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GCN, AMD’s GPU Architecture Modernization
AMD’s Terascale architecture became very competitive as it matured with the HD 5000 and 6000 series. But using GPUs for general purpose compute was trending around the 2010s and AMD didn’t want to...
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Cortex A57, Nintendo Switch’s CPU
In the early 2010s, Arm’s 32-bit cores had established themselves in cell phones and tablets. But rising memory capacities in those devices meant Arm would have to go 64-bit sooner or later. On top of...
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AMD’s CDNA 3 Compute Architecture
AMD has a long history of vying for GPU compute market share. Ever since Nvidia got first dibs with their Tesla architecture, AMD has been playing catch up. Terascale 3 moved from VLIW5 to VLIW4 to...
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Nintendo Switch’s iGPU: Maxwell Nerfed Edition
Graphics performance is vital for any console chip. Nintendo selected Nvidia’s Tegra X1 for their Switch handheld console. Tegra X1 is designed to maximize graphics performance in a limited power...
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