Posted March 15, 2016 So, I was reading the news about Razer Core price leak and whatnot today and had a thought: Why don't we put a dedicated storage (SSD) for a GPU? Disclaimer: I understand nothing about how computer components communicate with one another at the coding level, so this may either be already being done or simply impossible. If you have ever helped your parents troubleshoot a computer over the phone, you know the frustration of trying to imagine where different components are on the hardware side as well as where different icons and buttons are on the software side, and then trying to relay that information to your parents over the phone. But now imagine that you are talking with a friend of yours who knows a thing or two about computer systems. They are unfortunately not trained in professional IT as you do, but they know enough about computers that you don't have to give them a "clear the CMOS. There is a button for it on the upper left corner of the motherboard. The motherboard is the rectangular PCB that's inside your computer. No not the graphics card. No, that's the RAM. Let me send you a picture of what a motherboard looks like." You can simply tell him/her "clear the CMOS." How much quicker/less draining would the process be on my end? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So now leaving the analogy behind, what would it be like if there was a dedicated storage device directly attached to the GPU which stores data necessary for graphics. CPU will still take care of calculating what needs to be displayed where, but instead of having to send all of that data over to the GPU, it simply sends the file location on the GPU side along with the command for where it should go. Then, the GPU will take care of the job of finding the data within its storage, and display it at the location directed. Instead of having 5 librarians search up on a catalog and take a student each to find them their books, why not grant the students themselves the catalogs and have them search for the books, and have just 1 librarian primarily focused on organizing the catalog, granted the students themselves are capable enough to do the task? EDIT: Especially regarding the Core or other form of eGPU solutions, wouldn't this clear up the traffic in the limited bandwidth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
