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To: gzubeck who wrote (196947)5/15/2006 8:03:13 PM
From: Joe NYCRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 275872
 
gz,

the AM2 platform has not been fully disclosed yet and there could be room for a co-processor socket on large motherboards for desktop gaming or high-end video/graphics pc's

The problem with high end graphics is its insatiable thirst for bandwidth. It has to come from somewhere. I don't see the physical arrangement for this in a socket configuration, unless there is a huge on-die or in-MCM cache.

On the CPU die graphics co-processor would at least get up to full 12.8 GB/s of the local memory access from attached DDR2-800 - good enough for low end, or maybe mainstream with some cache.

Joe



To: gzubeck who wrote (196947)5/16/2006 7:59:52 AM
From: fastpathguruRespond to of 275872
 
There's always the chance that NVidia will come out with an HTX-Pro GPU/accelerator, gaining direct access to the CPU.

fpg


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