The Pro SSG is a unique product in that it borrows a concept from motherboards where more memory can be added based on needs. AMD equipped its graphics card with two PCIe 3.0 M.2 slots that can accommodate up to 1TB of NAND flash memory to massively increase the available frame buffer for high-end rendering projects, Ars Technica reports.
While 1TB of memory on a graphics card may seem over-the-top for even the most astute PC enthusiasts and gamers, it is of great help for the professional industry where massive data sets from video files, medical images, as well as oil and gas exploration data, are being processed.
AMD claimed that the SSG is able to go through a RAW 8K video file at a steady 30FPS and is even capable of topping at 90FPS should the situation call for it.
Developer kits for the Radeon Pro SSG, which will be limited to a reference design, will be immediately available for the price of $9,999 inclusive of a 10-year warranty.
Apart from the SSG, AMD also announced at Siggraph computer graphics conference last Monday a new workstation graphics card line based on the Polaris architecture, labeled as the Radeon Pro WX Series.
The top card is the Radeon Pro WX7100, which comes with 32 compute units (CUs), 8GB of GPU memory on a 256-bit bus, and a price tag of less than $1,000.
This is followed by the WX5100 with 28 CUs and 8GB of memory and the WX4100 with only 16 CUs and 4GB of memory. Alfred Bayle
source: technology.inquirer.net
