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AMD Describes Vega GPU
Graphics chip impressive, but not disruptive
by Rick Merritt - EETimes, Jan. 05, 2017 –
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Analysts are impressed with Vega, Advanced Micro Devices' next-generation graphics processor. However, they don't expect that it will alter the neck-and-neck performance race it is running with its archrival, Nvidia.
AMD disclosed the architecture of the new GPU but not details of its specifications or performance. Vega sports advances across its memory and logic subsystems.
In memory, the chip will ride a silicon substrate with up to two stacks of version 2 of high-bandwidth memory (HBM2) and sport an improved L2 cache and cache controller. In logic, it includes a new programmable geometry pipeline, compute unit, and pixel engine.
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