Saturday, February 10th 2007
Intel plans to enter graphics field with multi-core 32nm GPU
As you probably know, Intel is working on their own graphics card. Most people scoff at this idea, considering that Intel was rumored to buy NVIDIA so that they could have graphics cards. However, in a few years (late 2008/2009), Intel is planning on becoming a serious threat to the market dominance owned by NVIDIA and ATI. Intel is claiming that by late 2008 they will have at least sampled a card with multiple cores (up to sixteen) on one die. They also claim they will be able to do this on a 32nm architecture. This 16 core, 32nm GPU is estimated to run sixteen times faster than the 8800GTX.
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45 Comments on Intel plans to enter graphics field with multi-core 32nm GPU
32nm = extremely low usage of power and heat output. Why do they have to release it like around a few years time? I can imagine they would make something like a Core 2 CX6300 or something (random lettering lol).
EDIT: How about if they make their motherboards BE the GPU. Like GMA, but much better lol, heatpipe cooling and taking the top two slots, using a blower fan to cool the IGP.
Theyre owned if that happens cuz itll mean the mid and low end range of Intel will still rock the other two. Sick :rolleyes:
But maybe alot is gonna happen in 2 years....
Will Intel replace sapphire as the blue video card then? Maybe yellow? O00oo What color!? Better be distinguishable from the rest. :D
a black+white gpu, may look gd but surely not cool.
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In other words... the smaller you can fabricate it, the more powerful it will be, and since Intel will always be ahead of the curve, they will always have the most powerful unit.
You're saying that only in 2009 will Intel be able to have a core as powerfull as the 8800 GTX? Thats just stupid.
The Intel card will have 16 cores, but they will each be much much faster than the 8800 GTX.
The 8800 GTX is built on the 90nm process and has 128 SPs. In 2009, nVidia will probably have a GPU based also on the 32nm process and have over 400 SPs.
Nvidia VS ATI is equivalent to the two sides in BF2142; everyone else merged or got eaten up.
ATI & Nvidia both have a reason why they don't have 45nm technology yet; they can't afford the fabrication plants.
However, until we actually see anything talk is cheap.
*On a 2nd note, imagine the GPU powered Physics and realism that could be achieved with that much power. :D
Those rumors better be true cuz Intel will reign if not.
But in just 2 years the 8800 and X2k will become crap!?
Now that makes me wonder. 8800/R600 > PS3/360
I think PS3 and the 360 should've been delayed to have DX10 hardware. If pc's are gonna be THAT much better than consoles, I think we'll have next gen consoles in no time. But then again, the gaming industry has no obligation to keep up with all these hardware upgrades. I think the graphics now are pretty damn satisfying already.
On a note to this topic:
I would assume that Intel could possibly have 16 core gpu/cpu by 2009 but im sure they need alot of testing. Yes Intel has testing with onboard graphics but as of yet they still havent made a physical add on video card. Something smart to do would be to actually test a video card first before putting 16 cores on it... Im not saying that 16 cores is bad but we have never seen any video card type from Intel and they are just going to jump in with 16 cores opposed to nVidia or ATI's multicores which they have been developing for a while.
16x more powerful then the 8800GTX, thats pretty niffty.
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