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Intel Kills Knights Hill, to Launch Xeon Phi Architecture for Exascale Computing
- rbanffy 9y agoI wonder how much GPU-like an x86 with SIMD units can be and still be compatible with current workloads. OTOH, it's not like people were running Office on Xeon Phi's. Binary compatibility with software sold in boxes is not an asset here - being easy to program is. I would imagine a hybrid CPU, with some Xeon E cores and lots of simpler Phi-like cores or, perhaps, a SIMT subsystem that'd become part of the ISA and be available on every new part... My guess is probably a bad one anyway.