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Among the myriad things they discuss is future console designs picking up the architecture, with Coday saying, "It's definitely something we would want to discuss with the console vendors, and hope that the architecture that we're providing is something that is very compelling for them and be interesting."
We'd argue that it's not something Intel would want to do, rather it's something they already are doing, pitching to Microsoft in particular for the next Xbox.
Develop goes over the current Larrabee hot topics, including its target market (wooly answer!), whether you'll be able to program it via existing APIs (yawn!), and why it'll be unique at launch by virtue of its programmability.
My Take.
Two chips targeting similar markets, both inside and outside of the console sphere. It looks pretty interesting in comparison. Ones a more general purpose chip and the other more a GPU and yet they are both floating point monsters and they share a lot of similarities in the overall architecture.
IBM vs Intel, Microsoft vs Sony - this would be an interesting development if it happened.
In the end its too early to say whether or not Larrabee will be any good, but this is something to keep in mind as we move towards the next hardware generation.
Tease.
