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The AMD Radeon Pro SSG graphics card pairs a Polaris GPU with 1TB solid state memory!

By Wong Chung Wee & John Law - on 27 Jul 2016, 10:54pm

The AMD Radeon Pro SSG graphics card pairs a Polaris GPU with 1TB solid state, frame buffer memory!

Not 8GB, not 24GB, but 1TB of 'flash-based' memory! <br> Image source: Ubergizmo.

AMD recently made heads turn at this year’s SIGGRAPH event when they announced their new Radeon Pro SSG (Solid-state Graphics), a workstation graphics card that reportedly features a whopping 1TB of ‘flash-based’ memory.

Based on multiple reports on the subject, the one thing that is clear is that AMD did not specifically state the memory format of the SSG (i.e., whether it was GDDR5, GDDR5X or HBM). On paper, AMD reportedly stated that the card uses non-volatile, flash-based memory, and that the 1TB of memory was integrated on to the card via the use of the lightning-fast NVMe and PCIe 3.0 port, which is capable of reaching speeds of up to 2,500MB/s.

PC-centric site PC Gamer reported that AMD had also given them a demonstration of the card’s prowess, stating that the SSG was able to scrub raw 8K video from a stuttering 17 fps up to a more pleasant 90 fps.

Workstation graphics are a different ilk when compared to the consumer-ready graphics cards that we’re more familiar with.

Compared to their more gamer-friendly cousin, workstation graphics, while using the same GPU, are essentially used to deal with slightly more arduous tasks, such as video post-production, subject rendering, scientific and engineering visualization, and all other forms of content creation (hence the larger GPU graphics memory on these cards).

Of course, this sort of power isn’t going to be cheap, and to that end, AMD will be selling the Radeon Pro SSG for US$9,999, and will only be available in a reference design. AMD says that the latter decision was made in an effort to control quality, which is smart, considering the 10-year warranty that AMD is bundling with the card.

(Source: PC Gamer, Ars Technica, Ubergizmo)

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