Talk:Larrabee (GPU)
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[edit] Shenanigans
Interesting; I notice Intel edited the publicly available version of the previously referenced Ed Davis presentation slides and purged all references to Larrabee, including the block diagrams and detailed information about the speed and number of cores. Guess they revealed a bit more than they wanted to there... Modeless (talk) 10:01, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Speculation
[edit] Release date
Any speculation about the estimated release date ? --Xav
- Added. Modeless 20:59, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Open drivers
Likewise, any references to open source drivers? --Daniel11 06:43, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
- Nope, not that I know of, but it makes sense. Intel has in the past been friendly to open-source driver efforts for their hardware, and the trend nowadays is to be more open to support GPGPU (as seen by NVIDIA's CUDA, ATI's CTM and more recently their release of complete documentation without NDAs), and since Intel would like Larrabee to dominate this market they will have to be open. I would be surprised if Intel didn't encourage open-source drivers for Larrabee, at least for the GPGPU side of things. Modeless 20:59, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Unfortunate code name
Larrabee was the name of the slow-witted assistant to the Chief of CONTROL on the TV series Get Smart. ;) He's the guy who when told to take away a bugged aerosol can "and step on it" (meaning do it quickly), took the order literally. After an offscreen explosion, Larrabee came back in with his clothes shredded and said "Chief, I don't think you're supposed to step on those.". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bizzybody (talk • contribs) 10:35, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
