Intel is working on its first discrete graphics circuit, code-named Larrabee. With decades of experience of making processors it has chosen a somewhat different path with its first GPU. Intel’s Larrabee graphics circuit is built up by a set of processor cores and use the more common x86 architecture. Larrabee is almost completely about parallel workload and the numerous execution units have now made a visual appearance.
During the opening ceremony for Intel’s new investment project at Saarland university in Germany, Intel decided to show a close-up of the Larrabee circuit during one of its presentations.
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Larrabee will be a main ingredient in the work that will be executed at the German university where they will research new advanced graphics technologies like ray tracing and alike.
The first version of Larrabee will be made using 45nm technology is expected to be one really big chip. How Larrabee performs with its unorthodox architecture remains to be seen.
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