Over the years we have reported the attach rate of GPUs. Attach rate is the ratio of GPUs to CPUs or PCs. If a PC has two GPUs in it then that PC’s attach rate is 200%. Since most CPUs have a built-in GPU, an integrated GPU (iGPU), the attach rate can never get below 100%. However, not all CPUs … Read more
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Shipments surprise: Jon Peddie Research reports that PC GPU market shipments increased by 2.5% sequentially from last quarter
Nvidia reported revenue, for the second quarter ended July 26, 2020, of $3.87 billion, up 50% from $2.58 billion a year earlier, and up 26% from $3.08 billion in the previous quarter. Nvidia closed its acquisition of Mellanox Technologies Ltd. on April 27, 2020. The company’s graphics business revenue was $1.9 billion, down 9% from last quarter, yet enjoyed a … Read more
I didn’t have to drive one and a half hours each way to hear and see the GPU presentations at Hot Chips this year, something I will be eternally grateful for. I did miss getting to see some of my friends, but I see many of them on Zoom calls anyway. The air didn’t get any more polluted and my … Read more
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Photo credit Cottonbro Pixels.com When Intel launched their Larrabee project back in 2009 to build a revolutionary MIMD style GPU they hired just about anyone who could spell GPU. Some of those people left when the project was canceled, but many of them stayed, scars and all. Then in 2018 when the company valiantly decided to take another run … Read more
Intel held an on-line architectural day., with Raja Koduri SVP, Chief Architect, and GM of Architecture, Graphics, and Software taking over as master of ceremony and technology explainer. He spoke about the company’s forthcoming GPU initiative known as X, and then introduced all the other speakers. Raja Koduri Senior Vice President, Chief Architect, And General Manager of Architecture, Graphics, and … Read more
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Industry increased to 1.2% CAGR growth for next few years
Early this week I was asked what I thought about Nvidia buying Arm, it seems an almost foregone conclusion by the web that it would since Bloomberg and the Financial Times presumably independently confirmed the courtship. In an earlier editorial, I responded to the question with I think it's a brilliant move if it can pass all the government agencies … Read more
