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Intel's Larrabee Shaping Up For Next-Gen Consoles? News
Could Intel's GPGPU be appearing in the Xbox 720 or PlayStation 4...
By Chris LeytonPosted: 13/08/2008
Larrabee, Intel's foray into the world of discrete graphics processors, could be shaping future next-gen consoles, according to comments from the chip manufacturer in an interview with Develop.
Offering developers a fully programmable pipeline and based around the popular x86 instruction set, the Larrabee specifications are considered to be closer to that of a multi-core CPU than traditional GPU technology. Such a design allows the technology to fluidly handle tasks not typically assigned to the GPU, helping out the CPU as and when needed, and unlocking the true potential of parallel computing offered by multi-core architecture.
Intel's Aaron Coday revealed, "It's definitely something we would want to discuss with the console vendors, and hope that the architecture that we're providing is something that is very compelling for them and be interesting."
A paper released at SIGGRAPH 2008 indicated that 25 Larrabee cores running at 1GHz could potentially run Gears of War at 60fps at a resolution of 1600x1200 - this is believed to be a conservative estimation as the cores are widely expected to run faster than 1GHz.
Samples of Larrabee are expected to be unveiled towards the end of the year, with the first video card based around the technology expected in late 2009 or 2010 - just in time for the
Responding to the claims, Nvidia poured cold water over Intel's claims that the x86 instruction set will allow developers to tap into the true potential, pointing to the struggles that they currently face with multi-core CPU architecture.
Let the next-gen GPU battle commence - even if it is a little early.
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Added:Thu 29th Oct 2009 00:13, Post No: 436
lol if this dumb a.ss move by microsoft actually happens (live annual subscription up to £80 a year) then considder the 360 100% dead, they should lower the cost not up it like they did with the arcade in september (was £130 now £160) and its all to do with the euro exchange only the in the UK we use pounds not sh.it.ty euros.
Added:Mon 12th Oct 2009 01:09, Post No: 435
yooooooo man dis is wack ;)
Added:Mon 28th Sep 2009 17:55, Post No: 434
same here, not botherd what system its on just sop long as the system acctualy works, and i ahte for you for winding me up lol -_-'
and yeh im english =) and proud (H)
Added:Mon 28th Sep 2009 16:34, Post No: 433
lol arc1991 at least were both english judging by your slang words oh and i was just winding you up and it worked a treat.
and fanboys only go on about one system like there life depends on it you dont.
end of the day i dont realy care about any particular system just as long as ive got games to play on them.
Added:Thu 24th Sep 2009 18:27, Post No: 432
no they aint, ur just to ignorant to read back in the comments, now anyway where were we before the anmos started turning to retards
Added:Thu 24th Sep 2009 17:04, Post No: 431
lol post 430 your a fanboy just shut up your starting to get on everyones nerves all your comments are fanboy comments
Added:Wed 23rd Sep 2009 20:53, Post No: 430
my god -_- do u even read the comments u half wit, read back about 5 pages, n catch up, acctualy dont, read post 422 ffs tht is not a fanboy comment
Added:Wed 23rd Sep 2009 16:43, Post No: 429
lol arc1991 you go on about ps3 out selling the 360 in the ps3 comments yet you say your not a fanboy with that typical fanboy comment.
all round gamer more like all round moaner
Added:Sun 20th Sep 2009 19:44, Post No: 428
last comment by me btw
Added:Sun 20th Sep 2009 19:43, Post No: 427
right first im a ps3 fanboy, then im a 360 fanboy? make up ur mind ppl, at least i aint i sayin that any console is better, read ma comments and ulls ee im an all round gamer.
i may prefer the 360 to the PS3, but i know the ps3 has its ups, like blu-ray and stuff like tha, so dont call me a fanboy if u dont even know me!