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[Dirk Benedict]

Is that how it functions in the system? Looks about right to me.

Looks like 'Knaak' is the first to use HUMA.

 

[MercuryLS]

 

[Raist]

Oh please. I know your dirty little secret. You username is from Sailor Moon.

 

[Darklor01]

hUMA - Heterogeneous Unified Memory Access

http://developer.amd.com/wordpress/media/2012/10/hsa10.pdf

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2013/04/30/amd-huma-heterogeneous-unified-memory-acces/

"HUMA is essentially just a bit of branding that refers to the single memory address space the company's upcoming HSA APUs will be using. It harks back to the Unified Memory Access nomenclature of early multicore CPUs - where each CPU core started to share the same memory - adding in heterogeneous in reference to HSA.

HSA isn't just an AMD project, though, it is centred around the HSA Foundation "whose goal is to make it easyto program for parallel computing." The foundation includes such other high profile members as ARM, Qualcomm and Samsung.

The arrival of HSA is still some way off, with the first AMD chips set to use the architecture expected to arrive early next year. However, the PlayStation 4 is expected to feature an HSA type processor, so we'll see some indication of what we can look forward to when that console arrives in Q4 this year."

 

[Wishmaster92]

I love vgleaks. Although this thread needs more yung humma.

The PS4 is smangin'

Perfect.

 

[Loakum]

What is hUMA though?

this is the 3rd thread I've read on it....and I still don't have a clue to what it is. #TruthFact

 

[benny_a]

this is the 3rd thread I've read on it....and I still don't have a clue to what it is. #TruthFact

That's our own fault then. The hUMA threads I've read all had concise explanations by members (sometimes quoted in the OP) that explained what hUMA is and why people think it could be a big deal, if adopted.

 

[CadetMahoney]

this is the 3rd thread I've read on it....and I still don't have a clue to what it is. #TruthFact

It means even more power, so all 3rd party games will be guaranteed comparison wins.

 

[FourMyle]

GDDR5, GPGPU and hUMA are going to be the catchphrases for this gen, I think.

 

[Arkham]

I'm sure there's a 3:10 to hUMA joke here somewhere.

Starring Russelupsum Crow?

 

[Broder Salsa]

holy fuck, that is only one character away from HUMAN memory, human memory is pretty good, at least 32gb I would say.

 

[thecosmicfly]

Starring Russelupsum Crow?

Time to Bale from this thread.

 

[Arkham]

Time to Bale from this thread.

There had to be a good GIF in there somewhere, with the train becoming a hype train...

 

[beast786]

GDDR5, GPGPU and hUMA are going to be the catchphrases for this gen, I think.

Obviously you haven't heard of the cloud power.

 

[demolitio]

This doesn't sound as good as "secret sauce" still. No, seriously, I heard secret sauce brought up again in the X1 tech thread which blew my mind that people could naively believe that takes away any differences between consoles.

Whether or not the differences matter is the question and we all know Sony's studios will make sure people know there's a difference so it comes down to third-party games. I actually wish these consoles were even so games can be pushed as far as possible.

 

[onQ123]

GDDR5, GPGPU and hUMA are going to be the catchphrases for this gen, I think.

also 'Physically Based' & Compute

 

[Valkyr Junkie]

Obviously you haven't heard of the cloud power.

Or seen Titanfall.

 

[bigboss370]

seems likes its going to be like this gen all over. Multiplats will have negligible differences while Sony first party will look half a generation ahead of everything else.

 

[TheRealTalker]

It's time for my lunch.

have some hUMAS with this

 

[roMonster]

More efficient use of GPGPU for calculating stuff. This here is an example of GPGPU-accelerated fur simulation (proprietary to NVIDIA, but it's valid as a general example):

(before/after)

Also, the interaction between CPU/GPU is more efficient, for instance, the exchange of display lists (rendering instructions).

Makes me wonder about the people saying the PS4 will just have 'a few extra effects' over the xbox1 version of multiplats and that will be that. What if something like this is the effect thats cut...

 

[Doc Evils]

Clouds have no Huma.

 

[DigitalDevilSummoner]

hUMAn After All

This one takes the price.

 

[Rolf NB]

wasn't there 2 other threads saying this?

hUMA's advantages become the most apparent when you do multithreading.

 

[Spongebob]

Will this (combined with 8 ACEs) result in a significant increase in GPGPU performance?

 

[TheRealTalker]

pushed from three threads to the one it concerns...

from the xbox tech thread... a gaffer found this update on hUMA on the ps4

http://www.vgleaks.com/more-exclusi...plementation-and-memory-enhancements-details/

orginally from

Don't know if already posted but new information from hUMA PS4

http://www.vgleaks.com/more-exclusive-playstation-4-huma-implementation-and-memory-enhancements-details/

 

[Bundy]

pushed from three threads to the one it concerns...

orginally from

Very nice!
Thank you