AMD has put an SSD on a graphics card

Re:AMD has put an SSD on a graphics card by nwah1 on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @10:23AM (#12165790)

Surprisingly, this makes a lot of sense, and I'm glad that it uses an M.2 port. Thus, technically, you should be able to swap out the SSD for any screaming fast model you want.

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Re:AMD has put an SSD on a graphics card by Chilinot on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @11:57AM (#12166518)

I can't find anything that supports your claim that it uses an M.2 port. But even if it does, sadly the SSD will most likely be soldered directly on the PCB like it is in most tablets and phones.

It would have been really cool to have been able to swap it out as needed, but I don't think that will be doable :(

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Re:AMD has put an SSD on a graphics card by jsheard on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @12:04PM (#12166579)

Anandtech say it has two M.2 x4 ports:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10518/amd-announces-radeon-pro...

And on the back you can see the standard tiered screw holes for fitting different M.2 card lengths:

https://twitter.com/FudzillaNews/status/757774661081899008

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Re:AMD has put an SSD on a graphics card by Cau5tik on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @12:03PM (#12166566)

Ars seems to imply that there will be two M.2 ports that users can populate.

"Instead of adding more expensive graphics memory, why not let users add their own...The Radeon Pro SSG features two PCIe 3.0 M.2 slots for adding up to 1TB of NAND flash, "

http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2016/07/amd-radeon-pro-ssg-...

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