Following on from the launch earlier this year of a range of PC-based controllers known as the Pluto A100 and T100 based on the AMD Steppe-Eagle processor, UK-based Heber has unveiled its fastest ever game controller, the new Pluto A400.
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The Pluto A400, based on the new AMD Embedded R-Series SOC processor (formerly code named Merlin Falcon), will target the street gaming markets, bingo and casino markets.
The new Embedded R-Series SOC processor incorporates AMD’s latest generation x86 64-bit CPU core Excavator, third-generation Graphics Core Next GPU architecture and state-of-the-art power management for reduced energy consumption, to enable key embedded features for next-generation designs.
The Pluto A400 is a small form-factor gaming platform that supports three display ports, two SO-DIMM slots of DDR4 memory, dual SATA drives and dual mSATA sockets with hardware RAID capability. It also supports seven USB ports, four serial ports, high definition audio 5.1 channels, two gigabit LAN ports and a PCIe x 16 graphics expansion slot. In addition, the Pluto A400 provides a new Heber-defined I/O slot connector that will support a range of new USB and PCIe gaming I/O products.
The AMD Embedded R-Series SOC architecture provides astounding graphics and multimedia performance. High-end AMD Radeon graphics provided on-chip also allow users to take advantage of Heterogeneous Systems Architecture technology for intensive computing tasks. The latest generation AMD Radeon graphics, as well as the latest multimedia technology integrated on-chip, means that the AMD Embedded R-Series SOC provides enhanced GPU performance and supports high efficiency video coding for full 4K decode and DirectX 12.
The Pluto A400 will be sold as a standalone PCB with a range of add-on I/O boards and also as a platform installed within a small footprint enclosure.
