#amd is rumored to be working on #nearmemory, or #HBM for CPU usage. This is what I've been waiting on for a while...just look at the performance of the new #intel NUC with #vega graphics to see what a higher-end #apu could look like! i'm not sure how addressable GPU HBM would be over PCI-E, but I've thought for a while it'd be interesting for PC to have access to that memory when the GPU isn't using it...especially on a low memory machine.
https://www.gamersnexus.net/news-pc/3286-hw-news-amd-going-ddr5-hbm-for-cpus-7nm-challenges
@nickchapman In fact, there was a time where using your gpu vram as your ram was doable :
http://tips.pmenier.net/docext/mtd/TIP_Use_memory_on_video_card_as_swap.html
@lord that was a fun read! while setting the unused video memory as swap would be interesting...I was really thinking 8GB HBM (I think there is supposed to be a cheaper / slower HBM soon?) on-die with an APU acting as both system and GPU memory but allowing a really compact setup that would still bring reasonable performance.
i'd love to say this could be on a single chip, but HBM has only been added via EMIB or interposer at this point. plus I don't actually know what I'm talking about.
@lord I'm excited about reading up on this! Thanks for the link!