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I think this is an area where Intel is sort of mucking things up for everyone. Because of licensing issues, we'll never see a modern version of the nForce/XBox

I think this is an area where Intel is sort of mucking things up for everyone. Because of licensing issues, we'll never see a modern version of the nForce/XBox design where the CPU and GPU share relatively fast RAM via a common MMU from Intel/NVidia. The best we can hope for future shared RAM designs are Zen/Radeon (or a new HyperTransport), Intel/Knights Landing, or an ARM/NVidia solution. But I'm surprised NVidia doesn't make something like a Tegra on steroids for this application. Basically an ARM running its own Linux, a 10GigE ethernet port, and a Titan/1080Ti, all in a single blade/PCI-E card. I guess the market demand isn't there yet. edit: Looks like the Drive PX2 is more or less what I'm talking about but meant for cars, so the market demand is there: http://wccftech.com/nvidia-pascal-gpu-drive-px-2/ http://wccftech.com/nvidia-pascal-gpu-drive-px-2/

arcanus 10y ago
https://www.nextplatform.com/2017/02/28/amd-researchers-eye-apus-exascale/ https://www.nextplatform.com/2017/02/28/amd-researchers-eye-... AMD Research, the research division of the chip maker, recently took a look at using accelerated processing units (APUs, AMD’s name for processors with integrated CPUs and GPUs) combined with multiple memory technologies, advanced power-management techniques, and an architecture leveraging what they call “chiplets” to create a compute building block called the Exascale Node Architecture (ENA) that would form the foundation for a high performing and highly efficient exascale-capable system.