AMD shows Vega 7nm 32GB HBM2
Vega 7nm or Vega 20 as AMD used to call this GPU on its roadmap a while ago, naturally increased the performance in deep learning and artificial intelligence but at the same time adding 32GB of HBM 2 made it too expensive to launch as a gaming part. This is a "we told you so" moment. The original Vega 64 and 56 only made profit as the market went crazy for any hardware suitable for cryptocurrency mining. Since this interest wave seems to be over, AMD could not bet on making let's say, a 16GB HBM 2 Vega 7nm gaming part, as the BOM would still be too expensive. David Wang SVP of Engineering at AMD, an ex-Synaptics chap who took over after Raja left has, went into a few more details about Vega 7nm.
Jun-10-2018, 22:17:41 GMT