What if what if?
If Nvidia did go for Arm, which I think would be a brilliant move, that would be a serious blow to Intel, and a potential torpedo for the open-source RISC-V adventure, of which Nvidia is a participant.
64 cores, 2TB RAM, hello Threadripper Pro
New 4.3 GHz workstation processor from AMD
Will AMD be the next casualty of Apple’s verticalization?
All kinds of great rumors came out of Apple’s WWDC including Apple dropping Intel in favor of their own Arm-based CPU. A few years ago, Apple terminated its long relationship with Imagination for GPU IP, hired a bunch of Imagination GPU engineers, and introduced their own Imagination inspired GPU for iPhones and iPads. Life’s tough in the Valley; it’s eat … Read more
Another dGPU from China—Zhaoxin?
Strong murmurs and rumors out of China indicate Zhaoxin might introduce a dGPU. How did they manage to do that? Well, it starts back in the late-1980s with the founding of Via Technologies. In 1987, Cher Wang, heir to the Formosa Plastics Group, set up the company to supply motherboard chipsets and components but almost from the very start, the … Read more
Imagination Technologies’ GPU IP makes cars safe
Imagination is probably best known for its 10+ year relationship with Apple, having powered the original Apple iPhone and iPad and on but what may not be as well known is the company’s long-term work in the automotive sector where it is estimated it has more than half of the automotive GPU IP market. Several of the developments Imagination has … Read more
Arm is elbowing its way into your car
Based on Arm’s conversations with automakers and tier-one automotive suppliers, Arm says it’s clear there are increasing demands from consumers for a smartphone-like experience in their vehicles. In fact, says the company, despite the current economic climate, there is strong demand for innovation to power the increasing displays inside the vehicle, from mirror replacement to head-up displays, remains unchanged. These … Read more
GPU scheduling—don’t be late
DirectX12 exposed a tighter CPU–GPU coupling, now it’s been implemented
AMD notebook APUs and their dGPUs
AMD has been making steady gains with its APU line of CPUs and integrated GPUs (iGPUs). We have found 131 SKUs based on APUs Since 2017. That in itself is impressive. What’s additionally interesting is that 28% of them are being offered with a discrete GPU (dGPU) with GDDR memory. Of the notebooks with a dGPU, 61% of them … Read more
JPR reports Global add-in board market increased year-over-year in Q1’20
Year-to-year graphics add-on board shipments increased by 7.0% and decreased quarter-to-quarter by -19.5%
AMD shipped a lot of GPUs
With multiple channels and platforms, a lot of Radeons are out there
AMD shipped a lot of GPUs
When AMD scored a double hit by winning the Xbox and the PlayStation console projects the number of GPUs the company shipped from 2013 on took a jump. As their APU sales increased (partially due to the console wins) their overall sales increased even more. Likewise, as AMD introduced the Zen CPU, associated GPU sales also increased. The net result … Read more
Arm Mali-G78 GPU
Arm introduced their latest SoC IP design, the Mali-G78, and claims that the GPU offers 25% better performance as a result of architectural, process, and other improvements compared to the old Mali-G77 2019 devices. The Mali G78 offers support for up to 24 cores, the most ever for Arm, and their new async technology improves scalability, and reduces energy consumption. Arm claims they’ve achieved … Read more