View Full Version : Future of Intel discrete graphics.
kl0012
04-12-2007, 01:56 AM
Briefly:
1. 10+ small in-order (x86?) cores.
2. 4 threads per core.
3. 512-bit vector units.
4. VLIW instructions.
5. Big shared cache.
6. 90W power consumption.
7. 1.2TFlop of performance.
8. designed with "general processing" in mind.
http://www.beyond3d.com/content/articles/31
Shintai
04-12-2007, 01:59 AM
Looks nice. But lets see when it comes and how it performs. We dont want to create another R600 hype and wait crap. So hold your horses people!
And they are not x86 cores. They are more like Itanium cores. Tho thats also a wrongfully comparision.
xlink
04-12-2007, 02:27 AM
reminds me of cell.
I been wondering about this, is it close enough to x86 to exclude nvidia if this takes on? I mean, AMD/ATI can make x86 but nvidia might need a license from Intel to make something similar?
Shintai
04-12-2007, 04:24 AM
I been wondering about this, is it close enough to x86 to exclude nvidia if this takes on? I mean, AMD/ATI can make x86 but nvidia might need a license from Intel to make something similar?
Yes, nobody can make an x86 CPU without Intels permit. So even if nVidia wanted...Intel could just say no. Via and AMD got another deal due to settlements etc. But they need to pay royalties to Intel and renew it each 10 years.
Blauhung
04-12-2007, 08:33 AM
i do like the way it was presented. And as always it's great to see them attempting to pull the software developement into the loop as they are developing hardware
triple_A
04-12-2007, 08:58 AM
blegh..
I don't now why but i just dont like the idea of having a gpu and cpu in one unit..
i'm sure it will have performance benefits, wich is a good thing, maybe i need time to get used to the idea :D
xpsentity
04-12-2007, 09:03 AM
blegh..
I don't now why but i just dont like the idea of having a gpu and cpu in one unit..
i'm sure it will have performance benefits, wich is a good thing, maybe i need time to get used to the idea :D
Benefits like.. better, faster, more efficient DRM I imagine. ;)
savantu
04-12-2007, 09:33 AM
Looks nice. But lets see when it comes and how it performs. We dont want to create another R600 hype and wait crap. So hold your horses people!
And they are not x86 cores. They are more like Itanium cores. Tho thats also a wrongfully comparision.
They are x86 minicores.Otherwise how will it adress the huge x86 base ?
Btw , x86 CPUs ( 286 , 386 , 486 ) prior to Pentium were in order , just like Itanium.
Shintai
04-12-2007, 09:55 AM
They are x86 minicores.Otherwise how will it adress the huge x86 base ?
As a GPU? It got nothing to do with x86. Just like your 8800/R600 aint a x86 minicore either.
largon
04-12-2007, 10:19 AM
More competition.
Excellent.
saaya
04-12-2007, 10:47 AM
is this their gpu or their cpu gpu mix chip or a future cpu?
vitaminc
04-12-2007, 11:19 AM
the design is good IMO
I hope it is also efficient and easy to work with, and last but not least, it comes soon, at an acceptable price and good software support
:( software support is the biggest hurdle to hardware design. most of the apps/os don't even support quad core.
Shintai
04-12-2007, 11:21 AM
is this their gpu or their cpu gpu mix chip or a future cpu?
GPU and possible GPU+CPU mix. But first it will just be a GPU.
kl0012
04-12-2007, 11:32 AM
is this their gpu or their cpu gpu mix chip or a future cpu?
Actualy it seems more flexible then AMD Fusion. I hope, it will support x86 instruction set...
:( software support is the biggest hurdle to hardware design. most of the apps/os don't even support quad core.
I suppose Intel will create drivers to support some kind of high level interface (like DirectX or newest OpenRT - raytracing).