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http://www.hpcwire.com/2015/07/29/amds-exascale-strategy-hinges-on-heterogeneity/ Specs: 7nm production node 32 CPU cores (architecture and clocks are unknown) 32GB of onboard memory (HBM 2.0 or HMC 2.0 not confirmed) XXXX Stream Processors (Greenland GPU architecture is known, clocks and SP count unknown) The CPU cores, the GPU, and the HBM will all be brought together on a large 2,5D interposer, implying that the components could be made in various places around the world, a combination of TSMC, GloFo, Hynix's factories, and an assembly plant. According to the article, AMD claims that it will be possible to build a supercomputer of 1 Exaflop with 100,000 nodes based on this new Exascale Heterogeneous Processor, meaning each node must provide 10 Teraflops of compute power. Scheduled release time is the 2016-2017 time frame. I'm betting more on 2017 due to HBM 2.0 availability, TSMC's usual shenanigans, and other factors. Whether this means each node has 4 or 8 of these is also yet unclear, and it doesn't take coprocessors into account. 2017 should be a very interesting year for HPC engineers indeed. It's difficult to speculate for this chip particularly because we don't know the CPU architecture. Zen is yet to be confirmed for AVX 512 capability which can significantly tip the scales by up to a teraflop or more depending on clock speeds with this core count. With the update, this could even be AVX 1024 if plans for such a vector extension are in the works. And before anyone asks, experts currently estimate the price per chip to be around $8000. Update: after reading through the white paper (if you don't have a membership with IEEE, sorry, I can't publish it), it turns out the target timeframe for this has been confused with the HPC APU Fudzilla and others did articles on almost 4-5 months ago. The actual release timeframe for this is closer to 2020, as it's based on a 7nm node for construction, meaning we also cannot conclude the cache is HBM 2.0. In fact given the number of dies, I'd suspect it's HMC 2.0, as the 1.0 spec is 2GB per stack, and Intel's Knight's Landing has 8 stacks with a total memory of 16GB. HBM 2.0 can have 32GB in just 4 stacks, at the cost of having 8 chips in a single stack, much more difficult to keep cool than 4 stacks as shown in the block diagram. Though surprisingly the Greenland GPU platform is consistent, meaning AMD may intend to keep GCN 1.3/2.0 around a long, long time. It also m4eans the cores cannot be Puma+, K12, or Zen+, as the successors to all of these will be out by 2018/2019. Update 2: It's meant to be a platform-agnostic design, meaning compatibility with both ARM and x86, possibly also PowerPC if AMD wants to join the Open Power Alliance (this last one is total speculation). This gives further credence to the idea this will have to be made using multiple dies and attached to an interposer. The CPU and GPU pieces will most likely not be made in 1 die.

Intel’s Alder Lake is officially the 12th-gen Core CPU, and it has taken performance and efficiency in a dramatic new direction that AMD has yet to follow. Is this the start of a new processor golden age?

Will HSA still work with a dedicated Graphics card?

This ultimate build guide focuses on future potential. We wanted to explain and demonstrate the value of AMD's Kaveri series APUs' HSA-capable architecture, while also showing you how to build your own Kaveri gaming (or otherwise) system! I'm going to list out the components as well as provide a source or two for where you can get them I can't tell you where to buy this stuff, but I do lean towards NCIX for the Canadians (and International viewers if their pricing and shipping costs work out for you) because they're my bros, and for Americans, Brits, and a couple other regions, the Amazon links below are affiliate links, so of course every little bit helps CORE COMPONENTS APU (CPU & GPU): AMD A10 7850K Kaveri NCIX: http://bit.ly/1zRZhll Amazon: http://georiot.co/ByG SSD (optional): Samsung 840 Evo NCIX: http://bit.ly/UT8vhW Amazon: http://georiot.co/tZw Hard Drives: WD Blue 1TB NCIX: http://bit.ly/1pWDqSO Amazon: http://georiot.co/42Pi Motherboard: Asrock FM2A88X EXTREME6+ NCIX: N/A Amazon: http://georiot.co/20PF Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite NCIX: N/A Amazon: http://georiot.co/3bf3 Video Card (optional): MSI Radeon R7 250 NCIX: http://bit.ly/1ocWYFV Amazon: http://georiot.co/2UHK RAM: 8GB G.Skill 2400MHz Dual Channel DDR3 Memory NCIX: N/A Amazon: http://georiot.co/1jy4 Operating System: Windows 8 NCIX: http://bit.ly/1pBmF28 Amazon: http://georiot.co/lF2 Power Supply: Seasonic SS-400ET 400W NCIX: http://bit.ly/1ASGbwV Amazon: http://georiot.co/3IAw Cooling Components CPU Heatsink: Cooler Master Hyper T4 NCIX: http://bit.ly/UT8UAJ Amazon: http://georiot.co/3UYg

someone explain to me what HSA is in detail but in simple english. if you you guys want to say what you want then translate it again, it would also be fine

Almost a decade after AMD acquired ATi to fulfill its vision for heterogeneous computing. HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) has finally arrived in hardware form in AMD's latest Kaveri APUs last month. And while HSA compliant software has just started to pick up pace, today we can get a taste of tomorrow's performance. And like they say, the proof is in the pudding. SAUCE

The very first in-depth technical details regarding the processor of the Playstation 4 will be revealed on November 13 at AMD's APU13 in a keynote titled "Inside PlayStation 4: Building the Best Place to Play". The event will begin at 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. (PST), Wednesday, November 13, lead by Dominic Mallinson, senior vice president of software at Sony to talk about the chip powering the PS4 and will be followed by a keynote from Rift's CEO Brendan Iribe. Johann Andersson, Technical Director at Dice will take the stage at 1:15 - 2:15 p.m to talk about BF4 & Mantle, this keynote will also include a demo. Full schedule here : http://www.techpowerup.com/193616/amd-to-unveil-next-generation-apus-on-november-11.html

Source: http://www.extremetech.com/computing/187254-amds-kaveri-onslaught-new-apus-better-pricing-and-lower-power-consumption Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ktG7QX2BH4 Apparently it is based on tressfx...is this the future? Well darn it it should be!

source : http://www.pcper.com/news/General-Tech/HSA-Linux "AMD has just published a massive patch-set for the Linux kernel that finally implements a HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) in open-source. The set of 83 patches implement a Linux HSA driver for Radeon family GPUs and serves too as a sample driver for other HSA-compatible devices. This big driver in part is what well known Phoronix contributor John Bridgman has been working on at AMD." Source : http://www.pcper.com/news/Processors...Standalone-GPU comparaison of gains using nvidia gpu on APU, benching on luxmark, shows what could be expected from more software using HSA. this seem quiet interesting to me, HSA is another tech that AMD took interest in, that looks promessing to me. on windows not that many software is using it, but when you think about steamOS, and how linux has an open window into evolving with new software and new creations, could be great to see HSA taking a real focus from software developers on linux, on top of having a console like OS for gaming, that already focuses your resources, you get even more efficiency on it's management. the resuts could be so far beyond what windows offer, that gives me hope of linux taking off and even taking over windows, beh maybe i am too optimistic. but as the pcper.com little bench showed not only AMD, but even Nvidia stand to win alot with this.