Larrabee info.
Posted: August 4th, 2008, 7:09
Very parallel x86 processors on a card, lots of talk of scaling, but no actual mention of performance.
Will be interesting to see if it's any good.
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Posted: August 4th, 2008, 7:13
Posted: August 4th, 2008, 8:22
WTF!
I read all of that and am still none the wiser. A bit over my head I think. But by the sounds of things, in 3 years time when I'll be upgrading again the market should be very competative !!
Good luck Intel
I read all of that and am still none the wiser. A bit over my head I think. But by the sounds of things, in 3 years time when I'll be upgrading again the market should be very competative !!
Good luck Intel
Posted: August 4th, 2008, 16:24
Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Very parallel x86 processors on a card, lots of talk of scaling, but no actual mention of performance.
Will be interesting to see if it's any good.
running everything in software means that when Microsoft releases DirectX 69, Larrabee will be able to support it. I just don't know that they'll be able to run enough operations in parallel (especially with an x86-based processor) to perform as well as current GPUs.Posted: August 4th, 2008, 17:49
To me it's still mostly a tech exercise on a build type that's ageing fast.
/pessimist
If we achieve a truly different way of processing information, such as that 'snail slime and gold cpu' idea that was floating about then it will probably offer such a significant new investment area that this will fall by the wayside.
It'll be interesting to see what AMD/ATi and Nvidia push as alternatives.
The combined effort of AMD and ATi working with a similar x86 ring with a shitload of cores combined with the caching ability they have now, mixed with the gpu expertise might well be the winning formula.
Nvidia are kind of out in the cold in terms of this type of architecture, they don't have the same level of expertise in cpu making. I'm guessing they'll push a lot of money at a monster card that eats psu's but will destroy anything thrown at it and hope the enthusiast will buy them.
I am quite excited as to what the next few years brings in terms of change, because the 260/280 release was exceedingly underwhelming, and the 38xx might be good, but isn't a huge jump either.
/pessimist
If we achieve a truly different way of processing information, such as that 'snail slime and gold cpu' idea that was floating about then it will probably offer such a significant new investment area that this will fall by the wayside.
It'll be interesting to see what AMD/ATi and Nvidia push as alternatives.
The combined effort of AMD and ATi working with a similar x86 ring with a shitload of cores combined with the caching ability they have now, mixed with the gpu expertise might well be the winning formula.
Nvidia are kind of out in the cold in terms of this type of architecture, they don't have the same level of expertise in cpu making. I'm guessing they'll push a lot of money at a monster card that eats psu's but will destroy anything thrown at it and hope the enthusiast will buy them.
I am quite excited as to what the next few years brings in terms of change, because the 260/280 release was exceedingly underwhelming, and the 38xx might be good, but isn't a huge jump either.