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Didn't they buy Chips and Technologies many years ago to improve their GPU offerings and then dumped the idea? Intel does GPUs in fits and starts but never sti
by mc32 4y ago
Didn't they buy Chips and Technologies many years ago to improve their GPU offerings and then dumped the idea? Intel does GPUs in fits and starts but never sticks with it long term. It's always a pet project.
- userbinator 4y agoC&T wasn't really performance-oriented either; and as far as I know, they were 2D-only. The i740's non-3D parts have a lot of similarity to C&T's latest accelerators.
- mc32 4y agoTrue. I think intel at the time got spooked by 3rd party MB mfgs (acer, asus, etc) who were integrating video in their mobos but intel wasn’t and they didn’t want to lose market share or maybe they wanted people to at least have a passable basic VGA without needing an add on card. But for whatever business reason they felt mission accomplished and dropped it. Then over the years they’ve bought others for differing business reasons. But the common thread is they never stuck to it and never dedicated resources to make it flourish and succeed on its own merit.