Intel to Introduce GPGPU Functions Into Westmere
Intel figures that two heads are better than one, so why not use both?
Despite Intel's shelving of Larrabee (at least what we knew of the first version), the company still sees a future in offloading tasks to the GPU.
According to X-bit labs, Intel said last week that its upcoming Westmere processors will offload some of the video transcoding duties from the CPU over to the integrated GPU.
Both the Clarkdale desktop and Arrandale notebook will feature a dual-core 32nm CPU and a 45nm GPU on the same chip (but not the same die). Intel did say that systems shipping with Clarkdale and Arrandale chips won't initially support such GPGPU functions, but it will come at a later date through a driver update.
Of course, those with much beefier graphics chips from AMD or Nvidia will likely have little use for what Intel's IGP can do, but it's a good signal from Intel that the chip giant still believes in GPGPU utility.
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Intel GPU= Sucks
AMD CPU = Good
AMD (ATI) GPU = Awesome
I think I'll trust AMD's CPU/GPU integration.
Hey AMD Fanboy, get over it. Intel and AMD are both great companies.
So that explains why guys are better than girls...I knew there had to be a reason.
How does this add to the heat of the CPU?
Intel GPU= Sucks
AMD CPU = Good
AMD (ATI) GPU = Awesome
I think I'll trust AMD's CPU/GPU integration.
Intel is good at making CPUs and AMD is good at... Whatever. They need to put more cores on CPU chips not some ultra low level GPUs. I want my HTed 48 cores ASAP!
if you have a 5850 then who cares if there's any other gpu's in the system? (unless it's a second 5850 for crossfire