I don't expect Larabee before Q4 2009 or Q1 2010. It was made for raytraycing, but is also able to render using existing methods.
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Is ATI really on par with NVIDIA now?
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Originally posted by Kano View PostIt will use up to 32 Pentium MMX cores, funny way of a GFX card *g*
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Now now, let's not be hasty.
The prototype will be improved upon, the final product isn't likely to consume all 300W. And there's 1-2 process shrinks coming before it's launch anyway, that should bring the consumption down.
The cores being based on i586 - so? With current tech 32 of those can be tucked into a smaller package than a single current Core2. And based, well means just that. It's not like it won't be improved over the Pentium days. We already know they will get 512-bit vector units.
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the "expected" tdp will surely go down. moreover, i think that they could easily implement several power optimizations i.e. they could deactivate several cores and just activate as much as the current usage needs. just 2 cores for standard 2d, the other (30?) cores sleep or "power off"...
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