AMD EHP Processor (EHP) has up-to 32 CPU cores and 32GB memory

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/03/2015 09:46 AM | source: | 12 comment(s)

AMD released information on their Exascale Heterogenous Processor (EHP) for Supercomputers, quite a few words eh ? Basically you 'could' read EHP as APU on a more advanced scale. EHP actually shares similarities with the recently launched Fiji chip with it's interposer and on-die memory.

EHP a die with several components mounted into it in the form of a number of processor cores, then a GPGPU unit all combined with the interposer which bridges the die towards a maximum of 32 GB of HBM2 memory, that would be on-package this on the EHP/APU.

if you combined the CPU/GPU with GPGPU functionality and the heaps of memory bandwidth, you can imagine that would be a pretty powerful solution for super-computing.

It is rumored that the processor side of things will get 32 cores, we think Zen micro-architecture here with eight "Zen" quad-core units. AMD is aiming to release the first engineering sample of this what will be a massive chip by 2016-17.

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orky87
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#5135454 Posted on: 08/04/2015 05:56 AM

I have nothing against AMD , but all the time , you hear about a beast coming and when time comes you find a little cat !

Or with added rumors people's expectations become unrealistic each time?! Bulldozer, Mantle, Fury sure sound beastly and they may very well be in certain aspects however why fault AMD for deliberately trying their own thing? What fun wound it be if all alternatives were equal on CPU/GPU/TDP/FPS and Features? If anything, AMD has had the biggest balls/spirit pushing through these tough years, especially in what seems an already very well established market.

Anyway, it's not like Intel doesn't have it's own share of problems in markets where ARM/Qualcomm dominates like a Bo$$. nVidia's fragile glory could also suffer at any given moment, for all it takes is a wrong decision and/or a solid product release cycle from AMD. Next thing you know that shiny crown has been lost and the battle continues. So, enjoy your gaming and make good friends that's all that matter in the end.

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#5135996 Posted on: 08/04/2015 10:38 PM

This isn't intended for domestic use. This isn't even intended for large enterprise datacentre use. This is intended to allow AMD to soak up some of that sweet US taxpayer money following the recent announcement for the push to build an exascale supercomputer to get one over on the Chinese. The official line is that it will be used for modelling the aerodynamics of future space vehicles and climate modelling, but really it's just a pissing contest.

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