Xbox One To Have A Similar Solution to huMA – Xbox One Dev

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Yesterday, we covered how the PlayStation 4, along with unified memory access, would use hUMA which would give it a leg-up in terms of performance. It was noted that because the Xbox One didn’t have hUMA, it would see lesser performance.

However, according to a confirmed Xbox One dev on Reddit- who cited an Ars Technica article which defined hUMA as a coherent cache system and that the “CPU and GPU will always see a consistent view of data in memory. If one processor makes a change then the other processor will see that changed data, even if the old value was being cached” – the Xbox One will feature something similar to hUMA.

On receiving his first alpha kit, he look at internal white papers that and confirmed that the Xbox One implements memory in exactly the same way. He also noted that he couldn’t find a source where AMD’s senior product marketing manager Marc Diana stated that the PS4 would have hUMA and the Xbox One wouldn’t.

Considering that the technology powering both the Xbox One and PS4, at least in terms of CPU and GPU tech, is more or less the same, it would be odd if one sported such an essential feature and the other didn’


Read more at http://gamingbolt.com/xbox-one-to-have-a-similar-solution-to-huma-xbox-one-dev#lQ52gOoBhMFf6vOI.99



Game set match :jawalrus:
 

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come on yall, the other thread is on the first page. this making a new thread for every new piece of news is just cluttering things. I actually posted some new info on this in the other thread
 

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yesterday yall were calling it bullshyt.. now yall like "WE GOT IT TOO :ahh:"

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Yesterday it was bullshyt because it wasn't true. Today it's bullshyt because none of us really understands this stuff anyway. The games will look a lot better next gen and that's all that should matter to us consumers
 

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Mmm-hmm. Should I take the word of an exec of AMD who made the chips for the 2 systems or should I take the word of an anonymous Xbox Dev is only know for doing damage control for Xbox? :ohhh:
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So i guess you missed the part that said no one from amd ever said what was in that other thread.
 
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