AMD Announces New Vega High Performance Discrete GPU For Mobility With HBM2 Memory

AMD Announces New Vega High Performance Discrete GPU For Mobility With HBM2 Memory

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https://wccftech.com/amd-new-vega-discrete-gpu-for-mobility-with-hbm2-memory/

AMD’s CES announcements also include the Vega discrete GPU for mobility. This one is particularly special because just like its desktop counterpart, it will retain HBM2 memory and is probably the first GPU in the mobility space to do so. The timeline isn’t clear at this point but we expect to see it with OEMs soon enough. The low power design of the chip should make it ideal for the thermally constrained environments of mobility.

The Vega mobility GPU lineup is a direct response to NVIDIA’s existing discrete GPUs for mobility lineup. Not a lot of details were revealed at this point but we know for a fact now that AMD will be striking hard in this space. Coupled with Zen processors these could go on to become insanely popular with OEMs and AMD-only laptops. The AMD dGPUs for mobility have historically tended to be cheaper than their NVIDIA counterparts and this has led to wide OEM adoption.