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AMD and Industry Partners to Develop New Blockchain-based Gaming Platforms
AMD joins Blockchain Game Alliance, and partners with Robot Cache and ULTRA to promote the development and proliferation of blockchain-based PC gaming.
AMD) today announced that it has joined the Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA) and forged partnerships with leading technology providers to help promote the development and proliferation of new blockchain-powered gaming platforms.
AMD also announced partnerships with leading blockchain technology providers, Robot Cache, which launched their online gaming marketplace in June, and ULTRA, which plans to launch its online gaming marketplace in the coming months. Designed to provide optimal cryptographic compute performance with AMD Ryzen™ processors and AMD Radeon™ graphics cards, these marketplaces will provide gamers with new opportunities to buy, sell and share digital video games, as well as offer efficient, new distribution channels for publishers. In addition, Robot Cache will use secure, high-performance AMD EPYC™ processors in the back-end servers powering its platform, and ULTRA will use AMD EPYC™ processors for its blockchain to facilitate block producing.
“Blockchain technology brings broader choice, security and flexibility to both gamers and publishers,” said Joerg Roskowetz, Head of Blockchain Technology, AMD. “Next-generation blockchain game platforms will give gamers access to exclusive online content, and provide new ways for them to truly own it. They will also provide game publishers with new channels to distribute digital game content.”
“The Blockchain Game Alliance is gathering some of the world’s top blockchain innovators and content developers to bring players the best of what this technology has to offer,” said
Leading the Blockchain Gaming Charge
Providing incredible compute performance and security for peer-to-peer transactions, AMD is helping to enable the next generation of blockchain-based gaming platforms via:
- Blockchain Innovation – AMD is at the forefront of the blockchain evolution, providing the underlying compute technology to enable a broad range of new blockchain-powered applications, services and use cases spanning industries ranging from gaming and cloud computing to the
Internet of Things , healthcare, and others. - Efficient, High-performance CPUs and GPUs – AMD is in a unique position to offer the best combination of high-performance CPUs and GPUs for demanding blockchain workloads.
- Robust Security – Designed to address today’s increasingly complex and sophisticated security threats, AMD Secure Technology puts protection right on the processor providing an additional layer of robust security.
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#5741896 Posted on: 12/16/2019 09:04 AM
help me understand what gaming industry has to do with chain blocks?
Me also, are we talking streaming rather than having the game data on a PC?
help me understand what gaming industry has to do with chain blocks?
Me also, are we talking streaming rather than having the game data on a PC?
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#5741900 Posted on: 12/16/2019 09:12 AM
Is this a new console or what?
Is this a new console or what?
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#5741902 Posted on: 12/16/2019 09:21 AM
Seems to me like streaming from decentralized source. But could be just having to download games through it, instead of having one huge server, I guess.
Me also, are we talking streaming rather than having the game data on a PC?
Seems to me like streaming from decentralized source. But could be just having to download games through it, instead of having one huge server, I guess.
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#5741903 Posted on: 12/16/2019 09:25 AM
Having read multiple articles on the topic - information is vague at best all over the place. Personally, I think it's bad news overall.
Here is an example of a more or less decent article.
I think in reality, this all will fall down to more gambling / tick boxes in game such as "use your PC resources to generate Call of FortLeagueField Coin which you can spend on amazing skins e.t.c.".
I highly doubt anyone will use this for improvement of security / reliability / performance / distribution of resources. Most likely outcome and goal of all this will be - monetization.
Having read multiple articles on the topic - information is vague at best all over the place. Personally, I think it's bad news overall.
Here is an example of a more or less decent article.
I think in reality, this all will fall down to more gambling / tick boxes in game such as "use your PC resources to generate Call of FortLeagueField Coin which you can spend on amazing skins e.t.c.".
I highly doubt anyone will use this for improvement of security / reliability / performance / distribution of resources. Most likely outcome and goal of all this will be - monetization.
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#5741906 Posted on: 12/16/2019 09:46 AM
Having read multiple articles on the topic - information is vague at best all over the place. Personally, I think it's bad news overall.
Here is an example of a more or less decent article.
I think in reality, this all will fall down to more gambling / tick boxes in game such as "use your PC resources to generate Call of FortLeagueField Coin which you can spend on amazing skins e.t.c.".
I highly doubt anyone will use this for improvement of security / reliability / performance / distribution of resources. Most likely outcome and goal of all this will be - monetization.
yeah, I don't see any decent outcome of it.
Best outcome would be developers being able to publish their games by using blockchain?
Blockchain basically replaces database that platforms like Steam has to know who owns what.
Yet, there have to be some sort of platform... Guess we gonna have millions of them, all accessing the same chainblock..... Just like bitcoins
Having read multiple articles on the topic - information is vague at best all over the place. Personally, I think it's bad news overall.
Here is an example of a more or less decent article.
I think in reality, this all will fall down to more gambling / tick boxes in game such as "use your PC resources to generate Call of FortLeagueField Coin which you can spend on amazing skins e.t.c.".
I highly doubt anyone will use this for improvement of security / reliability / performance / distribution of resources. Most likely outcome and goal of all this will be - monetization.
yeah, I don't see any decent outcome of it.
Best outcome would be developers being able to publish their games by using blockchain?
Blockchain basically replaces database that platforms like Steam has to know who owns what.
Yet, there have to be some sort of platform... Guess we gonna have millions of them, all accessing the same chainblock..... Just like bitcoins
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#5741907 Posted on: 12/16/2019 09:48 AM
The way I read it due to the guru3d's article and the one @cryohellinc linked, I guess they want to put the blockchain into transactions, be it buying games (launching yet another store front for that), lootboxes, or other microtransactions, documented by the blockchain. In that, I understand why they want to do it, security, no frauding with buying skins on their marketplace etc.
But does one need that? I wouldn't. Certainly I would not make use of any of the qualities I see in that.
And more on, imagine you have to calculate the blockchain for buying a CS skin down the road... yeah in 3 days it's available since the server still has to calculate the blockchain behind it? Or a game being unlocked only after the blockchain's calculated?
Download a game in a blockchain for what use or advantage compared to current states? Doesn't make any sense.
Not that they use blockchain tech to secure game assets and hashes to see if people cheated (documented in the blockchain), but they try to force it into a payment system... again. The only relation to AMD is because they supply the server hardware... which is practically no connection to the blockchain gaming at all... even calling it gaming is at it's best, marketing bs because it's only gaming related content with blockchain payment.
The way I read it due to the guru3d's article and the one @cryohellinc linked, I guess they want to put the blockchain into transactions, be it buying games (launching yet another store front for that), lootboxes, or other microtransactions, documented by the blockchain. In that, I understand why they want to do it, security, no frauding with buying skins on their marketplace etc.
But does one need that? I wouldn't. Certainly I would not make use of any of the qualities I see in that.
And more on, imagine you have to calculate the blockchain for buying a CS skin down the road... yeah in 3 days it's available since the server still has to calculate the blockchain behind it? Or a game being unlocked only after the blockchain's calculated?
Download a game in a blockchain for what use or advantage compared to current states? Doesn't make any sense.
Not that they use blockchain tech to secure game assets and hashes to see if people cheated (documented in the blockchain), but they try to force it into a payment system... again. The only relation to AMD is because they supply the server hardware... which is practically no connection to the blockchain gaming at all... even calling it gaming is at it's best, marketing bs because it's only gaming related content with blockchain payment.
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#5741911 Posted on: 12/16/2019 09:55 AM
BINGO!
I won with the diagonal row:
Next-Gen - Crypto - Blockchain - Innovation - Security
What do I get?
BINGO!
I won with the diagonal row:
Next-Gen - Crypto - Blockchain - Innovation - Security
What do I get?
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#5741925 Posted on: 12/16/2019 10:44 AM
I cannot see why any gamer would need or want this!
I cannot see why any gamer would need or want this!
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#5741932 Posted on: 12/16/2019 11:08 AM
So the company infamous for making 300W+ GPUs teams up with professional energy wasters...
So the company infamous for making 300W+ GPUs teams up with professional energy wasters...
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#5741944 Posted on: 12/16/2019 12:07 PM
I think in reality, this all will fall down to more gambling / tick boxes in game such as "use your PC resources to generate Call of FortLeagueField Coin which you can spend on amazing skins e.t.c.".
Blockchain is the underlying technology thats used by Crypto Currency, however it does not necessarily have to mean thats all it can ever be used for.
Blockchain in general is a method to authenticate transactions without a central authority, creating a distributed transaction ledger.
It could be used for all sorts of other things, but I still don't really see the gaming connection either way.
I think in reality, this all will fall down to more gambling / tick boxes in game such as "use your PC resources to generate Call of FortLeagueField Coin which you can spend on amazing skins e.t.c.".
Blockchain is the underlying technology thats used by Crypto Currency, however it does not necessarily have to mean thats all it can ever be used for.
Blockchain in general is a method to authenticate transactions without a central authority, creating a distributed transaction ledger.
It could be used for all sorts of other things, but I still don't really see the gaming connection either way.
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#5741946 Posted on: 12/16/2019 12:13 PM
AMD GPUs might not be the best for gaming but great for mining blocks, it's profitable for AMD, of course they will push new block chain use cases, however far fetched. They also aim to capture more market shares in data centers, super computing arrays and consoles, not just HEDT/desktop PC.
So the company infamous for making 300W+ GPUs teams up with professional energy wasters...
AMD GPUs might not be the best for gaming but great for mining blocks, it's profitable for AMD, of course they will push new block chain use cases, however far fetched. They also aim to capture more market shares in data centers, super computing arrays and consoles, not just HEDT/desktop PC.
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#5742026 Posted on: 12/16/2019 04:18 PM
Seems to me like streaming from decentralized source. But could be just having to download games through it, instead of having one huge server, I guess.
Not a super expert on "block chain" but no, I'm 99.99% sure it can't be used for that.
yeah, I don't see any decent outcome of it.
Best outcome would be developers being able to publish their games by using blockchain?
Blockchain basically replaces database that platforms like Steam has to know who owns what.
Yet, there have to be some sort of platform... Guess we gonna have millions of them, all accessing the same chainblock..... Just like bitcoins
It can't well, it shouldn't be used like this either. If u want peer to peer data transfer use bittorrent. A block chain needs to download the entire chain to work properly, that makes for a really bad download platform.
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I guess DRM could be implemented to check over a blockchain meaning u don't depend on a central server that could go down a few years after launch. I rather buy games without DRM but could be an interesting option.
Seems to me like streaming from decentralized source. But could be just having to download games through it, instead of having one huge server, I guess.
Not a super expert on "block chain" but no, I'm 99.99% sure it can't be used for that.
yeah, I don't see any decent outcome of it.
Best outcome would be developers being able to publish their games by using blockchain?
Blockchain basically replaces database that platforms like Steam has to know who owns what.
Yet, there have to be some sort of platform... Guess we gonna have millions of them, all accessing the same chainblock..... Just like bitcoins
It can't well, it shouldn't be used like this either. If u want peer to peer data transfer use bittorrent. A block chain needs to download the entire chain to work properly, that makes for a really bad download platform.
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I guess DRM could be implemented to check over a blockchain meaning u don't depend on a central server that could go down a few years after launch. I rather buy games without DRM but could be an interesting option.
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#5742110 Posted on: 12/16/2019 08:39 PM
You score teh pointz while you mine us teh coinz......I kid, but they are pretty sparse on details of what they will actually do. "Synergizing paradigms and actualizing high-performance e-solutions" is often talk for "waste a bunch of money on a project that won't pan out".......that may not be the case, but there is a lot of executive speak there.
You score teh pointz while you mine us teh coinz......I kid, but they are pretty sparse on details of what they will actually do. "Synergizing paradigms and actualizing high-performance e-solutions" is often talk for "waste a bunch of money on a project that won't pan out".......that may not be the case, but there is a lot of executive speak there.
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#5742133 Posted on: 12/16/2019 10:17 PM
I see it more along the lines of documenting actual purchases versus pirated versions. Game is only activated if blockchain is verified. Discount key sites will be sol. G2A's steep discount offerings are coming to a close when this becomes reality.
I see it more along the lines of documenting actual purchases versus pirated versions. Game is only activated if blockchain is verified. Discount key sites will be sol. G2A's steep discount offerings are coming to a close when this becomes reality.
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help me understand what gaming industry has to do with chain blocks?