In a press release that was forwarded a few hours ago, AMD has mentioned that they will host the Computex 2018 Press Conference on 6th June at 10 A.M. (CST). The press release mentions that AMD’s CEO, Lisa Su, will be hosting the press conference to announce their latest product plans.
AMD Hosting Computex 2018 Press Conference on 6th June – Will Demonstrate Never-Before-Seen Hardware
The most interesting thing about this press conference is that AMD is confirming that they are going to demonstrate never-before-seen hardware at the event. The following is mentioned in AMD’s press release:
AMD Fenghuang 15FF Graphics Chip Equipped APU Shows Up on 3DMark – Faster Than RX Vega M GH, 2 GB HBM2 Clocked at 1200 MHz
In the CPU department, we know that AMD has a couple of Ryzen 2000 series desktop and mobile processors in the work but they don’t sound like much interesting. What does sound interesting is the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 series high-end desktop processors which are definitely heard of before but not seen to date. It will be interesting to see the new AMD X399 Refresh platform and Threadripper 2000 series in action. AMD also plans to introduce Z490 chipset around the second quarter and that may also see the light of day at the event.
In terms of GPU related announcements, AMD is working on 7nm Vega which is part of their AI and DNN aimed Instinct platform. Earlier in a tweet, AMD had stated that 7nm Vega was already working in their labs. Aside from that, Navi is possibly going to make an appearance next year and we might get some update on that as AMD’s Polaris chips were also showcased months before their arrival in the gaming market.
Obviously, we can’t promise anything right now and the hardware can be something entirely new out of the roadmap that is currently public which is what get’s us excited. We will be at Computex at AMD’s press conference to bring you the latest developments live from Taipei. The conference will be live-streamed to the audience sitting around the globe.
What we do know:
https://wccftech.com/amd-fenghuang-apu-3dmark-specs-performance-leak/
Computex 2018 - AMD is pushing for a strong Computex this year, with an exciting unveiling of Vega 20 on 7nm with 32GB of HBM2, but also their new project: Fenghuang 15FF, a new graphics chip for APUs, Fenghuang 15FF is the internal codename for the graphics chip, with the current codename of DG02SRTBP4MFA applied. This chip should be part of the Zen+ APU family with 4C/8T of CPU power, 3GHz clock speed, and 2GB of HBM2 clocked at 1200MHz (2.4GHz effective). AMD's new chip sports 28 CUs and 1792 SPs (up from 24 CUs and 1536 SPs on Vega 24) while there's 2GB of HBM2 at 2.4Gbps offering 307.2GB/sec memory bandwidth, which is up from the 1.6Gbps and 204.8GB/sec offered on Vega 24.
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/62107/amd-fenghuang-15ff-faster-rx-vega-gh-rocks-2gb-hbm2/index.html
AMD’s Fenghuang APU Spotted in 3DMark – Faster Than Intel’s Kaby Lake-G Vega Graphics, 2 GB HBM2 Onboard
The AMD Fenghuang 15FF is an internal codename for the graphics while the chip it was tested with is currently codenamed DG02SRTBP4MFA. There have been different codenames spotted since the chip first leaked out but it should be clear that this is very much an early sample at this stage.
Looking at the specifications reported in 3DMark, the processor itself seems to be a Zen+ based APU part with 4 cores and 8 threads. The chip is clocked at 3.00 GHz base frequency while turbo frequency is currently not reported correctly. The graphics side features 2 GB of HBM2 memory which is clocked at 1200 MHz (2.4 GHz effective). This may just be the fastest clocked HBM2 VRAM speeds that AMD has featured on their graphics yet. The core clock for the chip is reported at 300 MHz but that must be idle as the benchmark isn’t reporting boost/turbo clocks correctly at the moment.
We have previously known that the chip features 28 CUs which incorporate 1792 SPs, making it the beefiest APU solution to date. The AMD supplied Kaby Lake-G chips with RX Vega GPUs come with 24 CUs which has 1536 cores and 4 GB of HBM2 at 945 MHz in comparison.
The chip has in fact been compared to the Intel Core i7-8809G processor which features the RX Vega M GH graphics and is the fastest solution supplied to Intel by AMD. In the GPU benchmark tests, the AMD Fenghuang chip absolutely demolishes the Intel + Vega processor and only lacks behind in the Physics test which is a CPU intensive benchmark. Overall, if AMD can manage to bring such a chip on to the desktop front, it can be a great solution for discrete GPU less gaming. AMD is hosting their Computex 2018 press conference next week where they will be showing off never-before-seen hardware demonstrations so maybe we can expect a look at Fenghuang based APUs.
Why all this is significant:
Rumors have been circulating of AMDs exit from the high performance graphics market.
I've theorized in the past that an HBM on die on die APU could theoretically do to the Video card what happened to the low and mid tier sound card in the 90s.
AMD appears to be posed to introduce High graphical performance APUs with HBM. The net effect is that graphical performance becomes highly affordable.
For reference the AMD Fenghuang chip at 1200mhz would out perform the PS4 Pro and have have more bandwidth than even the Xbox One X and likely do so for under $300.
I has 28 compute units, exactly half of a Vega 56.
My personal theory was that PS5/XB2 would use off the shelf APUs and this give more credence to the idea.
Technically a PS5 could put two of the above chips at 1400mhz on a 7nm process and get 10tflops easy. No custom chips needed.
Although I anticipate a 32 compute unit version at 1475mhz soon which would be better suit for a dual APU setup in a next gen console.
In either case AMD was playing a very different long game when it linked its horse to HBM it plans to corner the low and mid processor market completely by having intergrated gpu perform that at this point cannot be replicated. Further this should do well for future consoles in terms of price and performance. I know its too soon to say, but I could easily see a $300 PS5 at around 12 Tflops.
AMD Hosting Computex 2018 Press Conference on 6th June – Will Demonstrate Never-Before-Seen Hardware
The most interesting thing about this press conference is that AMD is confirming that they are going to demonstrate never-before-seen hardware at the event. The following is mentioned in AMD’s press release:
AMD Fenghuang 15FF Graphics Chip Equipped APU Shows Up on 3DMark – Faster Than RX Vega M GH, 2 GB HBM2 Clocked at 1200 MHz
Join the webcast of the AMD COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2018 Press Conference on Wednesday, June 6, 201 at 10 a.m. CST / Taipei
The one-hour event will feature:
The press conference is going to last an hour so that’s ample time to showcase new stuff. But there are several things that can be interpreted from this press release. AMD says that the hardware they are going to showcase has never been seen before, but it may have been heard about by the press. Remember, AMD has several products in the pipeline that are expected to release in the future.The one-hour event will feature:
- Updates on current and upcoming AMD products by AMD President and CEO Dr. Lisa Su and Senior Vice President and General Manager, Computing and Graphics Business Group, Jim Anderson
- Appearances by AMD technology partners
- Never-before-seen AMD hardware demonstrations and new details showcasing AMD high performance leadership and innovation
In the CPU department, we know that AMD has a couple of Ryzen 2000 series desktop and mobile processors in the work but they don’t sound like much interesting. What does sound interesting is the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 series high-end desktop processors which are definitely heard of before but not seen to date. It will be interesting to see the new AMD X399 Refresh platform and Threadripper 2000 series in action. AMD also plans to introduce Z490 chipset around the second quarter and that may also see the light of day at the event.
In terms of GPU related announcements, AMD is working on 7nm Vega which is part of their AI and DNN aimed Instinct platform. Earlier in a tweet, AMD had stated that 7nm Vega was already working in their labs. Aside from that, Navi is possibly going to make an appearance next year and we might get some update on that as AMD’s Polaris chips were also showcased months before their arrival in the gaming market.
Obviously, we can’t promise anything right now and the hardware can be something entirely new out of the roadmap that is currently public which is what get’s us excited. We will be at Computex at AMD’s press conference to bring you the latest developments live from Taipei. The conference will be live-streamed to the audience sitting around the globe.
What we do know:
https://wccftech.com/amd-fenghuang-apu-3dmark-specs-performance-leak/
Computex 2018 - AMD is pushing for a strong Computex this year, with an exciting unveiling of Vega 20 on 7nm with 32GB of HBM2, but also their new project: Fenghuang 15FF, a new graphics chip for APUs, Fenghuang 15FF is the internal codename for the graphics chip, with the current codename of DG02SRTBP4MFA applied. This chip should be part of the Zen+ APU family with 4C/8T of CPU power, 3GHz clock speed, and 2GB of HBM2 clocked at 1200MHz (2.4GHz effective). AMD's new chip sports 28 CUs and 1792 SPs (up from 24 CUs and 1536 SPs on Vega 24) while there's 2GB of HBM2 at 2.4Gbps offering 307.2GB/sec memory bandwidth, which is up from the 1.6Gbps and 204.8GB/sec offered on Vega 24.
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/62107/amd-fenghuang-15ff-faster-rx-vega-gh-rocks-2gb-hbm2/index.html
AMD’s Fenghuang APU Spotted in 3DMark – Faster Than Intel’s Kaby Lake-G Vega Graphics, 2 GB HBM2 Onboard
The AMD Fenghuang 15FF is an internal codename for the graphics while the chip it was tested with is currently codenamed DG02SRTBP4MFA. There have been different codenames spotted since the chip first leaked out but it should be clear that this is very much an early sample at this stage.
Looking at the specifications reported in 3DMark, the processor itself seems to be a Zen+ based APU part with 4 cores and 8 threads. The chip is clocked at 3.00 GHz base frequency while turbo frequency is currently not reported correctly. The graphics side features 2 GB of HBM2 memory which is clocked at 1200 MHz (2.4 GHz effective). This may just be the fastest clocked HBM2 VRAM speeds that AMD has featured on their graphics yet. The core clock for the chip is reported at 300 MHz but that must be idle as the benchmark isn’t reporting boost/turbo clocks correctly at the moment.
We have previously known that the chip features 28 CUs which incorporate 1792 SPs, making it the beefiest APU solution to date. The AMD supplied Kaby Lake-G chips with RX Vega GPUs come with 24 CUs which has 1536 cores and 4 GB of HBM2 at 945 MHz in comparison.
The chip has in fact been compared to the Intel Core i7-8809G processor which features the RX Vega M GH graphics and is the fastest solution supplied to Intel by AMD. In the GPU benchmark tests, the AMD Fenghuang chip absolutely demolishes the Intel + Vega processor and only lacks behind in the Physics test which is a CPU intensive benchmark. Overall, if AMD can manage to bring such a chip on to the desktop front, it can be a great solution for discrete GPU less gaming. AMD is hosting their Computex 2018 press conference next week where they will be showing off never-before-seen hardware demonstrations so maybe we can expect a look at Fenghuang based APUs.
Why all this is significant:
Rumors have been circulating of AMDs exit from the high performance graphics market.
I've theorized in the past that an HBM on die on die APU could theoretically do to the Video card what happened to the low and mid tier sound card in the 90s.
AMD appears to be posed to introduce High graphical performance APUs with HBM. The net effect is that graphical performance becomes highly affordable.
For reference the AMD Fenghuang chip at 1200mhz would out perform the PS4 Pro and have have more bandwidth than even the Xbox One X and likely do so for under $300.
I has 28 compute units, exactly half of a Vega 56.
My personal theory was that PS5/XB2 would use off the shelf APUs and this give more credence to the idea.
Technically a PS5 could put two of the above chips at 1400mhz on a 7nm process and get 10tflops easy. No custom chips needed.
Although I anticipate a 32 compute unit version at 1475mhz soon which would be better suit for a dual APU setup in a next gen console.
In either case AMD was playing a very different long game when it linked its horse to HBM it plans to corner the low and mid processor market completely by having intergrated gpu perform that at this point cannot be replicated. Further this should do well for future consoles in terms of price and performance. I know its too soon to say, but I could easily see a $300 PS5 at around 12 Tflops.
