AMD FireStream

Article summary

AMD FireStream was AMD's brand name for their Radeon-based product line targeting stream processing and/or GPGPU in supercomputers. Originally developed by ATI Technologies around the Radeon X1900 XTX in 2006, the product line was previously branded as both ATI FireSTREAM and AMD Stream Processor. The AMD FireStream can also be used as a floating-point co-processor for offloading CPU calculations, which is part of the Torrenza initiative. The FireStream line has been discontinued since 2012, when GPGPU workloads were entirely folded into the AMD FirePro line.

Key claims

1. release date: 2006 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. release date: 2006 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 1999 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 1999 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. release date: 2007 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the release date is "2006". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the release date is "2006". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the release date is "1999". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the release date is "1999". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the release date is "2007". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
8. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1324959225