both the groundbreaking 15-inch MacBook Pro notebook and unparalleled 21.5 and 27 inch iMac all-in-one line-up, Radeon Pro 500 series graphics deliver the optimal combination of high performance and cool + quiet operation. The “Polaris” architecture in Radeon™ Pro GPUs enable graphics and compute workloads to work together seamlessly. Complex workloads, including advanced 3D modeling/rendering and multi stream 4k non-linear editing are only bounded by your imagination.

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