Larrabee New Instruction set gives developers first glimpse of new GPU - 03/27/09 07:49 PM
Intel was promoting Larrabee quite heavily at GDC in San Francisco this week
even though there is still no hardware to be found. For the GDC audience,
Intel decided to share a Larrabee instruction emulation layer so that
developers can now start to see how the new x86-based GPU design can be
efficiently utilized.
URL: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=683
Quote: "It is important to note that this does NOT mean Larrabee hardware is
also going to find its way to these developers hands yet; the software is
essentially a Larrabee emulator that compiles and "runs" the code on the
primary system CPU. The current setup will allow developers to start
playing with as much as a 16-wide SIMD and to see how the programming model
for Larrabee is similar to, and differs, from traditional x86 programming."
Thanks for a post!
Ryan Shrout
PC Perspective
rshrout ( -at -) pcper.com
even though there is still no hardware to be found. For the GDC audience,
Intel decided to share a Larrabee instruction emulation layer so that
developers can now start to see how the new x86-based GPU design can be
efficiently utilized.
URL: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=683
Quote: "It is important to note that this does NOT mean Larrabee hardware is
also going to find its way to these developers hands yet; the software is
essentially a Larrabee emulator that compiles and "runs" the code on the
primary system CPU. The current setup will allow developers to start
playing with as much as a 16-wide SIMD and to see how the programming model
for Larrabee is similar to, and differs, from traditional x86 programming."
Thanks for a post!
Ryan Shrout
PC Perspective
rshrout ( -at -) pcper.com