False information in the articles: No UVD in R600

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UVD= UNIFIED, not universal, VIDEO DECODER.

The ATI Radeon HD 2000 series of products introduces immersive DirectX® 10 gaming enabling the next generation of visual effects at every price point. The line-up boasts many firsts for the graphics industry, including a powerful second-generation Unified Shader Architecture (USA), a 512 Mbit memory bus designed for full performance high dynamic range (HDR) rendering, and new Unified Video Decoder (UVD) technology for high-fidelity HD multimedia playback.1

In addition to gaming, the ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 series from AMD delivers the ultimate high-definition multimedia experience on the PC with improved visual fidelity afforded by ATI Avivo™ HD technology. Innovative UVD technology handles HD multimedia with ease, allowing consumers to watch the latest HD DVD and Blu-ray™ discs with incredibly fine image quality and smooth playback, all while consuming less power. With the energy efficiency of UVD technology combined with a 65nm process, the ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 2000 series allows notebook users to view an entire HD DVD or Blu-ray™ disc on a single battery.3

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/V...117414,00.html

Unified video decoder, according to patents, implies

Presented herein is a unified decoder architecture. A system comprises a video decoder, instruction memory, and a host processor. The video decoder decodes the video data encoded with the particular standard. The instruction memory stores a first set of instructions and a second set of instructions. The first set of instructions are for decoding encoded video data according to a first encoding standard. The second set of instruction are for decoding encoded video data according to a second encoding standard. The host processor provides an indication to the video decoder indicating the particular encoding standard. The video decoder executes the first set of instructions if the indication indicates that the particular encoding standard is the first encoding standard and executes the second set of instructions if the indication indicates that the particular encoding standard is the second encoding standard.

http://www.freshpatents.com/Unified-...0050175106.php

you'll note that the host processor only send teh decoder the data for which stream format the decoder should use, and the decoder does the work, not the host processor. If this tech were UNIVERsAL DECODER, then you'd be on to something, ubt AMD explicitly state UNIFIED DECODER. Unified implies a decoder seperate form the host processor, and in this case, that would be R600. But r600 does not do the processing...the host processor does. This is not Unified Decoder, and hence AMD's documents says that on 65nm products carry this technology, as they are WELL AWARE as to what thier hardware can, or in this case, cannot, do.

And yes, nothing better to do..hence the smilies?