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Kasz216 on 21 April 2013
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Chark said:
dahuman said:
Chark said:
With APU set ups the GPU is going to become even more important since it will open the GPU up for processes original done for CPU work. It might be young for APUs still and they look weak by current computer understanding of how separate CPUs and GPUs work, but the design is going to be quite the advancement in processing. I don't see why not our high end CPUs will become incorporated into APU designs in the future.


APU is essentially just embedded graphics, like Intel's IGP where they have things like Quicksync and 3rd party enhancements like Lucid's Virtu MVP. It's basically just a fancy marketing term that came about much like how the term GPU came in from Nvidia when we used to just call them video chipset or 3D chipset lol. :P The point is that integrated video processor assisting the CPU is not anything new and has been in place for a few years already.

Is that right? So are APUs just getting a second wind because they seem more relevant now.


Not really know... integrated graphics have been HUGE for years as far as PC's go... they repalced most low level and even mid level retail PCs that used to have GPU's a while ago.

They probably just seem like they are getting a second wind to you because they're being put into the next gen consoles... combined with AMD's huge PR Blitz. 

Think of APU's sort of like Sega's "Blast Processing".

GPU's are being used to do more and more... but it really doesn't have anything to do with APUs... and more just figuring out what GPU's can do competantly.

 

It's sort of like if you previously had a carpentry buisness where your CPU Craftsman buils a desk, and the GPU workers shipped it out.


There are a ton of GPU works, who can get a lot of stuff done, but aren't very bright. 


Currently people are trying to figure out how to get those wokers working in "Carpentry factories" so the the CPU craftsman can just be used to go around measure stuff, direct the workers and do the trickier stuff.