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Isn't that just a regular PC with one or more 5090 or equivalent workstation GPU?
by blackoil 2y ago
Isn't that just a regular PC with one or more 5090 or equivalent workstation GPU?
- palmfacehn 2y agoThere would be unified GPU/CPU memory and an ARM processor that isn't soldered to the board.
- pbalcer 2y agoOne of the reasons why they can do unified memory efficiently is because the CPU/GPU is a single SoC. If you separate them, you end up with a normal PC architecture, with memory having to go through a PCIe bus. This is possible to do with reasonable latency and bandwidth (thanks to CXL), but we haven't seen that in consumer hardware. Even in server space I think only MI300 supports CXL, and even then I don't think it's something AMD particularity promotes. Personally I think Strix Halo workstations may come with expendable memory, storage and free PCIe slots. But then you have to deal with ROCm...