Could Volcanic Islands based AMD with a 22nm SOI design featuring 2304 to 2560 stream processors be

First the Powa of da cloudz.. Now this?? :P

Maybe Don Mattrick should return to oversee the final part to MS`s master marketing plan? :p

Think he left or got fired for a reason you know :p
 
I don't get it:

underneath that modified Radeon HD 6670 GPU, lies a 175 mm^2 space for something. That something is presumed to be a Volcanic Islands based AMD with..."

What's an AMD? AMD are the manufacturer! Why would a brand new GPU be next to an older GPU? They won't crossfire or work together.

"This GPU - combined with the modified Radeon HD 6670 - could make the Xbox One a graphical powerhouse." Again, they're both GPUs? and Again, They won't play nice together?

Unless the 6670 is got physics only?
 
almoststew1990 said:
I don't get it:

underneath that modified Radeon HD 6670 GPU, lies a 175 mm^2 space for something. That something is presumed to be a Volcanic Islands based AMD with..."

What's an AMD? AMD are the manufacturer! Why would a brand new GPU be next to an older GPU? They won't crossfire or work together.

"This GPU - combined with the modified Radeon HD 6670 - could make the Xbox One a graphical powerhouse." Again, they're both GPUs? and Again, They won't play nice together?

Unless the 6670 is got physics only?
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In the realm of purely theoretical the big GPU would be disabled when you were using the console for stuff like social, watching movies, booting up/general OS then swap over to the big GPU when actually gaming (kind of like AMD Enduro) - would make sense to use something like a 6670 for this as it would allow for HD movie acceleration and enhancements.
 
^^ Agreed the 6670 would be ideal for web browsing, and web based content. BluRay playback etc. While the Volcanic Island chip would come into play for 3D Gaming content..

We really must stop giving credence to this rumor though :p
 
Rroff said:
In the realm of purely theoretical the big GPU would be disabled when you were using the console for stuff like social, watching movies, booting up/general OS then swap over to the big GPU when actually gaming (kind of like AMD Enduro) - would make sense to use something like a 6670 for this as it would allow for HD movie acceleration and enhancements.
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The PS4 is using an ARM chip for the OS and such I doubt they would put a 6670 equivalent just for that.
 
So...I had a chat with an old colleague I used to work with today, who would know the answer to this. They just said wait and see, which is annoying, face to face I could have read their body language to gauge whether this was a yes or no.

So either way this means MS are aware of the rumor and are now playing up to it.
 
Rroff said:
In the realm of purely theoretical the big GPU would be disabled when you were using the console for stuff like social, watching movies, booting up/general OS then swap over to the big GPU when actually gaming (kind of like AMD Enduro) - would make sense to use something like a 6670 for this as it would allow for HD movie acceleration and enhancements.
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A 6670 is overkill for those tasks. Think about the size and TDP (and therefore heat output) of a 6670- why would MS go for that when it could have used a far cheaper, cooler and less power hungry chip for the job?

In addition, we all thought the 6670 was the full GPU for gaming right, and now it might be only the ancillary graphics? What about the game demos- were they run on 6670 equivalent or 7850 equivalent? I guess we don't know yet!
 
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It's the superFX chip from the SNES days! MS have secretly been buying up all copies of Starfox on eBay an fusing them together with the XB1 soc to make a powerhouse of a system :)
 
zoomee said:
woot! - ARM chip? - if it was I think my Samsung S4 would give it competition :p
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The PS4 uses a seperate custom ARM processor to do stuff like remote play/Gaikai etc, and the auto resume from standby (much like a vita). Think it may also have something to do with the OS, but that seems to be using one or two cores on the CPU much like the XB1, but unlike the PS4 the second screen low power modes etc are done by the XB1 CPU.
 
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