DFI GHF51: AMD Ryzen R1000 on a Raspberry Pi Sized Board

Re:DFI GHF51: AMD Ryzen R1000 on a Raspberry Pi Sized Board by Arelius on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @01:43PM (#22619249)

> for example, in RPis, the GPU is actually the main processor

Can you clarify what you mean by this statement? It doesn't really fit well with my understanding of the RPI design, other than the fact that it's a SoC and the GPU and CPU are on the same chip.

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Re:DFI GHF51: AMD Ryzen R1000 on a Raspberry Pi Sized Board by pizza234 on Sunday March 22, 2020 @11:22AM (#22655574)

There is another comment explaining it; in short, "boots first and has low level control of the SoC".

Defining "main processor" is certainly arguable, as there isn't a unique way of viewing the architecture, but on the other hand, the idea that ARM boards are "very custom" still stands.

Some informations:

- https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/10489/how-do...

- https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/14862/why-do...

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