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First Xeon Phi Supercomputer to Launch on January 7th, 2013, Tesla K20 Inside too
HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE NEWS
During the technical session on designing the future of supercomputing, presenters from TACC (Texas Advanced Computing Center) went into detail on creating the Stampede supercomputer.
On 9/13/2012 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Xeon Phi Lacks Binary Compatibility, Breaks AMD64 Conventions
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Three weeks ago Intel launched their Xeon Phi coprocessor card with much fanfare. We took the time to analyze some technical details about the chip that cast some doubt on Intel's claim of x86 compatibility.
On 7/13/2012 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more

Intel Larrabee Take Two: Knights Corner in 2012, ExaScale in 2018
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE ANALYSIS
At the ISC 2011 Conference in Hamburg, Germany - Intel unveiled additional details about their Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture. This technology developed out of the Larrabee GPU project.
On 6/20/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more
NVIDIA Project Denver is a 64-bit ARM Processor Architecture
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE NEWS
nVidia's Co-founder and CEO recently hosted a dinner for selected press where he discussed the company past, present and future, revealing interesting bits about the future architectures as well.
On 3/8/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

NVIDIA Settles with Intel for $1.5 Billion
GRAPHICS, BUSINESS NEWS
Just like AMD was pressured with expiring x86 license and had to settle with Intel for 1.2B, Intel was pressured with the expiring license and had to settle with nVidia for $1.5 billion.
On 1/10/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
ARM Highlights Benefits of Their New, Faster GPGPU
GRAPHICS, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Last week, ARM held their TechCon 2010 technology conference. They introduced a new Mali-T604 GPU IP and accompanying CoreLink 400 IP interconnect which provides high-speed cache sharing.
On 11/15/2010 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

Intel Tick Tock slows down: Sandy Bridge slips into 2011?
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Lack of competition hurts the market - AMD's continuous delays of their next-gen architecture combined with Intel's ill-fated Larrabee effort resulted in slowdown of Intel's Tick-Tock cadence, starting with 32nm Westmere.
On 12/21/2009 by Nebojsa Novakovic... Comments (0) Read more
FTC probe: Intel caught with hand in cookie jar
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
The latest installment of Intel's legal sagas consists of rumors that the FTC is going to prosecute them very soon. We asked Intel for a comment about the possibility of them being investigated by the FTC.
On 12/7/2009 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

UPDATE: Intel cans consumer LRB: Compatibility, Performance and nVidia?
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
In our coverage of Larrabee, one question persisted: is it worth for Intel to invest billions of dollars on a market that cannot be dominated?
On 12/5/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Intel shows 48-core "cloud" CPU
HARDWARE, CLOUD COMPUTING, ENTERPRISE NEWS
Intel showed reporters a 48-core processor nicknamed the SCC [Single-Chip Cloud Computer] that consumes about the same power as today's desktop processors.
On 12/3/2009 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

Intel Larrabee finally hits 1TFLOPS - 2.7x faster than nVidia GT200!
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, ENTERPRISE NEWS
SC09 Performance target for Intel's Larrabee was very simple one: "1TFLOPS @ 16 P55C-based cores, 2.0 GHz clock, 150W TDP and 1TFLOPS. At SC09, Intel finally made that target.
On 12/2/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
UPDATE #1: Intel Larrabee to surprise with performance, launch in 1H 2010?
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE RUMORS
AMD and nVidia might be getting a company sooner than they expected, if Intel's massive investment pays off.
On 11/25/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Intel re-opens Larrabee talks with AIBs: EVGA, XFX?
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, BUSINESS RUMORS
Back in 2008, Intel was shopping around for AIB vendors for its Larrabee project. Things didn't went as planned and Intel went into silent mode. They're talking again...
On 11/7/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
nVidia's "Intel's Insides" site parodies Intel
GRAPHICS, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS NEWS
Since we don't have access to Intel's own Circuits magazine, we can only wonder what the mighty Chipzilla is commenting, but nVidia's take on competition is rather funny...
On 11/5/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

INTERVIEW: Dan S. Snyder, Intel Inside[r]
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, BUSINESS INTERVIEWS
A lot is said about Intel's products, but not a lot is said about the tens of thousands of people who work inside the company even for their entire career.
On 10/27/2009 by Chris Barton... Comments (0) Read more
An Inconvenient Truth: Intel Larrabee story revealed
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
When Intel announced that the company was working on Larrabee, almost everybody thought that Intel would destroy ATI/nVidia. Three years and several billion dollars later, the situation looks a little bit different.
On 10/12/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

nVidia GT300's Fermi architecture unveiled: 512 cores, up to 6GB GDDR5
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE NEWS
There are a lot of rumors about the new cGPU chip from nVidia: we can exclusively reveal to you what nVidia cooked up and what is the market impact.
On 9/30/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
INTERVIEW: Why is Lucid Hydra 200 better than CrossFire, SLI?
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, BUSINESS INTERVIEWS
LucidLogix is working on solving the scaling issue through computational approach, rather than conventional frame-by-frame.
On 9/25/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Pat Gelsinger left Intel because of Larrabee fiasco?
GRAPHICS, BUSINESS NEWS, RUMORS
We learned that the Monday's departure of Patrick Gelsinger wasn't as smooth as the PR tried to pitch it. It looks like Pat got the boot because of "over-promised, under-delivered" Larrabee.
On 9/18/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
nVidia's Q2'09 earnings exceed expectations
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
nVidia reports $777 Million revenue, almost 17% more than Q1'09, and finally reported a profit of $38M after taxes. Big winners: desktop GeForce cards, ION chipset.
On 8/7/2009 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

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