Strix Halo's Memory Subsystem: Tackling iGPU Challenges

https://chipsandcheese.com/p/strix-halos-memory-subsystem-tackling

by PaulHoule • 8 months ago

75 35 8 months ago

dontlaugh3• 8 months ago

If only you could buy the hardware. There are very few laptops or similar with the chip. Even the Z13 is difficult to find and (at least in Europe) only with 32 GB of RAM.

throw848494• 8 months ago

HP ZBook Ultra is in every eshop in czechia. Just got 128GB for 3200 euro :)

green7ea4• 8 months ago

Those are very good prices, it's 3700€ in Austria

zamadatix3• 8 months ago

I was disappointed to see an endless stream of nearly identical mini PCs using it while the options for an actual laptop remained "do you want one of two small touchscreen tablet?". Even Framework only made it available in mini PC form factor!

That said it wasn't too hard to grab a HP ZBook Ultra G1a 14, just not the ideal model I had in mind. The hardware is great though!

dontlaugh3• 8 months ago

Is HP ok these days? I've been avoiding them because of the atrocious build quality I've experienced in the past.

That particular laptop also seems very heavy.

SomeHacker44• 8 months ago

I have the Zbook Ultra G1a since it came out. The USB-C PD implementation is very bad, badly broken. I have not been able to get it to charge or even use anything but the HP 140W charger while on. While off, anything works, but once powered on into Ubuntu (from HP!) of Windows... It does not charge or use the power at all. Even with 140W 3rd party chargers from Anker, Ugreen, Insignia, etc.

Super limits its usability.

Bairfhionn• 8 months ago

Framework Desktop Mainboard only, mini itx, 128gb, delivery in Q4 (which we are in)

pixelpoet2• 8 months ago

I set mine up today, what an amazing and beautiful machine. Goodbye Windows, hello Arch btw!

paxys• 8 months ago

Beelink GTR9 Pro is a great option as well.

sliken2• 8 months ago

I got my framework desktop a few weeks ago, I'm quite fond of it.

green7ea4• 8 months ago

I have an HP ZBook g1a ultra in Austria. I've had mine for about 4-5 months and I got the 64gb version because I needed a new laptop and the 128gb wasn't yet available. It should now be widely available everywhere.

It's pricey but I have to say it's the best Linux laptop I've used. I'm a Linux user so for me that's as good as it gets :-).

https://geizhals.at/hp-zbook-ultra-g1a-v193148.html

JonChesterfield2• 8 months ago

HP are your friend. In laptop or desktop form factor, 128gb ram.

JonChesterfield2• 8 months ago

I take that back, returning their laptop after two days.

hart_russell• 8 months ago

If LPDDR5X's latency is a limiting factor, I wonder if something like HBM would have show significant improvement to speed.

jasonwatkinspdx• 8 months ago

HBM has latency similar to DDR. The real benefit is via the interposer (or now die to die connections) you can get 16x 64 bit buses in a single HBM stack.

Tepix• 8 months ago

This article doesn't mention the suitability of the Strix Halo systems for running MoE LLMs that use much of its 128GB 256-bit DDR5-8000 memory.

Strix Halo's Memory Subsystem: Tackling iGPU Challenges

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