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Graphics and x86 cores are all just 'compute units' now for our games, videos and apps AMD has released its long-awaited Kaveri processor, the first accelerated processing unit (APU) to incorporate both on-die CPU and GPU cores in a heterogeneous system architecture (HSA) with a shared memory architecture. Behold Kaveri, in which CPUs and GPUs are equal 'compute unit' partners (click to enlarge) "We're going to need to create a new term," AMD product CTO Joe Macri said at a Kaveri briefing, "because HSA has really changed what can be done on the graphics part of the die."That new term,...

Figured I'd give this an early start, given one such motherboard has already been reported at computex This thread will be updated as more motherboards are found. Feel free to submit in the thread below! On Socket FM2+ Socket FM2+ is backward-compatible with Richland and Trinity processors. ASUS  A88XM-Pro - Articles: [1] High-end - mATX - FM2+ APU support with A88X chipset - 4+2-phase VRM design with heatsink - 4x DDR3 DIMM memory ECS  A78F2-TI - Articles: [1] Midrange - mITX - FM2+ APU support with A78X chipset - 3+2 phase VRM design - SODIMM memory

AMD Demos Fourth Generation Kaveri APU at Computex 2013 AMD’s Kaveri APU platform would be the chip maker’s fourth generation of accelerated processing units which would feature the latest 28nm Steamroller core architecture that would be the first major architectural uplift in recent years over the Bulldozer and its refined successor “Piledriver”. Both Bulldozer and Piledriver came with up to 8 core SKUs but due to lackluster performance against Intel’s offerings failed to gain a huge market.With Steamroller, AMD plans to step in the 28nm process design coupled with greater parallelism and around 15-20% IPC improvement over currently available CPU...

Upcoming Kaveri processor will drink from shared-memory Holy Grail Update....Will require new FM2+ socket. AMD has released details on its implementation of The Next Big Thing in processor evolution, and in the process has unleashed the TNBT of acronyms: the AMD APU (CPU+GPU) HSA hUMA. Before your eyes glaze over and you click away from this page, know that if this scheme is widely adopted, it could be of great benefit to both processor performance and developer convenience – and to you. Simply put, what AMD's heterogeneous Uniform Memory Access (hUMA) does is allow central processing units (CPUs) and graphics...