Comments on: AMD’s long term strategy with Fusion http://ritchan.dasaku.net/computers/amds-long-term-strategy-with-fusion MAGI does not bother responding to pings. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:49:53 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: floating point coprocessor http://ritchan.dasaku.net/computers/amds-long-term-strategy-with-fusion/comment-page-1#comment-14114 floating point coprocessor Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:08:13 +0000 http://ritchan.dasaku.net/?p=1552#comment-14114 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: ritchan http://ritchan.dasaku.net/computers/amds-long-term-strategy-with-fusion/comment-page-1#comment-10538 ritchan Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:47:00 +0000 http://ritchan.dasaku.net/?p=1552#comment-10538 You know, the more I think about it, the more I agree in that I cannot see discrete graphics going away. There will always be a need for more performance, and AMD probably wouldn't see anything wrong in exposing the discrete graphics hardware via the same interface that it uses for the FPUs on its CPUs (assuming that it does integrate some of the FPU units from a GPU onto the CPU and expose them via an extension to x87). The killer app AMD had in mind while dreaming up Fusion was graphics, as this blog post was saying. Graphics is a huge market, one that Intel has pretty much corraled with its horrible integrated graphics bullshit. Plus you can never have enough hardware for graphics. You know, the more I think about it, the more I agree in that I cannot see discrete graphics going away. There will always be a need for more performance, and AMD probably wouldn’t see anything wrong in exposing the discrete graphics hardware via the same interface that it uses for the FPUs on its CPUs (assuming that it does integrate some of the FPU units from a GPU onto the CPU and expose them via an extension to x87).

The killer app AMD had in mind while dreaming up Fusion was graphics, as this blog post was saying. Graphics is a huge market, one that Intel has pretty much corraled with its horrible integrated graphics bullshit. Plus you can never have enough hardware for graphics.

]]> By: fastclock http://ritchan.dasaku.net/computers/amds-long-term-strategy-with-fusion/comment-page-1#comment-10500 fastclock Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:14:39 +0000 http://ritchan.dasaku.net/?p=1552#comment-10500 AMD's Fusion architecture (APU) is currently targeting the budget desktops/notebooks. It might even be targeting some of the low end discrete graphics cards. There the APU is beneficial and save cost/power. However, the mainstream and high-end discrete GPU market will always be around to serve those power users and new demanding apps. Beyond that Fusion may show up as CPU + coprocessor in various forms. I believe Fusion will enable AMD (and Intel) to create more "application-specific processors" in the future. The key is to find those new killer apps. AMD’s Fusion architecture (APU) is currently targeting the budget desktops/notebooks. It might even be targeting some of the low end discrete graphics cards. There the APU is beneficial and save cost/power. However, the mainstream and high-end discrete GPU market will always be around to serve those power users and new demanding apps.

Beyond that Fusion may show up as CPU + coprocessor in various forms. I believe Fusion will enable AMD (and Intel) to create more “application-specific processors” in the future. The key is to find those new killer apps.

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