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 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,