The AMD team surprised us here. What seemed like a very par-for-the-course Computex keynote turned into an incredible demonstration of what AMD is testing in the lab with TSMC’s new 3D Fabric technologies. We’ve covered 3D Fabric before, but AMD is putting it to good use by stacking up its processors with additional cache, enabling super-fast bandwidth, and better gaming performance. That’s the claim at any rate, and AMD showcased its new demo processor on stage at Computex. Here’s a deeper run-down into what it actually is.
3D Chiplets: The Next Step
AMD announced it was looking into 3D stacking technologies with ‘X3D’ back in March 2020 at its Financial Analyst Day, with a very odd diagram showing a chiplet processor with what looked like stacks of HBM or some sort of memory around the outside. At the time AMD said it was a mix of 2.5D and 3D packaging technologies enabling 10x bandwidth density or higher. The ‘X’ in ‘X3D’ was meant to stand for Hybrid, and th
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In brief: AMD caught everyone off guard at Computex 2021 with a demonstration of its new 3D chiplet technology that looks to deliver the type of performance gain you’d typically see with a new process node or microarchitecture.
Developed in collaboration with TSMC, AMD’s first application of the 3D chiplet tech is a vertical cache addition for its high-end processors. In a nutshell, AMD used a process called through-silicon vias (TSVs) to stack additional L3 cache on top of the compute chiplets.
AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su showed off a prototype Ryzen 5000 CPU with one of two chiplets featuring the added stacked cache. As AnandTech highlights, the difference is obvious compared to the standard chiplet. The 3D V-Cache die is not as large as the core die, so AMD added additional structural silicon for support. Both dies were also thinned, meaning AMD doesn’t have to change up
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Will Dragon s Dogma 2 Be Revealed At E3 2021?
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Capcom has neither confirmed nor denied the leak s validity
An announcement may come during E3 2021
Rumors of a sequel for Capcom’s cult-classic RPG “Dragon’s Dogma” have been making rounds on the internet for years now, but recent leaks revealed that “Dragon’s Dogma 2” may actually be in development with a possible E3 announcement later this June.
The original “Dragon’s Dogma” was released back in 2012 when it was met with a favorable reception, albeit with some strong criticism regarding questionable game mechanics. It was later re-released in 2013 together with its expansion “Dark Arisen” for PC and consoles. Fans assumed the game was never going to get any updates after the expansion, but a cyberattack on Capcom suggested otherwise.