Intel Larrabee Fails as a GPU Project

btarunr · Dec 7, 2009, 01:38 PM

Intel's ambitious attempts at building a discrete GPU have been shelved, as reports emerge of the company canceling the silicon's first implementation as a GPU, but rather as a "software development platform for internal and external use." In a statement issued to Internetnews.com, Intel spokesperson Nick Knupffer explained the company's current position of Larrabee, saying that development of Larrabee's silicon (the chip) and software were behind schedules. "Larrabee silicon and software development are behind where we hoped to be at this point in the project," he said. "As a result, our first Larrabee product will not be launched as a stand-alone, discrete graphics product, rather it will be used as a software development platform for internal and external use."

Larrabee as a discrete GPU made a lot of news in its short public-life, it was given much credibility as it was coming from Intel, an IT industry heavyweight. Earlier this year, Intel demonstrated a Larrabee-based product (including actual product design of the "Larrabee card"), at last month's SC'09 show. The company seemed to have avoided calling it a discrete GPU, instead a "computational co-processor for the Intel Xeon and Core families." It was reasonable in calling it that, since by design, Larrabee is a many-core processor which uses 32 IA cores interconnected by caches. At SC'09, Intel demonstrated its computational power which peaked at over 1 TFLOP, but not before overclocking it.

Market analyst Jon Peddie of Jon Peddie Research remains optimistic. "I believe they will definitely come back. Intel's commitment has not slackened. The part is being repositioned as a HPC co-processor where I think it will do very well," he said. "They learned a whole lot from this. A whole lot. They are not going to throw that investment or knowledge away. I wouldn't be surprised to see them come back in a few years with a graphics part. Intel could decide to follow the high performance trail like AMD is doing with Fusion," he added.

The following is the SC'09 video of an HPC demonstration of Larrabee, where its computational power and product design are also shown:

Source: internetnews

johnnyfiive · Dec 7, 2009, 01:58 PM

oh noes...

pmrdij · Dec 7, 2009, 02:36 PM

somewhere Nelson Muntz can be heard saying...

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locoty · Dec 7, 2009, 02:36 PM

it should give some time for NVIDIA with fermi ( if it is real)

afw · Dec 7, 2009, 03:13 PM

Well tried INTEL ...

... hope the next try will bear fruit ...
more competition .... better the products and the prices will be great ...

....

WarEagleAU · Dec 7, 2009, 03:26 PM

Epic fail. I was actually wanting to see how this would turn out and would have loved to try it myself. Hopefully it will get going.

VulkanBros · Dec 7, 2009, 03:40 PM

Well ... bad for competition ... but I would have been really surprised if Intel would have succeeded with a x86 product to be a serious competitor to Nvidia/ATI ....

v12dock · Dec 7, 2009, 03:50 PM

Where is the Like button...

Dec 7, 2009, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnnyfiive

oh noes...

Oh Yeah !

A Cheese Danish · Dec 7, 2009, 03:52 PM

Seems like Larrabee will just be a development software platform for now.
I was hoping for something cool

Static~Charge · Dec 7, 2009, 05:17 PM

The ghost of the i740 is coming back to haunt Intel....

FordGT90Concept · Dec 7, 2009, 05:33 PM

I hope they can get the DX/OGL version to market in 2011 if not late 2010. I'm sad it is getting pushed back but I'm now happy with my HD 5870 purchase seeing as I couldn't have waited over a year to upgrade (8800 GT was showing its age).

erocker · Dec 7, 2009, 05:35 PM

Larabee = in the trash can

Die shrink of Larabee so it eats much less power = Larabee 2.

It's not over.

Fx · Dec 7, 2009, 07:00 PM

this is no surprise. Intel set themselves up for this

as stated though- I am sure they did learn a lot in a short period of time

Easy Rhino · Dec 7, 2009, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by v12dock

Where is the Like button...

Solaris17 · Dec 7, 2009, 07:29 PM

i absolutely called this. i knew it.

LiNKiN · Dec 7, 2009, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solaris17

i absolutely called this. i knew it.

Morgoth · Dec 7, 2009, 07:58 PM

sad rip larabee crossfire day dreaming

1c3d0g · Dec 7, 2009, 08:51 PM

Anybody still saying designing a decent performing GPU is easy? Respect for NVIDIA & ATI for holding on as long as they can. But I'm saddened by this news as we now have to continue to face piss-poor GMA-like performance from Intel's IGP's.

panchoman · Dec 7, 2009, 08:52 PM

saw this one coming. stringing 20 pentium 4's together to create a graphics chip?

intel:

imperialreign · Dec 7, 2009, 09:23 PM

Pancho - nice to see you back around these parts!

Dang, when Intel fails . . . they fail.

Oh well - considering all the hype over the last year+, I'm sure ATI and nVidia have been chanting "I'll believe it when I see it" everytime the name Larrabee cropped up. Back to business as usual.

aj28 · Dec 7, 2009, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erocker

Larabee = in the trash can

Die shrink of Larabee so it eats much less power = Larabee 2.

It's not over.

Oh yes it is!
The design was downright silly...
YOUR 32NM CANNOT SAVE YOU NOW!!!

csendesmark · Dec 7, 2009, 10:50 PM

Larabee, is just not good as GPU...

phanbuey · Dec 7, 2009, 11:02 PM

lol at the responses... you have to give them some credit for trying tho. I give them an A for effort.

Eventually they'll get frustrated, give up, and buy nvidia.

Dec 7, 2009, 11:58 PM

By the time Larrabee 2 comes out, AMD will have 32 core MSM CPU's. So Intel is really going to have to ramp up the design or, as it was this time around, it will be obsolete even before it is demo'ed.

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Dec 7, 2009, 09:23 PM	#21
imperialreign Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sector ZZ₉ Plural Z Alpha Posts: 4,001 (1.87/day) Thanks: 272 Thanked 953 Times in 710 Posts System Specs	Pancho - nice to see you back around these parts! Dang, when Intel fails . . . they fail. Oh well - considering all the hype over the last year+, I'm sure ATI and nVidia have been chanting "I'll believe it when I see it" everytime the name Larrabee cropped up. Back to business as usual. __________________ <Guide: Understanding audio specifications and hardware> <X-Fi Support Syndicate> Hit me up on Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/imperialreign {THERE IS MADNESS TO MY METHODS}

System Name:	УльтраФиолет
Processor:	Intel Kentsfield Q9650 @ 3.8GHz (4.2GHz highest achieved)
Motherboard:	ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi; X38 NSB, ICH9R SSB
Cooling:	Delta V3 block, XPSC res, 120x3 rad, ST 1/2" pump - 10 fans, SYSTRIN HDD cooler, Antec HDD cooler
Memory:	Dual channel 8GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 @ 1800MHz @ 7-7-7-20 1T
Video Card:	Quadfire: (2) Sapphire HD5970
Hard Disk:	(2) WD VelociRaptor 300GB SATA-300; WD 320GB SATA-300; WD 200GB UATA + WD 160GB UATA
Optical Drive:	(2) I/O Magic "LightScribe" SATA DVD ± R/RW
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung Syncmaster T240 24" (16:10)
Case:	Cooler Master Stacker 830
Sound Card:	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro PCI-E x1
PSU:	Kingwin Mach1 1200W modular
Software:	Windows XP Home SP3; Vista Ultimate x64 SP2
Benchmarks:	3m06: 20270 here: http://hwbot.org/user.do?userId=12313

Processor:	AMD Athlon II X2 (240/3.6Ghz)
Motherboard:	ASUS M3A78-CM (AMD 780V)
Cooling:	Zalman CNPS8700 NT
Memory:	4x1GB Corsair XMS2 PC2-6400
Video Card:	Gigabyte ATi HD 5770 SOC
Hard Disk:	Western Digital Caviar Black (500GB)
Optical Drive:	LG DVD Burner (GH20NS15)
CRT/LCD Model:	Alienware AW2210 (21.5" LCD)
Case:	Silverstone Sugo SG01B-F (Black)
Sound Card:	ASUS Xonar DS (LM4562NA OP-AMP)
PSU:	Rosewill RG430-2 (430W/80+)
Software:	Windows 7 Professional x64