Fw: Intel Details Nehalem CPU and Larrabee GPU

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Vigile writes "Intel previewed the information set to be released at
IDF next month including details on a wide array of technology for
server, workstation, desktop and graphics chips. The upcoming Tukwila
chip will replace the current Itanium lineup with about twice the
performance at a cost of 2 billion transistors and Dunnington is a
hexa-core processor using existing Core 2 architecture. Details of
Nehalem, Intel's next desktop CPU core that includes an integrated
memory controller, show a return of HyperThreading-like SMT, a new SSE
4.2 extension and modular design that features optional integrated
graphics on the CPU as well. Could Intel beat AMD in its own "Fusion"
plans? Finally, Larrabee, the GPU technology Intel is building, was
verified to support OpenGL and DirectX upon release and Intel provided
information on a new extension called Advanced Vector Extension (AVX)
for SSE that would improve graphics performance on the many-core
architecture."

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