Roberto Deboni DMIsr
2020-09-22 01:42:44 UTC
Che ne dite della seguente notizia:
<https://www.tomsguide.com/features/how-nvidia-buying-arm-could-change-mobile-tech-forever>
"Nvidia’s initial ambition for Arm is to push its tech into the chip
designer’s vast network. It’s far too early to know what that will
look like. But we suspect it will see Nvidia’s GPU-powered AI tech
expanded from professional graphics cards and data center use and
into smartphones."
"“Graphics and AI are crucial to the future of devices, and Nvidia
has both. Arm - already embedded in tens of billions devices from
smartphones to industrial equipment to home devices - will gain
access to world-class technology in graphics and AI, two areas
where NVIDIA's GPUs excel. Nvidia will gain access to far more
outlets for its technologies, potentially licensing technologies
through Arm.”
Troppo entusiasmo ?
"So we’d not be surprised to see Nvidia and Arm offer chip designs
that mix Arm’s Cortex processor designs with Nvidia's GPU tech."
"This could allow smartphones to become even smarter by using extra
onboard AI tech to learn on the go, even in places where there’s no
signal. We’ve seen this with Qualcomm’s AI Engine for example."
"But AI tech is a huge part of Nvidia — it provides a lot of hardware
and systems for self-driving cars after all — and it could bring its
research and tech to the Arm ecosystem. All that could mean a phone
that responds better to its user, recognizes voice commands with more
fidelity, delivers improved image processing, and boosts augmented
reality experiences."
Ma non solo smartphone, bensi' anche i processori ?
"Apple is looking at using Arm based chips for future Macs and
Windows 10 has been made to work on RISC architecture and run
on ARM-based chips."
"At the moment, the performance of off-the-shelf ARM-based chips
can’t compete with AMD Ryzen or Intel Core processors. But with
Nvidia's experience in making SoCs and its graphics cards, that
could change."
La fine del duopolio AMD-Intel ?
Oppure una spaccature nel mondo degli smartphone, con
fronti industriali a reagire ?
" ... more powerful hardware but also disparate ecosystems of
devices."
Ancora un punto di vista:
<https://www.zdnet.com/article/nvidia-arms-itself-to-terminate-intels-processor-dominance/>
La fine del dominio della architettura x86 ?
Inoltre l'acquisizione Ndivia - Arm potrebbe accelerare
il percorso cinese verso un loro processore:
"As a result, Chinese tech vendors are moving away from x86 to
Arm-based processors, many of their own design. Chinese licensing
for ARMv8 remains secured, but future designs are at risk because
Nvidia is a US-based company. Thus, Chinese vendors are pursuing
a difficult and risky path and developing their own processor
architectures."
L'unica cosa certa e' come sta iniziando. Ma come andra' a
finire, e' tutta da vedere.
<https://www.tomsguide.com/features/how-nvidia-buying-arm-could-change-mobile-tech-forever>
"Nvidia’s initial ambition for Arm is to push its tech into the chip
designer’s vast network. It’s far too early to know what that will
look like. But we suspect it will see Nvidia’s GPU-powered AI tech
expanded from professional graphics cards and data center use and
into smartphones."
"“Graphics and AI are crucial to the future of devices, and Nvidia
has both. Arm - already embedded in tens of billions devices from
smartphones to industrial equipment to home devices - will gain
access to world-class technology in graphics and AI, two areas
where NVIDIA's GPUs excel. Nvidia will gain access to far more
outlets for its technologies, potentially licensing technologies
through Arm.”
Troppo entusiasmo ?
"So we’d not be surprised to see Nvidia and Arm offer chip designs
that mix Arm’s Cortex processor designs with Nvidia's GPU tech."
"This could allow smartphones to become even smarter by using extra
onboard AI tech to learn on the go, even in places where there’s no
signal. We’ve seen this with Qualcomm’s AI Engine for example."
"But AI tech is a huge part of Nvidia — it provides a lot of hardware
and systems for self-driving cars after all — and it could bring its
research and tech to the Arm ecosystem. All that could mean a phone
that responds better to its user, recognizes voice commands with more
fidelity, delivers improved image processing, and boosts augmented
reality experiences."
Ma non solo smartphone, bensi' anche i processori ?
"Apple is looking at using Arm based chips for future Macs and
Windows 10 has been made to work on RISC architecture and run
on ARM-based chips."
"At the moment, the performance of off-the-shelf ARM-based chips
can’t compete with AMD Ryzen or Intel Core processors. But with
Nvidia's experience in making SoCs and its graphics cards, that
could change."
La fine del duopolio AMD-Intel ?
Oppure una spaccature nel mondo degli smartphone, con
fronti industriali a reagire ?
" ... more powerful hardware but also disparate ecosystems of
devices."
Ancora un punto di vista:
<https://www.zdnet.com/article/nvidia-arms-itself-to-terminate-intels-processor-dominance/>
La fine del dominio della architettura x86 ?
Inoltre l'acquisizione Ndivia - Arm potrebbe accelerare
il percorso cinese verso un loro processore:
"As a result, Chinese tech vendors are moving away from x86 to
Arm-based processors, many of their own design. Chinese licensing
for ARMv8 remains secured, but future designs are at risk because
Nvidia is a US-based company. Thus, Chinese vendors are pursuing
a difficult and risky path and developing their own processor
architectures."
L'unica cosa certa e' come sta iniziando. Ma come andra' a
finire, e' tutta da vedere.