Clarkdale IGP Detailed, Tested

[lemonadesoda]

Quite right, the CPUs were not dedicated accelerators. That is where the term "accelerator" came from. Graphics USED to be done by the CPU, then they designed accelerators due to so much CPU time being used to create and shift things like windows and dialogs around the screen... requiring vast amounts of memory to be moved.

However, CPUs started developing special instructions for shift large blocks of memory around with just one instruction. There is a blurry line between some CPU instructions and GPU instructions. Only recently with 3D and shaders has that difference become more distinct. Point being: Sticking a GPU onto a CPU die is NOTHING MORE CLEVER OR ORIGINAL than sticking x87 (maths and SSE) onto the same die as the CPU.

Next up; GPU is a CPU (CUDA)

Next up; Larrabee

Next up; CPU less computers (x86 Larrabee based PCs)

 

[Frick]

Those were the days.. I totally agree with you, but it was cool back then and it's cool now.

I wonder when we get processors with a built in TPU's?

 

[qwerty_lesh]

http://www.techpowerup.com/img/09-08-19/116b.jpg
Oophs! Someone made a graphical typo... shouldnt there be an example on the RHS including the GPU when talking about Clarkdale? LOL. Brilliant engineers at Intel. Sh17, l4zy or stup1d marketing team.

Add to that, that Intel marketing dont even know their own product in the pic you quote they mention QPI where as in the slide right below it it shows DMI, QPI's i7 exclusive afaik.

 

[mastrdrver]

sure, because business and non-gamers need a quad and a gaming behemoth GPU. Clarkdale's iGPU works just fine for their uses. More laptops are being sold than desktops, making arrandale the more important chip of the duals.

I like how the chart says 87W, the text says 89W, and the reasonable number is 82W (same as the LP quads).

Behemoth gpu? Low end nVidia/ATI to me is 9400 gs/gt or 4350/4550. Hardly behemoth and Clarkdales have HT, so a low end quad without ht would probably run similar temps/voltages.