Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 9th Nov 2009 21:29 UTC
Over the past few years, there have been persistent rumours that NVIDIA, the graphics chip maker, was working on an x86 chip to compete with Intel and AMD. Recently, these rumours gained some traction, but NVIDIA's CEO just shot them down, and denied the company will enter the x86 processor market.
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2008-11-19
GPU code "running" on CPU exists since the dawn of time. For the GPU->x86 part, this just won't or can't happen. The architectures are just way too different.
I'm not sure about the "all integrated" vision of the future. It could be okay for laptops (which are pretty much in that situation anyway) and low end desktops, but what's the real point on mid-to-top end desktops? The price will prolly be the same, the performance will most likely be worse, it will generate new issues on heat dissipation and the like, and if not it would probably be because they cheaped the thing off (hence worse perfs).
This will just not cut it. The Nvidia plan, making every soft and their mother cuda-enabled, could be a way more "intelligent" business plan. I know I wouldn't take anything other than nvidia now for both linux integration and overall good drivers on every platform, AND cuda (also on every platform).
By the by, you also have to consider that seeing how the CPU/GPU market is a warfare, you can bet your ass Nvidia wouldn't announce anything of the like if they didn't back it off hours after with a strong RTM plan. Any such endeavor would be denied and kept under the radar to be thrown in the faces of AMD and Intel without warning. And since they have already good results, they don't need it to keep shareholders on their toes.