Lucid Hydra on Smackover 2

[Xoulz]

Yes and I did since their demo. Also their release target is H1 2009.

Wow 27 patents. Thats so ensuring...

I could ask you the same thing if you even bothered to read anything. Because as I wrote before. This screams on locked/controlled HW.

Also I think you miss an extra layer that Lucid SW would provide. Also new cards would instantly ruin any hardwired information in the chip. Or perhaps even its capabilities. Plus any driver changes. The HYDRA chip does NOT know how the shaders etc work. Thats only something nVidia and AMD knows.
It might be easier for them to do it with Larrabee since its standard x86.

People lost focus and now its starting to be hyped into madness. Lucid showed 2 8800GT cards running in a controlled environment on non standard HW with x software. It was also timedemos running. No user input.

As said, using this with random x cards etc sounds like an epic nightmare that just wont work in reality.

You edited your post too..


Anyways, updating can be as easily as firmware or driver update, etc.

What I do not understand, is your unwillingness to admit that the Hydra chip would know the general capabilities of each video card on it's bus.



All that is pre-determined by the actual architecture of the chip. If you are playing a game with heavy shaders and having two different video cards, the Hydra chip would know that the 800 SIMD's on the HD4870 would make more efficient use of this, etc.



Secondly, I think Lucid has been mum about their work because of their patents. I think they did solve what has been plaguing the multi-GPU market and have been busy refining their product. Why would nVidia or AMD embrace this? They are cutting the SLI market off at the head. Because even an old 8800 is no longer worthless. you do not have to keep buying newer and newer cards. Someone can have a HD3850, HD 4850 on the same system and have more graphics power than a HD4870.

Where-as before the HD3850 would be relegated to an older system, become a mantle piece or given away...





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