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AMD Unveils E9170 Embedded GPU (zdnet.com)
AMD is releasing a new embedded Radeon GPU, the first to be based on the Polaris architecture. From a report: But this one isn't aimed at the desktop or laptop markets, but instead it expands AMD's offerings in the digital casino games, thin clients, medical displays, retail and digital signage, and industrial systems markets. The AMD Embedded Radeon E9173 GPU, based on the Polaris architecture, uses an optimized 14-nanometer FinFET manufacturing process to provide up to three times the performance-per-watt over previous generations of AMD Embedded GPUs. And the Radeon E9170 is quite a powerhouse, delivering up to 1.25 TFLOPS at sub-40W TDP board power, and includes 4K HEVC/H.265 and AVC/H.264 decode and encode support, 4K and 3D support, and is capable of driving up to five 4K displays using HDMI 2.0 and/or DisplayPort 1.4. AMD is planning for the Radeon E9173 to have a long lifecycle -- which high-end customers demand -- and plans for it to be available through to 2024.
Without Linux drivers? Hah...
Actually, AMD is one of the few companies that *pays developpers* for an official opensource stack.
Since quite some time, the opensource stack is the official openGL stack on windows, while the closed source (formely fglrx, now only a user-land GL stack that runs over the same AMDGPU kernel driver) is mainly targetted for the few workstation edge-cases that need some weird quirks for some obscure CAD software.
Since the AMDGPU kernel driver, part of the code is shared accross platforms, thus new feature added to windows (like Freesync, etc.) can be added to Linux to.
Since the past couple of weeks, DC/DAL is in the process of being merged upstream, (so Freesync and co should be working out of the box for linux kernel 4.15).
Since the past couple of weeks, ROCm is also getting merged (so OpenCL should be working for out-of-the box Linux).
The only currently missing bit, is an official opensource Vulkan implementation by AMD.
Instead we currently get RADV which is opensource, but developped by outsiders and is getting more and more feature ful by the week, with lots of games working (though currently not with enormous performance gains normally expected of Vulkan - i.e.: the developpers are currently in 'conformance mode', trying to get the API implemented, they'll get to optimisations afterward).
Notice that, depending on whomever from AMD you ask, they are officially hesitating if they shouldn't perhaps back RADV as an officially supported solution.
TL;DR: opensource linux drivers by AMD is the normal way to go with Radeon.
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although the opensource version currently lacks fancier features such as OpenCL 2.0 and Vulkan
Regarding fancies features :
- the necessary bits are being upstreamed for ROCm, so you should be getting out-of-the-box OpenCL soonish.
- DC/DAL is finally getting submitted for upstreaming, so by the time kernel 4.15 you'll get all the features such as Freesync, etc.
- RADV, though developed, by 3rd parties (not by AMD) is getting rather decent. Conformance is getting good, though authors haven't been started putting lots of effort on optimisation yet.
- Depending on whom you ask on the forums, AMD might consider giving support to RADV as an intermediate official solution.
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and Matrox.
If the absolute first item on the list is gambling related, then I see a company that considers preying on the weak as a legitimate means of getting ahead.
Sure, AMD isn't running the casino itself... maybe not even making the machines. But they believe it's not in poor taste to openly discuss how they will gladly help companies who do run the games or build the machines to abuse weak people.
Talking about gambling is something you don't do in good company. It's like talking about rape openly. Or child abuse. It's basically something that you DON'T EVER DO and if you do do it, then you take everything you own and sell it, donate the money to the recovery of whomever was harmed and then put a bullet in your head to make sure you never do it again. Gambling and supporting gambling (this includes Wall Street) is a disgusting thing. It takes people who are stupid enough to think they can play the odds and win... all while you sit back knowing that even if the sucker wins a little, it'll just build his confidence up so you can get more from him later. Then you get the really disgusting gambling which screws up peoples retirements and causes them to live in the poor house for years (mutuals, hedges, etc...)
We don't talk openly about being a gambler, taking money from gamblers, helping to take money from gamblers. This is just filthy.
AMD... don't you think it's bad enough there's an American president who believes that it's perfectly ok to intentionally prey on the weak? And that it's legitimate to build your wealth by basically stealing money from stupid people? And the belief of "If they're dumb enough to put their money on the table, then it's practically my duty to take it from them."
Advertising that you support NASDAQ or NYSE etc... I can almost forgive... at least there are some rules there which are supposed to protect people from being preyed upon. But I won't buy for myself or my company any products which openly support casinos or lotteries.
P.S. - When weak people are preyed upon, while it may be their money, it becomes our burden to support them. I'm no OK with Trump, AMD or anyone else profiting from screwing poor people and making it so that I have to pay for their retirements and welfare.