Replies to post #144981 on Intel Corp (INTC)

[Unkwn]

Intel recently started shipping server chips paired with FPGAs as part of a pilot program. The company is packing Altera Arria 10 FPGAs along with its Xeon E5-2600 v4 processors, code-named Broadwell-EP, in a multichip module.

That's not what I'd call integrated. Still, I'm not a big believer of this technology. What is the real benefit compared to FPGA cards attached via PCI Express?

[muzohub]

The company is packing Altera Arria 10 FPGAs along with its Xeon E5-2600 v4 processors, code-named Broadwell-EP, in a multichip module.

so you take a dice made by tsmc and put it on a substrate next to an x86, connect it with pcie and call this "baking speedy fpgas into chips" ? cool.

if you want to see how this is done properly, checkout what's called zynq ultrascale+. while you are at it check if altera has managed to tape-out a stratix 10 on intel 14nm process; a chip which has been announced almost three years ago now.