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AMD announced the Radeon Pro SSG in 2016 combining a GPU and onboard SSD - But when it launched in 2017, practically nobody bought it. Was it simply ahead of its time, or was it truly a dud?
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:53 What is an... SSG?
1:27 SSD performance
2:06 Is this like DirectStorage?
2:55 The SSG API
4:11 Enter Adobe
5:00 But... Why?
6:02 Can we... Upgrade it?
7:04 Why is direct-to-GPU storage important?
7:58 Conclusion - Why it won't come back