Re: The RI Spec as an open standard

On May 27, 1:05 pm, Michael Ben-Yosef <septa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > I'm sure they did (it is very similar) but right now it doesn't seem
> > to be getting anywhere. Nvidia, being squeezed from all sides by
> > integrated video solutions, is probably quite busy enough finding a
> > future for itself.
>
> I find their general purpose GPU offerings quite exciting. We'll see
> what the future holds.

They are for some people. But here's my take on the future: nvidia's
major problem is that with transistors shrinking and multi-core CPUs
having reached a point of diminui****ng returns for the mass market,
the CPU makers are going to look at new ways to spend the transistors.
In fact, hey already have... and one obvious way is integrating a GPU
on the same die as the CPU. Or some very specialized core which can
act like a GPU yet do a lot more. So while nvidia is trying to
generalize their GPUs, the other guys are going to specialize their
cores and eventually both will meet. Then it could get messy for
nvidia if they haven't found new markets for their chips.

Olivier