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Da Dego · 14th Aug 2006, 14:44

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/08...U_integration/

specofdust · 14th Aug 2006, 14:50

It appears to be a bit of a non statement to me. He confuses everyone a bit, then just says that Nvidia are going to kick ass no matter where the market goes. All fairly standard stuff.

I think you're right Brett, I think he's playing his cards close to his Chest. Nvidia don't seem like the sort of company to let something like this lying down.

DXR_13KE · 14th Aug 2006, 15:08

i am confused....... what is nvidia going to do anyway?

eek · 14th Aug 2006, 16:32

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Originally Posted by DXR_13KE

i am confused.......

It looked like his little non-announcement worked then, lol

mmorgue · 14th Aug 2006, 16:34

I couldnt imagine Nvidia tying (or allowing) themselves to a CPU. Reason being that if radical changes in the cpu architecture are required (as more often than not) then that would undoubtedly have a knock on effect for the GPU. And if the two companies didnt share the same business drive in a certain area, could cause a huge problem.

I'm not a hardware guru, but i would have thought the better/safer option is to keep the hardware as is -- i.e., separate GPU from CPU and allow a proper interface (via PCI-E, etc) so the two can communicate. Maybe Nvidia and "some CPU company" could work closer together and come up with better strategies on bettering the integration of their products with one another, but i wouldnt think merging the two xPU's into one would be a smart idea.

It's like the code world -- too much high coupling and you're fuct if you need to change one tiny aspect somewhere

Best to use interfaces.

EK-MDi · 14th Aug 2006, 16:36

I don't think he really was making an announcement.
I think all he was saying is that they'll keep doing what they're doing, which is designing greaphics processors, and if GPUs get merged into a CPU, they'll design the GPU counterpart of it. Or at least, that's what he sounded like he was implying.

Neogumbercules · 14th Aug 2006, 23:36

So we're gonna be seeing Intel powered iMac kitten rocket boots...when? Or did I just miss the whole point?

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mmorgue Supermodder Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Mos Eisley, in the bar... Posts: 378	I couldnt imagine Nvidia tying (or allowing) themselves to a CPU. Reason being that if radical changes in the cpu architecture are required (as more often than not) then that would undoubtedly have a knock on effect for the GPU. And if the two companies didnt share the same business drive in a certain area, could cause a huge problem. I'm not a hardware guru, but i would have thought the better/safer option is to keep the hardware as is -- i.e., separate GPU from CPU and allow a proper interface (via PCI-E, etc) so the two can communicate. Maybe Nvidia and "some CPU company" could work closer together and come up with better strategies on bettering the integration of their products with one another, but i wouldnt think merging the two xPU's into one would be a smart idea. It's like the code world -- too much high coupling and you're fuct if you need to change one tiny aspect somewhere Best to use interfaces.

14th Aug 2006, 16:36	#6
EK-MDi Multimodder Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 210	I don't think he really was making an announcement. I think all he was saying is that they'll keep doing what they're doing, which is designing greaphics processors, and if GPUs get merged into a CPU, they'll design the GPU counterpart of it. Or at least, that's what he sounded like he was implying.