AMD indicates that Smart Access Memory only works with the Ryzen 5000 and RX 6000
During the presentation of the AMD RX 6000, the company talked about Smart Access Memory technology. This new technology will only be available on Ryzen 5000 processors and AMD 500 Series chipset motherboards. So with these three elements we will get an extra performance, thus generating AMD a closed ecosystem to further favor the sale of its own products.
Smart Access Memory technology is an exclusive bridge between the Ryzen 5000 and RX 6000. Data transfer between the two components is improved, thus achieving extra performance. It is not yet known very well how this technology will work, but it does require a major setup update to use it.
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Extra performance in the AMD RX 6000 thanks to Smart Access Memory and the Ryzen 5000
Smart Access Memory is made possible by the fact that AMD sells its own processors and its own graphics. In the end what they are doing is developing their own ecosystem. They are offering a series of components that work better with each other by having exclusive technologies. Follow a bit the strategy of Apple, who has started to develop its own processors.
Regarding the details of Smart Access Memory and its operation, we do not have too much data at the moment. When this technology is enabled thanks to the BIOS of the RX 600 and the BIOS of the motherboard, free access to the memory of each of the two components is enabled. It seems that the processor, as we understand it, will load data into the graphics VRAM, improving access times.
AMD indicates that the CPU and GPU typically share 256MB of data in transfers. This would be a limitation when developing games. If this shared limit of VRAM memory is exceeded, performance problems and work queue interruptions appear. Smart Access Memory removes this limit and allows more VRAM to be used.
The limitation now appears at the hardware level, as it requires a Ryzen 5000 processor, an AMD 500 Series chipset motherboard, and an RX 6000.
[irp]Source: TH
