ATI announces HyperMemory tech

Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
edited September 2004 in Science & Tech
ATI has announced HyperMemory Tech which along with PCIe allows System memory to be used by the Graphics CPU.

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The real story here, at least at the high end, is one that we discussed with ATI technology gurus months ago. Game programmers will be starting to use PCIe as a way to get the graphics to do calculations the CPU is too busy to do. GPUs will be able to use idle time to calculate things like physics operations, interacting with both the CPU and the main memory, and resulting in a lift of load off the CPU.
Source: The Inquirer

Comments

  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited September 2004
    Cool! Think we can make video cards fold? ;D:wtf:
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    I'd be a little worried about running a GPU at full-load 24/7. It'd probably need upgraded cooling.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    Yeah, but it's still a damn cool idea.
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    One step closer to gpu folding.
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