Inq: GPUs are dead

To quote someone who works at Intel.

"This is a spot on explanation of how things will be in the near future."

I plan on reading the article tomorrow while I'm at work, too late right now. Need sleep, gotta be up in 5 hours.
 
Wow... the first post agreed with the Inq, i thought this would just become another "lets bash the Inq thread".

I just don't understand this. I demand these people define "multi GPU". All modern GPUs could be considered multi GPU by MANY definitions. Each pipe is capible of an exicution, so, each pipe could be considered a core. So, what is dual or multi core?

And this rubbish about nVidia being dead is the lamest thing I've ever heard. After being exposed to the Inq for so long, I have concluded they have some vendetta against nVidia. Member all of the R600 stories they wrote (oh btw, how many of those are turning out to be accurate? I'd say less then 25%), or the 8800 stories they wrote? Its not just Faud either. If Intel jumps into making hybrid CPU/GPUs, nVidia will just make a more powerful GPU. nVidia is lightyears ahead of Intel in terms of graphics processing technology. While being the huge giant Intel is, should they wish to close the gap they could, but not at considerable loss of effort to the CPU R&D sectors.

So, my opinion:
Will Intel release a hybrid GPU/CPU? Absolutely, it had to happen. Running graphics to an integrated chip off the Northbridge is hindering performance.

Will Intel release a hybrid GPU/CPU thats high end? By todays standards, yes. By tomorrows, no. If Intel releases some monstrosity of a chip, that can do quadrillions of pixel calculations a second, you can bet nVidia will be there to reverse engineer it, and make it more slipstream for graphics processing, ditch its general processing capabilities, and stick it on the PCI-E2 bus (or whatever were using at the time). And that is if, the 10 series (or whatever we're on) isn't more powerful by its native architecture.
 
MrWizard6600 said:
Wow... the first post agreedAnd, this rubbish about nVidia being dead is the lamest thing I've ever heard. After being exposed to the Inq for so long, I have concluded they have some vendetta against nVidia. Member all of the R600 stories they wrote (oh btw, how many of those are turning out to be accurate? I'd say less then 25%), or the 8800 stories they wrote? Its not just Faud either
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I agree. nVidia will always have something to fall back on. They'll just make their own kind of ''SUPER INTEGRATED GPU''.

'Sides, NVIDIA > ALL
 
I was thinking the same thing, what's to stop video card manufacturers from using the new capabilities on these CPUs to enhance performance on their cards?

Where I do see this hurting video card manufacturers is in the integrated market, they lose a big chunk of sales right there. There will no longer be a need to have a separate GPU in most laptops, and the same goes for many prebuilt desktops.
 
It actually all makes sense, amd buying ati and nvidia hiring x86 engineers. Next gen will be nvidia vs amd/ati vs intel.
 
technology changes and tryin how to forecast how it will change in this industry, is just a waste of time, due to all the possibilities.
 
FIDDYOWNZ said:
'Sides, NVIDIA > ALL
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Arcygenical said:
Hurray for 150w TDP processors :)
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Exactly Arcygenical. I quoted Fiddy's post because yours is basically an indirect response to it. :p

Come one come all for nVidia's motherboard/cpu combo, only requiring a minimum of 50A on the 12V line.

MrWizard6600 said:
Wow... the first post agreed with the Inq, i thought this would just become another "lets bash the Inq thread".
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Ok, I'll start us off. lolInquirer.
 
It's just the low end GPUs that will go into a CPU, so there will still be a market for add-in graphics cards. Then again, low end CPUs have the lion's share of the market, so nVidia will suffer until it can make its own CPU. Even if they can manage to make a decent CPU they'll have difficulty competing with AMD and Intel as they are much larger companies with greater resources. Who would buy a nVidia CPU? It would take a number of years for a company like Dell or HP to trust a nVidia CPU and enthusiasts wouldn't really care for them either as they aren't likely to be as good as the competition in the first iterations. Who would make a Nvidia CPU? They could get someone like Chartered Semi to do it, but they will need to build their own fab(s) eventually. Do they have the resources for this? Most importantly, AMD and Intel already know how to make a CPU, nVidia has to start from the beginning.

It does seem like the nails are being prepared for nVidia's coffin...
 
Caliche said:
technology changes and tryin how to forecast how it will change in this industry, is just a waste of time, due to all the possibilities.
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Ah, but if you can predict that change you can make a lot of money - it is worthwhile.

The CPU+GPU integration will happen and it will drive down costs on PCs. It's a great opportunity for everyone.
 
Well if intels next foray into graphics is anything like EVERY SINGLE other graphics chip they ever produced, I have no worries for the rest of the video card industry.

I think id look to S3 to revolutionize the GPU industry before intel
 
I betcha it'll be a midrange replacement at best. x86 GPUs... I'll believe it when I see it. This just looks like a response to AMD's integrate GPU design.
 
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