esrever :
hcl123 :
now!.. if true this completely re-shuffles the deck
[RUMOR]Microsoft Xbox One Could Possibly Feature a Powerful Discrete GPU Core Stacked Inside the APU
http://wccftech.com/rumormicrosoft-xbox-possibly-feature-discrete-gpu-core-stacked-main-soc/
http://misterxmedia.livejournal.com/
"Stacked" i don't believe it... but a kind of "mobile" similar GPU (768sp) part at 853Mhz in Xfire config is possible ... MSFT hasn't disclosed nothing about their "move" engines inside the "Main SoC" either, and for those that didn't pay attention, one of the best possibilities that hUMA/HSA has besides easier programing, is that it makes a pretty good seamless Xfire (half) protocol only by itself.
But of course PS4 could have it to( its also hUMA/HSA in large extent)... only doubt seriously it will be only ~$400 if it does.
[RUMOR]Microsoft Xbox One Could Possibly Feature a Powerful Discrete GPU Core Stacked Inside the APU
http://wccftech.com/rumormicrosoft-xbox-possibly-feature-discrete-gpu-core-stacked-main-soc/
http://misterxmedia.livejournal.com/
"Stacked" i don't believe it... but a kind of "mobile" similar GPU (768sp) part at 853Mhz in Xfire config is possible ... MSFT hasn't disclosed nothing about their "move" engines inside the "Main SoC" either, and for those that didn't pay attention, one of the best possibilities that hUMA/HSA has besides easier programing, is that it makes a pretty good seamless Xfire (half) protocol only by itself.
But of course PS4 could have it to( its also hUMA/HSA in large extent)... only doubt seriously it will be only ~$400 if it does.
all of that is BS from both sites
Yes that blog owner reminds me of hafijur lol
"Stacking" wont be here for at least a couple or years more... and MainSoC being >500mm² only in is imagination, and even if true, there wouldn't be enough space to put on the same die anything close to the GPU (dGPU) he claims.
OTOH Xfire is very facilitated, specially if not PCIe... that CPU NorthBridge complex if following other AMD APUs, is already a Hypertransport switch of some kind (ALL CPUs and APUs of AMD so far have the same), its needed for "clean" CPU<->GPU cache coherency. So a 8bit HT link from there would be enough and very natural... for something soldered on the same mobo.
But from here to actually have some dGPU is miles apart... it could be in revisions of the chips, doubt there is more than announced now.