AMD Creates Quad Core Zen SoC with 24 Vega CUs for Chinese Consoles

Should be interesting to see how well this works - the primary issue with these APU designs is matching the amount of available memory bandwidth to the CPU and GPU cores.<p>Assuming they adapt the conventional Ryzen DDR4 controller to be a 128 bit wide GDDR5 controller with a reasonable 7Gbit&#x2F;s speed, this would have ~120GB&#x2F;s of memory bandwidth, which is 3x that of the 2400G (which is regarded as bandwidth starved), but slightly more than half what the Intel + Radeon RX Vega i7-8809G has (which is regarded as not having enough GPU cores to use the provided bandwidth).<p>Probably a reasonably balanced system. Would be interesting to see if this makes it over to their other embedded lines as a high end option: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amd.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;products&#x2F;embedded-ryzen-v1000-series" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amd.com&#x2F;en&#x2F;products&#x2F;embedded-ryzen-v1000-series</a>

Subor was a brand famous in Russia for their Famicom clones (marketed as Dendy clones), especially keyboard-integrated like this:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.phantom.sannata.ru&#x2F;articles&#x2F;subor.shtml" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.phantom.sannata.ru&#x2F;articles&#x2F;subor.shtml</a><p>(Article in Russian but photos and screenshots are mostly self-explaining).

AMD’s press release seems to have more detail. Subor is creating both a gaming PC running Win10 and a console with their own OS, presumably Linux-based.<p>The CPU and GPU are on the same die, while the GDDR5 is on the motherboard through a 256-bit interface.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;community.amd.com&#x2F;community&#x2F;gaming&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2018&#x2F;08&#x2F;03&#x2F;new-amd-semi-custom-soc-combines-the-power-of-amd-ryzen-cpu-and-amd-vega-gpu-for-gamers-in-china" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;community.amd.com&#x2F;community&#x2F;gaming&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2018&#x2F;08&#x2F;03&#x2F;n...</a>

I wonder how long it would take to get mainline linux support and when these boxes could be bought off of Aliexpress. There are basically no small form factor 2400G systems and this have better graphics.

Is there a reason why Chinese smartphone seems to be successfully exported (Xiaomi, Huawei,...) and I have never heard until then of a Chinese console ? Is it an issue with the games available ? A matter of taste ?

So A Chinese Consoles company could get a AMD Semi Custom Chip.<p>What is there stopping Apple getting one for Mac Mini?<p>Or Razor getting one for their Gaming Laptop?

I wonder if these might wind up in other sorts of markets besides just for Chinese consoles or if there is some sort licensing restrictions that will prevent that.

What games will the chinese console version play? Will it end up being able to play both xbox and playstation games?

I hope AMD and Chinese consoles can disrupt the market being with the big three players gets kind of boring after a while.... Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo need some Sony more so than the others...

How do the Chinese games look like ? Are they typically Chinese like the Japanese games are typically japonese ?

I might have done some electronics in high school, but what is chip made for?<p>Is it a hybrid CPU&#x2F;GPU chip?

I would love to have a laptop with that SoC or similar.

AMD can deliver great GPUs for every company except themselves. Sad.

Can we install Linux on it bside-by-side with whatever it is in that machine?