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Next-gen Intel processor has integrated GPU, memory controller and highly scalable

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The other big revelation is that Nehalem will bring back simultaneous multithreading to Intel's processor line. Gelsinger says that Nehalem cores will support up to two threads, and that the implementation will be "like Hyperthreading." There aren't a lot of details yet, but Gelsinger did say that Nehalem parts would max out at eight cores and 16 threads.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/pos...ed-graphics-on-die-memory-controller-smt.html

This is a bit of a bombshell for AMD I would imagine :o
 
Now that is an interesting piece of news, and from a good, reliable source as well :)

While I doubt the integrated GPU will be of much interest to most of us for desktop use, I can see it really taking off for laptops, especially if it's powerful enough to provide the full vista experience :)
 
Will integrating a GPU onto future CPU's not increase the size and cost?
I really don't want to be paying extra for a piffling low power GPU to sit idle for it's entire life... For laptops maybe, but in my desktop... Nope.
 
Emlyn_Dewar said:
Will integrating a GPU onto future CPU's not increase the size and cost?
I really don't want to be paying extra for a piffling low power GPU to sit idle for it's entire life... For laptops maybe, but in my desktop... Nope.
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It's modular, so it'll be optional. And they are using a smaller process than currently, so the actual size won't really change, nor will power consumption. Cost is largely irrelevant anyway as it's not the silicon that costs, it's the research and development.
 
According to The Register (sorry to dilute the respectability of the thread by quoting unreliable sources!:p), this will NOT be on socket 775. I was dead-set on my next upgrade being a C2D, but this has made me think if maybe it would be a bad long-term investment since it would limit my upgrade path... AM2+ by contrast will apparently be able to support AM3 (K10) chips, albeit slightly gimped by lack of HT3.0, DDR3 and the new power-management features (which many of us in here will probably not use anyway, since anything that automatically fiddles CPU frequency to save Watts would mess with our overclocks).
Of course waiting for AM2+ would mean sticking with my current system till Fall when the desktop-equivalents of Barcelona start rolling out, whereas if I go Intel I'd be able to upgrade as soon as their Summer price cuts come around....
 
I'm really not understanding how this can be a good thing for anyone but laptop users and business orientated desktops.
Surely these integrated GPU's will be pretty slow? If they start sticking them in base units intended for family general useage it will just alienate the average user from the high end market even more so than things are now?
 
for the higher end user, couldnt they replace the GPU core for a physics only core?

or maybe it will be a different design in that the GPU core on higher end cpu's wil l essentially share the load with graphics cards? if they can communicate quickly then there has to be some kind of advantage in that
 
until something solid comes out this is a classic paper release of a product when another company has announced something similar.A bit like ES products to whip up a frenzy and then you get the reality.
 
manveruppd said:
According to The Register (sorry to dilute the respectability of the thread by quoting unreliable sources!:p), this will NOT be on socket 775. I was dead-set on my next upgrade being a C2D, but this has made me think if maybe it would be a bad long-term investment since it would limit my upgrade path... AM2+ by contrast will apparently be able to support AM3 (K10) chips, albeit slightly gimped by lack of HT3.0, DDR3 and the new power-management features (which many of us in here will probably not use anyway, since anything that automatically fiddles CPU frequency to save Watts would mess with our overclocks).
Of course waiting for AM2+ would mean sticking with my current system till Fall when the desktop-equivalents of Barcelona start rolling out, whereas if I go Intel I'd be able to upgrade as soon as their Summer price cuts come around....
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You may well be right. i was hoping on Intel not having different pin sets like the did with the pen4
 
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