Re:AMD Reveals the Radeon RX 6000 Series, Coming November 18th
by lhl on Thursday October 29, 2020 @04:04AM
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This is on the same 7nm process as RDNA1 was, but with an over 50% (65% for the top-end 6900XT) performance/watt increases, so this absolutely isn't just about process (although having high yields is key to overall product success).
"This dynamic scheme boosts performance by 22% (up to 52%) and energy efficiency by 49% for the applications that exhibithigh data replication and cache sensitivity without degrading the performance of the other applications. This is achieved at a area overhead of 0.09mm²/core."
I'd say the crowning achievement for this architecture is the "Infinity Cache": https://twitter.com/Underfox3/status/1313206699445059584
"This dynamic scheme boosts performance by 22% (up to 52%) and energy efficiency by 49% for the applications that exhibithigh data replication and cache sensitivity without degrading the performance of the other applications. This is achieved at a area overhead of 0.09mm²/core."
See also this presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGIhOnt7F6s