AMD Working On An Entire Range of HBM GPUs To Follow Fiji And Fury Lineup – Has Priority To HBM2 Capacity
Izgleda da će amd odgodit hbm2 za nvidiju. To bi bilo tako nvidijasto od njih. Ne sviđa mi se.
Nvidia bi pascal sigurno izbacila ranije (navodno 16nm, hbm2)
Citiraj:
The new family of GPUs based on this architecture are reportedly code named Arctic Islands with a flagship enthusiast GPU code named Greenland. This family is set to debut next year with second generation HBM and on a new FinFET (14/16nm) manufacturing process rather than 28nm which is what all discrete GPUs from Nvidia and AMD are currently based on.
The process node jump makes Arctic Islands a true next generation family of products due to the benefits that accompany any migration to a smaller process node. The significant increase in transistor density, switching speeds and reduced leakage enable faster, larger, more power efficient and more complex GPUs than what’s possible on 28nm today.
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Citiraj:
Our sources have told us that AMD management has thrown significant weight behind this new range of graphics chips to accelerate its development and time to market. This is we’re told is to take advantage of a deal established with SK Hynix which gives AMD priority to HBM2 capacity which is going to be in limited supply initially. Capturing as much of the initial production capacity as possible would give AMD an edge against its main rival, Nvidia, going into the next generation of GPUs featuring second generation HBM technology. Which is exactly what the company is gunning for.
If successful this would push Nvidia’s Pascal launch schedule back than what the company originally planned. But the time waiting will not go to waste we’ve no doubt. The company has reportedly already taped out its first Pascal chip. However without access to HBM2 the graphics cards based on Pascal can’t produced. This may lead the company to consider the possibility of spending more time working on successive Pascal chips until it can secure enough HBM2 production capacity. This fascinating dynamic is the result of AMD’s seven year involvement in the co-development of the High Bandwidth Memory JEDEC standard with its partner SK Hynix we’re told. Which is why AMD was the first company to introduce a product featuring HBM. And why the the first generation of the technology is exclusive to the company. It’s not clear whether SK Hynix will continue to give AMD priority access to production capacity with HBM3 and successive generations of the technology. Although AMD is clearly keen on leveraging its exclusivity deal with SK Hynix in the here and now.
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