Re:Ask HN: Why are modern Intel CPUs not getting a lot more ...
by theranos87 on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @09:07AM
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They actually are doing more cores... For now, they integrated the Phi chip into a real cpu. Give it another 2-3 years then this tech will come to consumers (very likely I think).
And I completely disagree with that consumers don't need many cores... That would be paramount to saying that consumers don't need GPUs. One of Intel's core arguments for bringing Phi to the masses is realtime raytracing (something for which normal GPUs suck bad). Also NVidia is working on a Phi-kind-of-thing as their next generation GPU. So we are getting there, but it was a long journey from 2006.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/10553/asrock-rack-launches-2u4...
And I completely disagree with that consumers don't need many cores... That would be paramount to saying that consumers don't need GPUs. One of Intel's core arguments for bringing Phi to the masses is realtime raytracing (something for which normal GPUs suck bad). Also NVidia is working on a Phi-kind-of-thing as their next generation GPU. So we are getting there, but it was a long journey from 2006.