Intel to produce X86 chips with NVIDIA RTX GPU chiplets

[mark 11:11]

also worth noting that hte x86-64 patent expired a couple of years back not sure how licensing and patents interact but im guessing this means they dont have the full leverage they would have had if it was still in patent so to speak
admittedly im not a law expert so not really my area but im guessing with the cross licensing and patent expiry its probably a bit different

 

[jigger]

I don’t think x86 is as dead as you think it is. There are still modern development toolsets that use x86, or at least still support it as an option for compatibility reasons.

Actually my office use x86 Office as some tools provided by pretty large finance products still haven’t released 64 bit versions.

It’s actually a nightmare, by this point it should be 64 bit or nothing, but that’s just not feasible.

It’s X86 64 bit though. I don’t think windows even has a 32 bit option today… Maybe some of the ARM/mobile versions do, but 4gb of addressable memory is a serious problem.

 

[Tee Hee Johnson]

It’s X86 64 bit though. I don’t think windows even has a 32 bit option today… Maybe some of the ARM/mobile versions do, but 4gb of addressable memory is a serious problem.

There is no 32 bit version of Windows 11, but it still supports 32 bit programs.

Some drivers, well more their wee applets are still 32 bits.

 

[jigger]

also worth noting that hte x86-64 patent expired a couple of years back not sure how licensing and patents interact but im guessing this means they dont have the full leverage they would have had if it was still in patent so to speak
admittedly im not a law expert so not really my area but im guessing with the cross licensing and patent expiry its probably a bit different

There’s tons of instructions/extensions that have been added to X64-X86 instructions. I’m pretty sure most of, if not all of those would come under IP sharing licensing agreements.

 

[jigger]

There is no 32 bit version of Windows 11, but it still supports 32 bit programs.

Some drivers, well more their wee applets are still 32 bits.

Running within a native 64 bit software environment on 64 bit hardware.

 

[Joxeon]

You're placing too much emphasis on the name, RX 7800XT.

It was $150 cheaper, 8% faster in raster and 15% faster in RT than its name sake, yes, not a lot, its should have been called what it is, that is an RX 7700XT, the RX 6700XT, which did sell well, weirdly, was $469.99, the RX 7800XT was $30 or 6% more for 16GB vs 12GB, 65% better RT and 53% better Raster.

I forgot to add, the RX 6700XT was a full fat Navi 22 die, the RX 7800XT was a full fat Navi 32 die.

The 6700XT did well because for most of its lifespan it sold for at or under £350 rather than the fake mining MSRP it was launched at and was the only card around that price range other than the 3060 which had more than 8gb VRAM while also seeing a 35% improvement over the 5700XT.

 

[jigger]

The 6700XT did well because for most of its lifespan it sold for at or under £350 rather than the fake mining MSRP it was launched at and was the only card around that price range other than the 3060 which had more than 8gb VRAM while also seeing a 35% improvement over the 5700XT.

The 3070 wasn’t 35% faster than the 5700XT never mind 3060…

 

[Joxeon]

The 3070 wasn’t 35% faster than the 5700XT never mind 3060…

Talking about the 6700XT.

 

[Grim5]

There is no 32 bit version of Windows 11, but it still supports 32 bit programs.

Some drivers, well more their wee applets are still 32 bits.

Don't even think it's possible even if they wanted to cause windows 11 ram requirements is probably higher than 32bit can read