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Written by Chris Tom
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Thursday, 29 October 2009 13:39 |
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Fudzilla believes that AMD will put out a dual GPU Radeon HD 5970 in late November. Once it launches this dual card will officially be the fastest card on the market, but only until Nvidia unveils its dual Fermi card that is also expected by early December. ATI might be the fastest only for a few weeks, but we are quite sure that both dual cards will have a lot of availability issues throughout 2009 and probably in early 2010 as well. |
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Intel: Larrabee "Compares Favorably" With GPUs |
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Written by Chris Tom
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Wednesday, 28 October 2009 14:33 |
I don't know how you could be a more vague answer to a straight forward question, but Intel has told PCMag that Larrabee compares favorably with AMD and Nvidia GPUs. They don't say current, or years past, or some future GPU, or low end, mid range, or high end. In fact we have absolutely zero indication of any performance whatsover.
Recent memory serves us well however. We know on the CPU side once Core Duo was running they were showing benchmarks to anyone who could type up a story. If Larrabee so amazing then where is the beef? This smacks of Sony's ridiculous Cell processor claims, and cut scenes fan boys were licking their lips at CES years ago for the PS3. Show something already, or shut up until you have something to show.ET: Have you pitted it against Nvidia or ATI GPU chips, and if so, how does it hold up in the teraflops range?
JR: The architecture compares favorably. I don't have any benchmark numbers to release on the part itself.
ET: But is it at least comparable in performance?
JR: Comparable? Absolutely, but when you introduce a new architecture you don't expect to be the top from day one. We haven't released any numbers, so I'm not sure where it will land or where the competition will be when we introduce it. But we believe in the architecture enormously because we think that this type of design will take us further than the current types of design. Nvidia, ATI, and Intel all have graphic chips. We're the largest producer of graphics chips—we just aren't top end. Larrabee is aimed at the top end, and we think that type of architecture will dominate high-end graphics. |
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S3 Graphics 5400E: The World's Only Power Efficient GPGPU Processor with Embedded Lifecycle Support |
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Written by Chris Tom
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Thursday, 22 October 2009 20:03 |
Supporting the latest OpenCL 1.0, DX10.1 graphics and Hi-def video in an ultra low thermal envelope, the industry's most versatile GPU will be shown at eMEX 2009
S3 Graphics 5400E Power Efficient GPGPUFremont, California, 22 October 2009 - S3 Graphics today announced the latest addition to its power-efficient embedded graphics processor family, with the unveiling of the OpenCL 1.0 capable Chrome 5400E GPGPU processor. The S3 Graphics 5400E will be unveiled at the Electronic Manufacturer Exposition (eMEX), October 22nd - 25th, in Suzhou, China at the Suzhou International Expo Center, Hall 4A, Booth No. 4K08.
OpenCL is an open, cross-platform standard used to harness the power of a GPUs internal shaders to accelerate parallel computations in applications ranging from scientific, medical, and other high performance computing (HPC) markets. The native OpenCL engine in the 5400E GPU enables our partners to go beyond graphics and video, and penetrate these diverse HPC markets.
"S3 Graphics continues to empower key embedded technology providers, helping extend their market offerings based on our growing portfolio of feature-rich products, incorporating next-generation technologies like General Purpose GPU computing, as well as the latest 3D graphics architectures, HD video decode and encode, and the latest HDMI and Display Port display interfaces," said Dr. Ken Weng, GM for S3 Graphics. "Our new Chrome 5400E truly bridges the gap between PC and embedded device design, giving customers true GPU versatility."
Native support of OpenCL with the industry's best GFLOPS per watt rating including a DirectX® 10.1 / OpenGL 3.1 graphics engine, ChromotionHD video core for HD video decode including Blu-ray, H.264, and VC-1, a video encode engine, and OpenVG 1.1 engine in the 5400E creates the most versatile GPU for embedded applications requiring longevity, customization, performance, features, and low power.
DirectX® 10.1 and OpenGL 3.1 applications on Microsoft® Windows® and Linux platforms can be effectively run using the Chrome 5400E programmable shader cores to speed up 3D simulations, 3D rendering applications, and other visual processing functions. OpenVG 1.1 support boosts 2D based vector graphics for scalable graphics and video vector based applications.
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AMD Releases Maya Tessellator Plugin |
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Written by Chris Tom
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Thursday, 22 October 2009 14:07 |
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Vizworld reports that AMD has released a Maya tessellator plug in that takes advantage of your Radeon. You can download it here. I'd certainly be interested in how well it performs. The Maya Tessellator Plug-in allows users of Autodesk’s Maya to take advantage of FirePro Graphics GPU tessellation hardware. The readme.doc file in the package describes how to install and use the plug-in. Binaries are included for XP 32 and XP 64 operating systems. Ok, so it talks about FireGL cards, but maybe Radeons can use it too. |
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