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Forum: Handheld Technology 19-May-2013, 07:52
Replies: 216
Views: 14,094
Posted By silent_guy
They were hiring chip design engineers before the...

They were hiring chip design engineers before the iPhone launch. I think it was always their intention to eventually go vertical.
Forum: 3D & Semiconductor Industry 18-May-2013, 06:34
Replies: 3,092
Views: 362,119
Posted By silent_guy
Yes. The Peddie numbers are especially worrisome...

Yes. The Peddie numbers are especially worrisome wrt the position of AMD vs Intel. It doesn't seem as if their APU strategy is working very well.
Forum: 3D & Semiconductor Industry 18-May-2013, 06:31
Replies: 3,092
Views: 362,119
Posted By silent_guy
The public Peddie numbers make it hard to make...

The public Peddie numbers make it hard to make direct conclusions about individual market segments. That's what Nvidia was complaining about in that link of yours. I assume the juicy numbers are in...
Forum: 3D & Semiconductor Industry 17-May-2013, 19:52
Replies: 3,092
Views: 362,119
Posted By silent_guy
That's a rhetorical question, right? I don't...

That's a rhetorical question, right?

I don't know anybody who pays the big bucks for market reports for either company and I'm pretty sure our jimbo doesn't either. So whatever 'source' he has is...
Forum: 3D Hardware, Software & Output Devices 17-May-2013, 14:45
Replies: 28
Views: 1,076
Posted By silent_guy
Nobody has measured it. But earlier discussions...

Nobody has measured it. But earlier discussions here show that you don't need add lag at all times to smooth it out. Just adding a one-time single delay to a steady state situation can fix the...
Forum: 3D & Semiconductor Industry 17-May-2013, 11:00
Replies: 3,092
Views: 362,119
Posted By silent_guy
There are especially useless if they don't...

There are especially useless if they don't support a preconceived opinion. :lol:
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 17-May-2013, 10:56
Replies: 6,479
Views: 913,215
Posted By silent_guy
I'm pretty sure he's talking about major...

I'm pretty sure he's talking about major stutters/hitches: the large stutters that happen only occasionally when you need to load a new texture into the GPU. If the driver is loading and unloading a...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 16-May-2013, 18:44
Replies: 6,479
Views: 913,215
Posted By silent_guy
I have no idea what you're talking about? GPU...

I have no idea what you're talking about? GPU companies should explain how driver memory management works to its non-tech customers? What possible upside would this have?
Forum: 3D Hardware, Software & Output Devices 16-May-2013, 18:29
Replies: 28
Views: 1,076
Posted By silent_guy
Why don't you simply separate measured facts from...

Why don't you simply separate measured facts from opinion? It makes things much easier that way. It's fine not to like HC for being biased one way of the other (I've never visited their site and you...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 16-May-2013, 18:19
Replies: 6,479
Views: 913,215
Posted By silent_guy
I don't know how exactly engines or drivers deal...

I don't know how exactly engines or drivers deal with this, but needing 3.5GB for graphics doesn't mean all of it needs to be stored in the fastest kind of memory at all times. AFAIK drivers swap...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 16-May-2013, 16:29
Replies: 6,479
Views: 913,215
Posted By silent_guy
Can I buy a reference card on their website? ...

Can I buy a reference card on their website?


You're complaining about 3GB and not being able to 'fathom' going less than 4GB when you could very well argue that 4GB is as pointless as 2GB on a...
Forum: Handheld Technology 16-May-2013, 15:25
Replies: 1,186
Views: 80,145
Posted By silent_guy
You're going to fast. Can you fill in the...

You're going to fast. Can you fill in the non-obvious (for me least) hidden stages of your train of thought?
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 16-May-2013, 15:03
Replies: 6,479
Views: 913,215
Posted By silent_guy
I didn't do an exhaustive investigation, but only...

I didn't do an exhaustive investigation, but only went to Newegg to search for '7970 6GB', 7870 4GB', and 'GTX 680 4GB' and 'GTX 670 4GB'. I got 1 Sapphire 7970 out of a total of 85 7970s ($600), 9...
Forum: 3D Hardware, Software & Output Devices 15-May-2013, 00:59
Replies: 28
Views: 1,076
Posted By silent_guy
It makes perfect sense: FCAT says a frame doesn't...

It makes perfect sense: FCAT says a frame doesn't count when its length falls below a certain (low) threshold. If your driver is just a little bit sane about giving all frames a similar light of day,...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 14-May-2013, 00:31
Replies: 41
Views: 1,960
Posted By silent_guy
I did read it, but clearly it didn't sink in. Now...

I did read it, but clearly it didn't sink in. Now it does. Thanks!
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 13-May-2013, 23:41
Replies: 41
Views: 1,960
Posted By silent_guy
I've been wondering about this. The fact that...

I've been wondering about this. The fact that some amount of scheduling is off-loaded to the SW doesn't necessarily have to have a major impact on final performance? Can't it simply be a way to...
Forum: 3D Architectures & Chips 13-May-2013, 23:35
Replies: 41
Views: 1,960
Posted By silent_guy
Using this kind of reductio ad absurdum, all...

Using this kind of reductio ad absurdum, all you'd need for a GPU are a couple of ALUs and a memory controller. It's a pointless exercise.

The hard part of throughout systems is less in the...
Forum: Handheld Technology 13-May-2013, 18:11
Replies: 1,186
Views: 80,145
Posted By silent_guy
If Apple and Samsung will the be only ones left...

If Apple and Samsung will the be only ones left standing for high end SOCs, doesn't Qualcomm have just as much to lose, if not more? Nvidia doesn't exactly have a large share to begin with...
Forum: Handheld Technology 13-May-2013, 18:08
Replies: 1,839
Views: 135,376
Posted By silent_guy
That's definitely a deal breaker. Looks like that...

That's definitely a deal breaker. Looks like that iPhone is not one for you.
Forum: Handheld Technology 13-May-2013, 17:06
Replies: 1,839
Views: 135,376
Posted By silent_guy
And that relates to stutter how?

And that relates to stutter how?
Forum: Handheld Technology 13-May-2013, 17:05
Replies: 1,839
Views: 135,376
Posted By silent_guy
There's nothing to cite. Just personal...

There's nothing to cite. Just personal experience. Some call it pseudo-psychological bullshit because they don't feel it. Good for them.


Car analogy alert! Your mistaking top speed for...
Forum: Handheld Technology 12-May-2013, 19:57
Replies: 1,839
Views: 135,376
Posted By silent_guy
I've played tons of high end Android devices,...

I've played tons of high end Android devices, recently with an HTC One, and it's always the same: I see it stutter and lag right in front of me on the simplest of operations and the owner of said...
Forum: 3D Beginner's Questions 11-May-2013, 20:25
Replies: 14
Views: 504
Posted By silent_guy
It's uncommon to actually click on PDF links and...

It's uncommon to actually click on PDF links and even more so to then read the stuff in detail (I didn't yesterday), but this document really worth reading as it explains very well how things work.
Forum: 3D Beginner's Questions 11-May-2013, 00:46
Replies: 14
Views: 504
Posted By silent_guy
Not necessarily. The PLL is there to decouple...

Not necessarily. The PLL is there to decouple the system from the memory system. The DLL is used to move the incoming capture clock such that the incoming data can be clocked at a stable moment.
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Forum: 3D Beginner's Questions 11-May-2013, 00:03
Replies: 14
Views: 504
Posted By silent_guy
Contemporary memory controllers have PLLs and...

Contemporary memory controllers have PLLs and DLLs plus a bunch of pretty complicated digital logic that's built into the IO pads.
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