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Biggest bummer is that they're not using AMD chips. Does anyone know why?
by zuhsetaqi 5y ago
Biggest bummer is that they're not using AMD chips. Does anyone know why?
- IYasha 5y agoNot sure of today, but a few years ago, AMD was harder to work with - getting parts, documentation, expamples, SDKs, etc. etc. (If you're not Sony). As I was told, lots of AMD initiatives towards openness were discontinued when AMD was taken over by new director(s) and became the "team red".
- teh_klev 5y agoI believe it's about getting attention and committing to a supplier a certain amount of orders so you get to deal with them directly. If Framework had split the manufacture of this machine between Intel and AMD then the volume of chips may not have been enough to be in a tier one relationship with either. And so you you need to pick one, and they probably felt that going with Intel first was the safe bet. I'm sure AMD will come along soon.
- namlem 5y agoI believe they are planning to make an AMD version.