AMD–hyper–memory技术.docx

ATI Hyper Memory动态共享系统内存技术 Hyper Memory是ATI基于PCI Express总线构架的显卡共享系统内存技术，即是在VPU内部整合的内存控制器可以控制板载内存以及系统内存，在需要的时候可以调用系统内存作为3D应用程序的数据缓存，在2D应用下时会释放系统内存，从而可以做到动态分配系统内存。HyperMemory is ATI Technologies method of using the motherboards main system RAM as part of or all of the video cards framebuffer memory on their line of Radeon video cards and motherboard chipsets. It relies on new fast data transfer mechanisms within PCI Express.However, to make up for the inevitably slower system RAM with a video card, a small high-bandwidth local framebuffer is usually added to the video card itself. This can be noted by the one or two small RAM chips on these cards, which usually have a 32-bit or 64-bit bus to the GPU. This small local memory caches the most often needed data for quicker access, somewhat remedying the inherently high-latency connection to system RAM.The local and system memory areas are not noticeably separate to the user and often HyperMemory solutions are advertised as having as much as 1919 MB RAM when this is actually referring to the potential use of system RAM.HyperMemory offers significant cost reduction to low-end video cards because of the reduction in trace complexity on the video card PCB, and a reduction in the amount of RAM needed on the card. The solution offers excellent performance for 2D acceleration tasks while also maintaining adequate memory speed capable of playing some modern 3D game titles with reduced quality. A video card with hyper memory typically is slower in 3d benchmarks than a similar video card which has its own discrete video memory.Video cards implemented with HyperMemory usually bore the HM or LE suffix, for further details, see ATI Video Card Suffixes article.HyperMemoryHyperMemory是ATI提出的解决本地显存容量与显卡成本之间矛盾的一种解决方案，最先出现在其RS480芯片组中，随后推出的低成本版X300 HyperMemory中也有其身影。 　　HyperMemory技术的主要特点在于允许核心通过System Bus Interface利用PCI-Express总线庞大的带宽直接访问系统内存，在需要时将数据置于系统内存中进行操作，并通过新添加的Memory Controller对本地显存和系统内存的访问与操作进行协调管理，使核心能更加合理、充分地利用本地显存和系统内存的资源，达到最终扩展总