Larrabee = wait'n'see

[Rouxenator]

Intel, sticking with tradition, has poured some water on its larrabee fire.

From : http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3686

Intel just announced that the first incarnation of Larrabee won't be a consumer graphics card. In other words, next year you're not going to be able to purchase a Larrabee GPU and run games on it.

You're also not going to be able to buy a Larrabee card and run your HPC workloads on it either.

Instead, the first version of Larrabee will exclusively be for developers interested in playing around with the chip. And honestly, though disappointing, it doesn't really matter.

 

[ToxicBunny]

I think thats a good decision by Intel.

Larrabee as a solution was not ready for a production environment like consumer graphics. The hardware wouldn't be up to scratch, which meant the associated software stack would be at best immature.

 

[TheRift]

Handing it to developers is almost like an opensourced approach. They'd gain alot of feedback and ideas which could work out pretty well.

 

[DJNgoma]

Another one Rouxenator's Anti-Intel protests? Honestly I would prefer to have a finished product rather than a half baked one.

 

[Rouxenator]

If you want the finished product 3 years before intel does it - get AMD.

 

[TheRift]

I see where this thread is going ... *yawn*

 

[Rouxenator]

I see where this thread is going ... *yawn*

It goes to the link? http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3686

 

[DJNgoma]

It goes to the link? http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3686

These lines say it all.

We all knew this, no one was expecting Intel to compete at the high end.

Intel's announcement wasn't too surprising or devastating, it just makes things a bit less interesting.

It's not like any of us were going to to jump ship if the thing was an under performer .

What I would go for is the best when it comes to the price vs performance ratio and AMD are doing a fine job at it right now. Rouxenator, you have to admit you are becoming more of a PeterCH just with red painted all over you (rather than white).

 

[ToxicBunny]

What product does AMD have out there that is a copy of what Larrabee would have been Rouxenator?

 

[Rouxenator]

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=204098

 

[DJNgoma]

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=204098

Yawn... So when are we going to see fusion again?

 

[Rouxenator]

Yawn... So when are we going to see fusion again?

Already answered that last time.

The release date is X.

Where X is a time sooner than intel can cope with.

 

[DJNgoma]

Already answered that last time.

That's why I asked... Seems like a pipe dream date to me.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Ok, so AMD then don't have anything out there that is the same as the Larrabee then...

Thought as mch.

 

[DJNgoma]

Ok, so AMD then don't have anything out there that is the same as the Larrabee then...

Thought as mch.

LOL .

 

[TheRift]

For either one of these ficticious items ... I'll believe when I see it.

 

[nivek]

fusion isnt the same as larrabee anyway, sandy bridge will be here before fusion