Ever hear of the Innovators Dillema LOL?
Of course he is going to say this because:
1) Its at an earnings report to investors, wth else is he going to say.
2) He doesnt have any way to develop a high performance CPU.
Transistor scaling is here to stay. Integration of CPU and GPU onto the same silicon was inevitable.
Also while Nvidia is still messing around with ASICs and 600Mhz nominal frequencies, Larrabee is done in a semi-custom / custom design methodology so will be at 2+ ghz. Keeping the CPU and GPU on the same piece of silicon also keeps BW on chip which is of paramount importance nowadays and opens up avenues for new workloads. Keep in mind Intel is going to do more with Larrabee then just run a "traditional" renderer on it........
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Ever hear of the Innovators Dillema LOL? Of course he is going to say this because: 1) Its at an earnings report to investors, wth else is he going to say. 2) He doesnt have any way to develop a high performance CPU. Transistor scaling is here to stay. Integration of CPU and GPU onto the same silicon was inevitable. Also while Nvidia is still messing around with ASICs and 600Mhz nominal frequencies, Larrabee is done in a semi-custom / custom design methodology so will be at 2+ ghz. Keeping the CPU and GPU on the same piece of silicon also keeps BW on chip which is of paramount importance nowadays and opens up avenues for new workloads. Keep in mind Intel is going to do more with Larrabee then just run a "traditional" renderer on it........ EasyE