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usertests As far as we can tell, practically nothing is different between Strix Halo and Gorgon Halo, so for the 300-series chips already manufactured out there, you would think it would be possible to pair them with 192 GB of memory. You might conclude 24 GB is the largest 32-bit package being made. But based on this story, there are already 128-bit SOCAMM2 modules using 32-bit 64 GB LPDDR5X packages (16x 32 Gb dies). So it should be possible to make a 512 GB Strix/Gorgon Halo product. 16-layer packages are definitely more expensive to make per-gigabyte than 8-layer though. "Nobody needs 192-512 GB with a product this slow" And I don't need 64 GB in my trash system. But from what I'm hearing, mixture of experts (MoE) models could run faster than expected on Strix Halo, while benefiting from having their entire contents in the large memory pool. It may not be worth the $4k-5k a 192 GB Strix/Gorgon Halo box would probably cost, but "more memory better" remains technically true. Hopefully, everyone can have a cheap terabyte of memory by 2040. Reply
w_barath I'm so happy to see Tom's excellent deep understanding of the product's place in the market and the needs of that place in the market, taken into account in the thoughtful research invested into this article! The one metric that would significantly improve this Gorgon Halo over Strix Halo would be increased memory bandwidth. Great job reporting! 🌟 Reply
usertests w_barath said: The one metric that would significantly improve this Gorgon Halo over Strix Halo would be increased memory bandwidth. It should have explicit 8533 MT/s support, instead of 8000 MT/s. There's your 6.6% improvement. Reply
w_barath usertests said: It should have explicit 8533 MT/s support, instead of 8000 MT/s. There's your 6.6% improvement. AOOSTAR MAX+ 395 and HP ZBook Ultra G1a have trusted source reviews stating they have 8533MT/s. A couple of them have recently retconn'd their articles to say 8000, which I assume is in response to pressure from AMD saying that 8000 is the official number. Reply
Notton I guess the next question is… Is the AMD memory controller robust enough to use 9600MT/s or 10700MT/s? 8000MT/s wasn't impressive when Strix Halo was released. 8533MT/s isn't impressive whenever Gorgon Halo releases. Reply
DS426 I'm sure someone will be able to use more than 128 GB of shared RAM in their workloads. usertests said: … And I don't need 64 GB in my trash system. But from what I'm hearing, mixture of experts (MoE) models could run faster than expected on Strix Halo, while benefiting from having their entire contents in the large memory pool. … And longer contexts, and keeping more LLM's loaded into memory simultaneously (makes sense in some coding and agentic applications), agents working out into the horizon for longer, and even some combination of all of this. The new 192 GB mem limit is definitely usable, not just marketing and over-the-top halo product specs. Faster mem support would be nice, yes. We'll have to see when the final specs are announced. Reply
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