It's odd they don't mention the number of CPU cores. Could it be only 4 cores ?Hardware Stats:
AMD GPU
10.7 TF
56 CUs
HBM2 memory
Custom Hyperthreaded CPU
2.7 Ghz
AVX2 SIMD
16GB combined VRAM
Upto 484 GB/s System RAM
I'm happy. I bought tons of AMD stock the day MS announced XCloud. This combined with EYPC and next gen, that investment is looking positive in the near future.Buzzwords buzzwords... About something that isn't new.. And that all other parties are about to or are already offering. AMD must be happy though (we already know that since Lisa Su CES keynote anyway). All the game streaming platforms are powered by AMD GPUs (Stadia, MS Xcloud & most probably Sony).
Hardware Stats:
AMD GPU
10.7 TF
56 CUs
HBM2 memory
Custom Hyperthreaded CPU
2.7 Ghz
AVX2 SIMD
16GB combined VRAM
Upto 484 GB/s System RAM
They didnt list a manufacturer for the CPU. Could just as easily be AMD as someone else, but then they need compiler support which would have left fingerprints/clues elsewhere.
True. Lisa Su tweeted that they are the GPU provider.. No mention of CPU. Could b be Intel. If not, then how would Google build it's own X86 CPU without having an X86 license?Isn't hyperthread(ed) an Intel intellectual term/IP? While multithreading is used by most other processor manufactures on describing SMT. I'm not saying hyperthreading isn't being used incorrectly or in a generic fashion by Google... but they can actually be using an Intel based CPU.
I'm not 100% clear on cache configs, but if we roll with the Intel connection inferred from the marketing terminology thus far, I might deduce it's a quad core Skylake X derivation (AVX512 also disabled + modest speed for power consumption reasons) since that had the funky 1MB L2 per core + 1.375MB L3 per core (maybe they've designed a hex core with 2 cores disabled since the smallest Skylake X would be a 12-core design. I haven't done enough permutable additions to come up with 9.5MB total cache though.So it's either 3 or 6 cores ?
So it's either 3 or 6 cores ?
Where do they mention VRAM ? They only say RAM on the slide.Hardware Stats:
AMD GPU
10.7 TF
56 CUs
HBM2 memory
Custom Hyperthreaded CPU
2.7 Ghz
AVX2 SIMD
16GB combined VRAM
Up to 484 GB/s System RAM
How so? Xbox HW (One S based right & one X later on) is an order of magnitude cheaper and smaller in physical size (4x modified One S boards per blade). Also Google isn't fitting all their data center with those Stadia servers either. Just like Xcloud, it's going to be a tiny part of their Cloud infrastructure in the beginning.I think Google is going to have a huge advantage over Microsoft in terms of scalability. That's the downside of Microsoft using Xbox hardware for the XCloud data centers...
& ported to VulkanAccording to Phil Harrison it runs Linux* so games will have to be ported from Windows.
*https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...gle-stadia-phil-harrison-majd-bakar-interview