Intel's next GPU to be Pentium MMX-based?

[nn_step]

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070629-intels-next-gpu-to-be-pentium-mmx-based.html
But if you ask me, I'm thinking it'll be far more SSE4 based than anything else

[MarlboroMan]

Pentium MMX supporting SSE4 as GPU will be nice :yepp:

[Shintai]

I thought Larabee was in order and pentium out of order.

And a few other parts they are abit too wee out to call it a pentium MMX.

But they already know this:
calling it the "Pentium MMX" redivivus is a stretch.

[Piotrsama]

More like: Nvidia architecture based. :p:

[BrowncoatGR]

What does SSE have to do with GPU computing? I don't think this is targeted at the mainstream graphics market. Sounds more like accelerated computing to me.

[rozzyroz]

i thought that larabee was part of intels tera-scale research, and could perform gpu functions such as ray-tracing, but is seperate from intels gpu research? :shrug: unless larrabee will be considered both?

[Shadowmage]

This is complete bull. A new in-order CPU doesn't necessarily dictate that it's based off the last Intel in-order CPU.

[Jacky]

hey it was just an educated *guess* (and it comes from a quite credible source), besides the author knows it himself
calling it the "Pentium MMX" redivivus is a stretch.

basically larrabee should be a gpu and accelerator (for parallel workloads), but not necessarily a high-end gpu.

[NH|Delph1]

Jon 'Hannibal' Stokes at ars is of one the better writers of CPU architectural articles I've ran into. I used to dig deep into his long ramblings back in the old days when ars published high-tec stuff for the really nerdy and not "plain" news like today. I miss the old ars :(

Anyway, he knows what is talking about. If there is anyone I would trust when it comes to CPU architecture and qualified guesses it's him. :)

//Andreas

[Shintai]

Comparing it to a CPU is bad. But if it has to be done, Itanium would be its closest relative. But thats still wrong too.