Following the cancellation of Larabee, Intel announced that its first processor with integrated graphics solution bear the GPGPU. Clarkdale, which will be launched next January, will accelerate at the end of the video encoding via the GPU. This support will not be available at launch, but will be added later via update drivers. Intel will be monitored closely at this level, with good memories of ads for drivers DirectX 10.

Anyway, this announcement is important because this is the first time Intel said it sees the GPU as something other than just generating pixels. The giant Santa Clara was previously a speech quite strict, especially since the launch of NVIDIA CUDA. It is true that with the adoption of GPGPU with many heavyweights in the industry, this position was not very viable. Visit a few months to see what is in Clarkdale GPGPU deal with ATI and NVIDIA solutions!