AMD invents a new type of GPU memory & announces new CPU design
For all two of you that don't know this: I am an employee of AMD. I lead the technical marketing division.
I am proud to relay the message that AMD has invented and standardized a new type of GPU memory called High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM). We announced it today at an event in New York, and more details will be available this month. HBM is a >3X improvement over GDDR5 in power efficiency, and a huge surface area space saver on products. //EDIT: The space saving is accomplished by vertically stacking and packaging multiple memory chips in a tower configuration with microscopic vertical interconnects. Then we stick it right next to the SoC or the GPU with a common communication fabric called the "interposer."
We also formally announced an all-new enthusiast CPU core design called "Zen." I can say less about Zen, except to say that it's on its way.
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3D eh? Coming soon to a product near you™.
Meh. Intel will be announcing 4D chips next.
I'm just going to leave this here: http://icrontic.com/discussion/99195/ibm-spins-off-fab-to-global-foundries
If Zen is any less than SMT4, I'm going to be very disappointed, @Thrax
Should have a unified technology naming scheme. I suggest RAMfinity.
RAMeon
SheepCopy
FireBro
Just when you thought all was lost....