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[dogma1138]

They aren’t using HBM they are using DDR4 SODIMMs.

They don’t present themselves as CPUs to the host, they run a self contained Linux image the only thing that is accessible to the host is the streaming interface.

[close04 → dogma1138]

I think OP was referring to the on-package eDRAM. It helps quite a bit with bandwidth and latency.

[rbanffy → dogma1138]

> they run a self contained Linux image the only thing that is accessible to the host is the streaming interface.

That's more or less how the Phi coprocessors presented themselves, with the exception you could ssh into the coprocessor and install software on it.