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These are pretty beastly APUs, imo. To go further, iGPUs need much more ram throughput than they have now. 128-bit ram is not enough! I'd love love love to se
by jauntywundrkind 3y ago
These are pretty beastly APUs, imo.
To go further, iGPUs need much more ram throughput than they have now. 128-bit ram is not enough!
I'd love love love to see an m1 style on-package ram, but I don't think it's likely (in the next couple years). What is happening though - if things go ok - is Strix Halo.
This announcement today is a desktop Hawk Point (same specs but higher power than existing mobile Hawk Point: 8c Z4, 16MB L3, 12 CU 780m GPU). Next APU due end of year or early next year is Strix Point, on Zen5+??. The real excitement though: there's supposed to be a "big" Strix Point called Strix Halo coming out a bit after that is alleged to boast a double wide 256b DDR5 memory interface. That doubled-up memory bandwidth should provide the headroom to go from good to great!
I really hope we get some ridiculous gaming decks with Strix Halo. Just turn off half the chip when on battery, but plug it on, put it on an actively cooled dock, and bamo, monster beast system. Hey, a nerd can dream, right?