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Re:Google unveils Stadia cloud gaming service by _wmd on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @04:13PM (#19435259)
An alternative explanation might be that it's a buffer for overprovisioned GPUs for an undersold Cloud service
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Re:Google unveils Stadia cloud gaming service by wmf on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @05:06PM (#19435875)
GCP uses Nvidia but Stadia uses AMD GPUs so they're not sharing hardware.
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Re:Google unveils Stadia cloud gaming service by zarriak on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @04:29PM (#19435455)
It could also be a way for AMD to get a ton of GPUs sold after oversupply due to the mining boom/bust.
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Re:Google unveils Stadia cloud gaming service by iandanforth on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @05:08PM (#19435900)
The GPUs are custom for Google.
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Re:Google unveils Stadia cloud gaming service by puzzle on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @05:15PM (#19435965)
Do we know custom how? It might be the same chips with different microcode or whatever GPUs' equivalent is. Is it a custom spin like Intel has been doing for years for Google and Amazon?
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