A New Trend: Intel Larrabee, NVidia GT300, and AMD RV800
Hey guys, Icarus here!
I’ve been talking about the newest and upcoming GPUs these past few days, and it turned out to be a pretty good series, if I don’t say so myself.
Now, I’ve been constantly reading and searching for new information, and I’ve come upon a realization, a kind of trend.
Have you guys noticed that AMD has been, for a long time, the ONLY major manufacturer, researcher, and innovator that took on both GPUs and CPUs?
Now we have Intel pushing into the GPU industry with the Larrabee and NVidia still dabbing and playing around with its own CPUs.
So you know all this already because you read my articles. What’s the deal with the “trend” I’ve noticed?
Well, firstly, let’s go over some facts:
1. Intel, NVidia, and AMD now all take on(or attempting to take on) both the CPU and GPU industry
2. CPUs and GPUs have become so powerful that they can probably last without one or the other.
So the trend? We could have a CPU and GPU combined into a single chip.
That’s right, there’s a possibility we will have neither; both may be able to be combined into one single chip.
This may be still some time away, but at this rate, it could come out as early as mid-late 2010.
So, how an this affect us? Well, here’s what I think:
1. Having a unified, structured chip with both a CPU and GPU will dramatically change the layout of a motherboard
2. Having a chip with both CPU and GPU may make it a bit more difficult for companies to target certain consumers
3. A new age for computer hardware.
Anyways, that’s all I’ve got for tonight, I’ll keep thinking and churning out my opinion!!
Please, PLEASE comment!! I love criticism, further analysis, and suggestions on what hardware you want reviewed.
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Cheers!
~| Icarus
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