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AMD Fusion To Add To x86 ISA

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-is-it-cold dept.

Giants2.0 writes "Ars Technica has a brief article detailing some of the prospects of AMD's attempt to fuse the CPU and GPU, including the fact that AMD's Fusion will modify the x86 ISA. From the article, 'To support CPU/GPU integration at either level of complexity (i.e. the modular core level or something deeper), AMD has already stated that they'll need to add a graphics-specific extension to the x86 ISA. Indeed, a future GPU-oriented ISA extension may form part of the reason for the company's recently announced "close to metal"TM (CTM) initiative.'"

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  1. w00t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First reply.

    1. Re:w00t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Mod parent up. Hilarious!

  2. I than)k you for your time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. Re:One unanswered question? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That only matters if its a GPU made by ATI or NVidia. You think AMD wants to be packaging someone else's product, though?