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Introducing the AMD CDNA 2 Architecture (white paper)

whitepaper

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id
sources/link2-amd-cdna2-whitepaper
Publisher
AMD
Kind
whitepaper
Published
2021-03-16
Accessed
2026-10-03
notes
AMD architecture white paper for CDNA2 (MI200). Table 1 gives the Scalability row of the MI210 / MI250 / MI250X comparison as 'Infinity Fabric Links: up to 3 / up to 6 / up to 8' and the xGMI Bridge Card Configuration row as 'Yes (Dual | Quad Hives) / NA / NA' - i.e. the bridge-card path is a PCIe-card-only mechanism, which is why the OAM parts carry the higher 8-link count. Uses xGMI explicitly in the node topology figures for MI210 dual and quad GPU hives built with direct-connect xGMI bridge boards.

Notes

AMD architecture white paper for CDNA2 (MI200). Table 1 gives the Scalability row of the MI210 / MI250 / MI250X comparison as 'Infinity Fabric Links: up to 3 / up to 6 / up to 8' and the xGMI Bridge Card Configuration row as 'Yes (Dual | Quad Hives) / NA / NA' - i.e. the bridge-card path is a PCIe-card-only mechanism, which is why the OAM parts carry the higher 8-link count. Uses xGMI explicitly in the node topology figures for MI210 dual and quad GPU hives built with direct-connect xGMI bridge boards.

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