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darkknightkryta said:
AMD needs to find a way to automate their HSA set up. When a program is doing some math, the GPU should automatically be feed the data and do the processing. If AMD can pull that off, AMD is going to essentially pull a fast one on Intel.

I think that's the eventual goal of Fusion.
For instance, AMD has a nerfed floating point unit in it's CPU's, something that GPU's are very very good at handling however AMD's CPU's are very good at Integers too, the CPU and GPU simply need to be even more tightly integrated for that to happen.

If the time comes and they do make it a seamless implementation, then it's really going to shine, even with  HSA, hUMA, Kaveri in full swing... I'll still recommend an Intel quad over AMD's CPU's at this point in time because it's going to be fast in everything.

JEMC said:

I agree about the CPU and with HSA being only promising.

The thing is, though, that no one will code their programs to use both the CPU and GPU unless they know that their work isn't wasted. AMD has to produce those HSA processors to entice devs to use them to its full potential.

AMD better hope that it doesn't take as long as coding for 64 bit processors, or else they are screwed.

I think it's really up to Intel right now to follow AMD, once they have it enabled, then developers will get onboard.
Unfortunatly, much to my chargrin, AMD is such a small player in the CPU space, so they aren't going to be doing allot of market influencing.

zarx said:

Pemalite said:
I wish Star Swarm was an actual game, it looks sweet.

Well stardock are one of the major backers of the engine so, Sins of a Solar Empire 2......... Just sayin'. Also Star Control but I'm not sure if that will have the scale of this considering they want to keep SCII like gameplay.

I lost a massive portion of my life to Sins of a Solar Empire, not sure if I wan't to do that again. :P