Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > AMD bought ATI and ATI cards are not innovating anymore.  They realize since
> > they can't compete with NVidia, better to just try to crap all over their plans
> > for worldwide domination.
>
>   I find your opinion a bit contradictory.
>
>   The idea of integrating what are currently two completely separate
> microprocessors (separated by a relatively slow bus) into one single
> microchip in such way that even existing programs which do not explicitly
> take advantage of the current design could take advantage of the new
> design, sound rather innovative to me.

It just sounds to me like a CPU-maker afraid of severely multiprocessing units
growing out of their control buying the second largest of them and trying to
make them into a mere FPU.

>   The problem with CUDA is that programs need to support it explicitly,
> and it is, and always will be limited. If the new AMD design allows
> currently existing executables to be run on a CPU/GPU-like hybrid and
> get a considerable speed boost from that, I call that innovative and
> desirable. Even POV-Ray could someday benefit from that, without having
> to do anything special about it.

Funny you don't comment on OpenCl.

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