AMD Sends Out Linux Graphics Driver Patches For "Arcturus" As New Vega Derived GPU

[phoronix]

Phoronix: AMD Sends Out Linux Graphics Driver Patches For "Arcturus" As New Vega Derived GPU

Remember last September when that AMD Arcturus codename dropped in our forums for what at first appeared to be a successor to Navi but later clarified to be used as a Linux driver enablement codename? Well, the Linux kernel driver patches for this "Arcturus" GPU have just been posted...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Arcturus-Linux-Driver-Patches

[tildearrow]

Typo:

Arcuturus isn't a small change

VCN2.5? Workstation card? Oh finally! Now please tell me whether this does 4:4:4 for once... ...and I'm buying soon.

Never mind, it's a graphics-less card...

[tuke81]

Dual Vega 20 for apple maybe?

[Yoshi]

Something the likes of Radeon Pro V340 in "less expensive" would be really nice. ;-)

[skeevy420]

Something the likes of Radeon Pro V340 in "less expensive" would be really nice. ;-)

And display output....that would be nice too.

[L_A_G]

Dual Vega 20 for apple maybe?

Considering how that thing is connected to the new Pro trough a dual connector setup with a standard PCIe and an additional proprietary connector, most probably so they don't have to put in any additional power connectors on the other side or back of the card, I don't think this is that exact card. Specially not when, unlike this card, that card is also used as a video card.

However you probably are right on the money about the card being a dual Vega 20 board. Most probably it's a data center variant of that design and will probably offer some fairly competitive performance like AMD cards have long since done if you know how to utilize them properly.

[tuke81]

Considering how that thing is connected to the new Pro trough a dual connector setup with a standard PCIe and an additional proprietary connector, most probably so they don't have to put in any additional power connectors on the other side or back of the card, I don't think this is that exact card. Specially not when, unlike this card, that card is also used as a video card.

However you probably are right on the money about the card being a dual Vega 20 board. Most probably it's a data center variant of that design and will probably offer some fairly competitive performance like AMD cards have long since done if you know how to utilize them properly.

Well that exascale Frontier HPC will use vega instinct cards, so maybe this is dual gpu to get denser form factor.

[bridgman]

As always, working on new stuff without finishing the old stuff, typical AMD.

Are you suggesting we stop releasing new chips, or that we release them without Linux support ?

Neither seems workable to me.

[pinguinpc]

Are you suggesting we stop releasing new chips, or that we release them without Linux support ?

Neither seems workable to me.

Arcturus will be a big change right ? no more gcn ? RT cores hardware equivalent?

Personally have big expectations for this chip, only left wait to 2020

[bridgman]

I have a Raven Ridge and the experience is still as awful as the first day I got this computer (it's been almost a year and I still see screen artifacts).

I thought those were resolved - is this a different issue ?

https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-drivers/open-source-amd-linux/1100236-radeonsi-primitive-culling-lands-in-mesa-19-2?p=1100694#post1100694