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Re: wbmw post# 126171

Friday, 12/13/2013 7:26:42 PM

Friday, December 13, 2013 7:26:42 PM

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Right, that's similar to what I said, except I suggested that maybe it was a discrete component that does not replace the Xeon processor at all. After all, why get rid of the fastest scalar engine in the system and replace it with a slower one, if all you need is the additional accelerator? A stand-alone IP is cheaper and lower power, and good software can hide the latency of a discrete IP (just look at what has been accomplished via discrete graphics).



Intel will have Broadwell SoC out next year and I'm sure Intel would happily build a variant with anybody's custom accelerator block - as long as they've got sufficient scale.
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