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Re:AMD Tackles Coming “Chiplet” Revolution With New Chip Net... by tormeh on Sunday June 24, 2018 @08:56AM (#17386371)
What's the difference between chiplets and SoCs?
Re:AMD Tackles Coming “Chiplet” Revolution With New Chip Net... by taneq on Sunday June 24, 2018 @08:58AM (#17386376)
The chiplets are separate pieces of silicon linked together by a larger chip, whereas SOCs are etched onto one large piece of silicon?
Re:AMD Tackles Coming “Chiplet” Revolution With New Chip Net... by digi_owl on Sunday June 24, 2018 @10:26AM (#17386669)
Sounds somewhat similar to what Intel started offering recently, in collaboration with AMD. Basically a Intel CPU and an AMD GPU in a single package, for use in laptops that needed something beefier than an Intel GPU but didn't have the volume allowance for a full GPU card.
Re:AMD Tackles Coming “Chiplet” Revolution With New Chip Net... by zitterbewegung on Sunday June 24, 2018 @11:00AM (#17386788)
They also have a budget Ryzen that does the same thing but with their own Vega graphics. I am using one now for web development and distributed ledger development.
Re:AMD Tackles Coming “Chiplet” Revolution With New Chip Net... by kdmytro on Sunday June 24, 2018 @02:48PM (#17387775)
> ... and distributed ledger development.

You are careful not to say "blockchain" :)

Re:AMD Tackles Coming “Chiplet” Revolution With New Chip Net... by jacoblambda on Sunday June 24, 2018 @04:28PM (#17388236)
Just because something is a distributed ledger does not necessarily mean it is a blockchain.

Yes, they are a dev in the cryptocurrency/blockchain space but still, who knows?

Re:AMD Tackles Coming “Chiplet” Revolution With New Chip Net... by zitterbewegung on Sunday June 24, 2018 @11:10PM (#17389666)
Yea, because the term keeps on being conflated. Blockchain means everything from cryptocurrencies to private ledger systems like hyperledger sawtooth.
Re:AMD Tackles Coming “Chiplet” Revolution With New Chip Net... by digi_owl on Sunday June 24, 2018 @11:21AM (#17386855)
I figured those where made much like their APUs of previous years, meaning that it was all on a single die.
Re:AMD Tackles Coming “Chiplet” Revolution With New Chip Net... by namibj on Sunday June 24, 2018 @04:57PM (#17388353)
You are correct. Look at wikichip for details.
Re:AMD Tackles Coming “Chiplet” Revolution With New Chip Net... by rbanffy on Sunday June 24, 2018 @09:58AM (#17386576)
This looks like a step above what Octavo does with the Sitara cores.

https://octavosystems.com/app_notes/osd335x-design-tutorial/