The CPU vs. GPU War Is On! Well, Almost

by Marco Chiappetta — Wednesday, April 11, 2007, 04:00 PM EDT

AMD has already announced that they plan to integrate a CPU and GPU onto a single chip and Intel has hinted at a similar solution as well. And we all know that ATI and NVIDIA have GPGPU initiatives already in place. It seems that this shift in the computing model has Intel intrigued so to speak, and Doug Carmean - Chief Architect in the Visual Computing Group - has been speaking on the subject. The gang at Beyond3D snagged Doug's preso and have the most interesting slides available for your perusal.

"Back in February we reported that Intel's Douglas Carmean, new Chief Architect of their Visual Computing Group (VCG) in charge of GPU development at Intel, had been touring universities giving a presentation called "Future CPU Architectures -- The Shift from Traditional Models". Since then he's added a few more major university stops, and now the feared B3D ninjas have caught up with him. Our shadow warriors have scored a copy of Carmean's presentation, and we've selected the juicy bits for your enjoyment and edification regarding the showdown that Intel sees as already underway between CPU and GPU makers."

You had to know big changes were coming when AMD gobbled up ATI. We're in for an interesting couple of years.

Tags: GPU, CPU, OS, LM, AR

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com