Nehalem-EP......BLOOMFIELD

[Shintai]

I'm just wondering if this CPU/GPU integration will ever turn into anything more exciting than glorified IGPs.. More 'talking' between the CPU and GPU, perhaps using the GPU as a generic floating point accelerator when not doing graphics, or using it for physics/etc and using a discrete add-in board for graphics..

Are they planning anything like that for Westmere+Larrabee, or will it be just like AMD's 'Fusion', boring old IGP on-die?

I dont think any of them will be more than glorified IGPs. They are also both targetted at the absolute bottom in the value segment. So hardly any interest to even try and use them as anything else.