Increasing activity in the direction of hybrid AMD processors is causing some concern for the future of so-called "big core" - processors, focused exclusively on the upper price segment, having a proportional performance.
Of course, AMD spokesman did not disclose the company's plans, but admitted that the time to market processors for extreme series FX-9xxx is largely his personal merit. The fact that the company produces such processors, Taylor and his colleagues like very much.
By the way, hybrid processors AMD will develop even more actively. Here, we expect some surprises, according to Roy Taylor. Relevance to the integration of the graphics core processor, according to AMD representative , proved even competitor actions - required specific area of graphic core Intel processor chip is growing, now reaching 31-32%. According to Taylor, Intel is doing it for the sake of speed up the calculations by the graphics core, not only for the sake of increasing the speed of graphics operations.
The discrete graphics cards from AMD is not going. Perhaps, the exception may be only the lowest-price segment, where hybrid processors in terms of performance in graphics applications already ahead of junior discrete graphics card. But even in this case, the use of low-cost digital video there - for example, they can act as a companion for the integrated core in conjunction CrossFire. Although, of course, the economic feasibility of constructing such a tandem often absent.
AMD mouth Taylor also expressed skepticism about the prospects for the further development of CUDA and suggested direction for the improvement of physical effects in games. The division of objects on destructible and indestructible hard knocks people are confused. In real life, we do not observe it. In the future, this contradiction should be eliminated. In addition, the technology of "artificial intelligence" must also be improved.
In August, AMD will offer a new version of the package of games Never Settle - this time, with a suffix of "Forever".