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I just don't understand why they would keep shutting programs down rather than doing course corrections toward a more competitive GPGPU. This behavior stretches
by nwiswell 3y ago
I just don't understand why they would keep shutting programs down rather than doing course corrections toward a more competitive GPGPU. This behavior stretches all the way back to Larrabee in 2010.
If I was a betting man, I would bet that this project is dead inside 36 months. And if I was a GPU designer, I'd accordingly not touch Intel with a barge pole. They've painted themselves into a corner.
I personally know GPU experts who left Intel for Nvidia because of this. I can't imagine they would consider going back at this point.
- blagie 3y agoIf you look at this through an organizational lens -- how incentives line up for individuals -- rater than as what makes sense for Intel holistically, it might make more sense. You see similar behavior in many failing companies, as well as third world countries. You can't admit faults to iterate, and you need grand new initiatives.
- mastax 3y agoYou don't course correct Xeon Phi into a competitive GPGPU without starting over from scratch. The two are not similar.