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AMD's project Fusion: combines CPU and GPU

Postby Antony » Thu 26 Oct, 2006 2:06 am

News from Macworld. Few months ago, we mentioned [sdt=11757]AMD was to buy ATI[/sdt]. The US$ 5.4 billion merger with graphics chip manufacturer ATI Technologies completed on Wednesday. AMD now has a new plan codenamed "Fusion", to integrate its x86 CPU with a graphics processor on a single piece of chip by early 2009.

Macworld wrote:PC manufacturers can already put a graphics processor next to the main processor on a PC’s motherboard, rather than adding a dedicated graphics card in a PCI slot, allowing them to reduce the cost — and size — of their computers.

Packaging the main processor and graphics processor on one chip will take this integration further, and lead to a jump in power efficiency, AMD said. The Fusion chips could even show up in consumer electronics gadgets and products for emerging markets, where low cost and low power consumption are often important.


The Mac Observer wrote:Apple currently uses only Intel processors in its computers, although some models offer ATI graphics, rather than the more-prevalent NVIDIA graphics chips. The company has not said yet how the AMD/ATI merger will affect its product development cycle. It may simply use only Intel CPUs and NVIDIA GPUs in its computers.
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