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To: Amy J who wrote (127101)	2/11/2001 10:50:51 AM
From: fyodor_	Respond to of 186894

Amy: Intel has been trying to integrate graphics for years, but the Rambus-issue got in the way, as Paul had pointed out. Yes, I realize that, but I was thinking solely in the area of ARM (StrongARM, XScale etc). Only very recently has Intel's competitors in the embedded (ARM) market announced that they have licensed graphics to integrate with their ARM core. My initial query was simply if Intel had made similar announcements (perhaps a while back), that I had simply missed. That was said on this thread a long time ago. Not regularly reading the Intel thread, I realize the risk of repeating many points already discussed ad infinitum. For any such repetitions I apologize. This is actually the main reason that I try to constrain my posting (on threads I don't follow) to the weekends, where things are usually a bit more quiet. Sincerely, fyo

To: Amy J who wrote (127101)	2/11/2001 11:09:53 AM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Amy, I do not believe that there is much value in integrating graphics into the CPU. Intel's approach of integrating it into the chipset seems much more sensible. It is too slow trying to spin a graphics/CPU chip to keep up with the market. National's Geode has been an exception to this rule, because it uses simple 2-D graphics and it's scope as a product is limited to a certain market segment. I don't see integrated CPU/3-D graphics as having any value at all. The Cyrix MXi was a good example of the failure of this concept. Scumbria