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Intel graphics AIBs—hello, goodbye

When Intel decided to develop an alternative AIB to compete with discrete GPUs, they choose to use a ring of x86 processor, and called it Larrabee, named after Larrabee State Park in Whatcom County, Washington. The chip was to be released in 2010 as the core of a consumer 3D graphics AIB. Those plans were cancelled four years later in ...

Jon Peddie

When Intel decided to develop an alternative AIB to compete with discrete GPUs, they choose to use a ring of x86 processor, and called it Larrabee, named after Larrabee State Park in Whatcom County, Washington. The chip was to be released in 2010 as the core of a consumer 3D graphics AIB. Those plans were cancelled four years later in May 2010 due to delays and disappointing early performance figures. A slightly modified version of the design originally known as Intel MIC (Multipurpose architecture) was then released and ultimately became known as Knights Ferry and then Knights Hill, Knights Mill,
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