Re:AMD Tackles Coming “Chiplet” Revolution With New Chip Net...
by taneq on Sunday June 24, 2018 @08:58AM
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The chiplets are separate pieces of silicon linked together by a larger chip, whereas SOCs are etched onto one large piece of silicon?
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Re:AMD Tackles Coming “Chiplet” Revolution With New Chip Net...
by digi_owl on Sunday June 24, 2018 @10:26AM
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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
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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
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> ... 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
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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
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Yea, because the term keeps on being conflated. Blockchain means everything from cryptocurrencies to private ledger systems like hyperledger sawtooth.