Rebo&Zootyi think ibm has their own x86 licence tho ;)

DaedalusHeliosIts totally different. Tesla is great for floating point calculations with oil discovery but thats not really a CPU architecture and it works in totally different ways.(thats the closest thing to what you were trying to say I think ;))

HTCIf IBM does not have a x86 license, then what i said is totally untrue, and i'm not referring to to your point though, currently, it's 100% correct.

What i meant was IF IBM had a x86 license and managed to buy either ATI or nVidia, they would be in a position to create a new CPU based on a GPU that could use the GPU's full power but with CPU instructions.

Do i explain this properly?

DaedalusHeliosIntel already is finalizing Nehalem.... which is what you are referring too.;)

DaedalusHeliosThe CPU and GPU have different instruction sets because they are completely different. Although Nehalem is a processor with a memory controller and a GPU built into it. That is why I mentioned Nehalem. To be gaming grade graphics it would consume a ton of power and create enough heat to need TEC cooling. So I believe Nehalem would have to feature basic graphics acceleration that falls short of performance found in the discrete graphics market.

IBM would just use existing fabs at first. Eventually after all the reorganization would be done we would see some interesting breakthroughs in technology. :D