Specifications
Table Of Contents
- Muxless Switchable Graphics Technology PX5.0 Functional Specification
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Functional Description
- 2.1 Fixed Switchable Graphics Scheme
- 2.2 Dynamic Switchable Graphics Scheme
- 2.2.1 dGPU Power-Off
- 2.2.2 Extended Battery Mode
- 2.2.3 OEM Specific PX Application Profiles
- 2.2.3.1 Creating OEM XML with PX Application Profile Data
- 2.2.3.2 Generating an OEM Application Profile Blob File
- 2.2.3.3 Creating an Installation Package for Deploying the OEM Application Profile Blob File
- 2.2.3.4 Localizing the Installation Package with Orca.exe
- 2.2.3.5 Generating a New Product Code for the OEM Application Profile Installation Package
- 2.2.3.6 Integrating the OEM Application Profile Installation Package into the AMD Driver Installer
- 2.2.4 OpenGL Support on the dGPU
- 2.2.5 Support on the dGPU
- 2.2.6 Various Integrated Graphics Vendor Components Installation
- Chapter 3 Interfaces and Requirements
- 3.1 OEM Specific PX Application Profiles
- 3.2 Software Interfaces and Requirements
- Index

Please check with AMD support teams for transporting all of the files in C:\build
\OEMAppProfile\Output\CD\compressed\DiskImages\DISK1, as shown in the example in
OEM Specific PX Application Profiles, to the AMD driver build system.
2.2.4 OpenGL Support on the dGPU
OpenGL applications will run on the fGPU/iGPU or dGPU based on the application
profile association.
If there is no application profile associated with the OpenGL application, the
application will run on the default GPU that is fGPU/iGPU.
On AMD “Sabine” and “Brazos” platforms, OpenGL applications will run on the APU
only, as was the case with PX4.0. This is designed to ensure a consistent user
experience with “Sabine” and “Brazos” platforms that may already be in the market.
2.2.5 Support on the dGPU
fGPU/iGPU and dGPU capabilities will be exposed to OpenCL applications. An
OpenCL application will decide on which GPU to use.
2.2.6 Various Integrated Graphics Vendor Components Installation
For platforms with a non-AMD iGPU, in addition to the iGPU driver, various
components from the integrated graphics vendor are installed by a single
PX installation package.
An uninstall of all installed components is done as a full PX package uninstallation
from the Windows operating system Uninstall or Change a Program.
Note: Uninstalling display drivers on a switchable graphics platform from the
Windows operating system's Device Manager may lead to unexpected behaviors.
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