According to inquirer, Intel plan to compete with AMD Fusion (CPU + GPU) using Larrabee.
Is this true?
What is the comparison between Larrabee and Cell CPU?
Is it possible to create multi cores CPU with mini PowerPC cores?
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37548"They are not GPUs, they are x86 'mini-cores', basically small dumb in order cores with a staggeringly short pipeline. They also have four threads per core, so a total of 64 threads per "CGPU". To make this work as a GPU, you need instructions, vector instructions, so there is a hugely wide vector unit strapped on to it. The instruction set, an x86 extension for those paying attention, will have a lot of the functionality of a GPU. What you end up with is a ton of threads running a super-wide vector unit with the controls in x86. You use the same tools to program the GPU as you do the CPU, using the same mnemonics, and the same everything. It also makes things a snap to use the GPU as an extension to the main CPU."
