Comments on: AMD Rounds Out “Aldebaran” GPU Lineup With Instinct MI210 https://www.nextplatform.com/2022/03/22/amd-rounds-out-aldebaran-gpu-lineup-with-instinct-mi210/ In-depth coverage of high-end computing at large enterprises, supercomputing centers, hyperscale data centers, and public clouds. Thu, 24 Mar 2022 17:58:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Timothy Prickett Morgan https://www.nextplatform.com/2022/03/22/amd-rounds-out-aldebaran-gpu-lineup-with-instinct-mi210/#comment-184043 Wed, 23 Mar 2022 17:16:24 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=140265#comment-184043 In reply to Eric Olson.

I wasn’t so much as suggesting they should be downclocked but that for yield reasons, take the ones that can’t run at 1.7 GHz and find a bunch that work. Looking at this again, I would say also find the ones that have fewer active CUs and less memory yield. I agree with you precisely–let no piece of silicon go wasted!

]]> By: Eric Olson https://www.nextplatform.com/2022/03/22/amd-rounds-out-aldebaran-gpu-lineup-with-instinct-mi210/#comment-184037 Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:18:54 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=140265#comment-184037 Given the semiconductor shortage and what are likely high yields of the 1700 MHz bin, it seems unlikely to me that many 1700 MHz capable parts will be downclocked to populate a PCIe card. There just aren’t enough semiconductors that the performance versus form-factor trade-off is good for anyone.

This also explains why using half the silicon at the full clockspeed was preferable for the MI210 just announced.

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