Next-gen Radeons to be multi-core?

Vikingod · Nov 26, 2007, 02:14 PM

Source: Tech Report
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Modern graphics processors rely on extensive amounts of parallelism to get calculations done as quickly as possible, but those GPUs are still monolithic chips designed with a given number of stream processors, texture units, render back-ends, and the like, each depending on their performance grade. However, the folks at Fudzilla say they have it on good authority that AMD will challenge that paradigm with its next-generation graphics processor, code-named R700. According to Fudzilla, low-end, mid-range, and high-end R700 cards will all have GPUs with varying numbers of identical R700 cores. To determine speed grades, AMD will simply outfit higher-end cards with more R700 cores.

interspaced · Nov 26, 2007, 02:23 PM

So how many games out there take advantage of parellel processing currently? Given the few numbers is this ahead of its time?

Nov 26, 2007, 02:14 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Next-gen Radeons to be multi-core? Source: Tech Report ___________ Modern graphics processors rely on extensive amounts of parallelism to get calculations done as quickly as possible, but those GPUs are still monolithic chips designed with a given number of stream processors, texture units, render back-ends, and the like, each depending on their performance grade. However, the folks at Fudzilla say they have it on good authority that AMD will challenge that paradigm with its next-generation graphics processor, code-named R700. According to Fudzilla, low-end, mid-range, and high-end R700 cards will all have GPUs with varying numbers of identical R700 cores. To determine speed grades, AMD will simply outfit higher-end cards with more R700 cores.

Nov 26, 2007, 02:23 PM	#2
interspaced DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 287 Rep Power: 0	So how many games out there take advantage of parellel processing currently? Given the few numbers is this ahead of its time?