Larrabee officially dead. Project Offset's life in question.

who didn't see this one coming. after years of talk with nothing to show for it, Intel has brought Larrabee behind the shed and "sent it off to greener pastures". now while this may not surpirse many, and even less of you may care about an Intel GPU, there is one other ramification that now has vaporware starting to cloud around it's head. Project Offset. a game originally designed for the PC/Xbox 360/PS3 that was later bought by intel and turned into a pc exclusive to show off Larrabee's graphics capabilities (which now seem to be rendering a blank screen). what is to become of Project Offset? so far nothing and it's not looking too well with the latest news entery being from March 2009!!!

Intel pulls plug on Larrabee; hangs head in shame.

Wasn't Project Offset canceled a while ago anyway? Maybe I'm thinking of something else.

Wasn't Project Offset canceled a while ago anyway? Maybe I'm thinking of something else.

BZSIN

only the console versions were cancelled. the pc version was still in production. but after this development, who knows. maybe MS will buy it and make it for the 360? that'll piss off pc only gamers.

They will be back. If not they can always buy nvidiaLed_poison

doubtful. they don't have that cozy of a relationship. anyway, intel said they want to focus on IGP's.

that sucks amd and nvidia need more competition

that sucks amd and nvidia need more competition

dontshackzmii

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that sucks amd and nvidia need more competition

GulliversTravel

that's a bit contradictory. AMD is several years behind on fusion.

This is one of the few PC exclusives I would get later on, what a shame, all that hype and waiting for nothing.:(

I liked the concept of it too.

We are still screwed though.

This is one of the few PC exclusives I would get later on, what a shame, all that hype and waiting for nothing.:(

I liked the concept of it too.

mitu123

I need a memory refresher guys wasn't this going to be a medieval FPS???

[QUOTE="GulliversTravel"][QUOTE="dontshackzmii"]

that sucks amd and nvidia need more competition

cowgriller

that's a bit contradictory. AMD is several years behind on fusion.

I need a memory refresher guys wasn't this going to be a medieval FPS???

2beers_in_hand

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I need a memory refresher guys wasn't this going to be a medieval FPS???

mitu123

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[QUOTE="2beers_in_hand"]

I need a memory refresher guys wasn't this going to be a medieval FPS???

GulliversTravel

They showed that dragon which is said to be in real time, and honestly that thing looked better than Crysis itself.

[QUOTE="cowgriller"]

[QUOTE="GulliversTravel"] ATi are doing just fine, and itll be interesting to see what kind of CPU/GPU chips they can come up with. For once laptops may be able to play games at a decent price or desktop PCs could shrink but as well cost a lot less.GulliversTravel

that's a bit contradictory. AMD is several years behind on fusion.

people tend to buy laptops over desktops due to convenience. but with the surge of netbooks, tablets and smartphones, people see less value in desktops. especially when one takes into account cost. true desktops are the cheapest in terms of cost, but if you can't take it with you and if takes up a lot of space, it sometimes seems that it isn't worth the cost.

fusion is supposed t bridge the gap between GPU and CPU, not only in terms of performance, but also physically. though AMD is years behind, one could buy a CPU with an on die GPU, the latest Core i3 and Core i5 have them. this was also what Larrabee was to be used for. a general purpose processor that could also handle demanding graphics needs.

[QUOTE="GulliversTravel"][QUOTE="mitu123"] Yes, and the graphics and videos were amazing.

mitu123

They showed that dragon which is said to be in real time, and honestly that thing looked better than Crysis itself.

this was one of the last tech demos they showed. it's called "blind giant".

link

too bad they made him look like this guy

(and why do the ogre's in Rage look so similar?)

I don't get why Anandtech and Engadget are acting like there's news here. Intel announced a long time ago that the latest Larrabee hardware revision wasn't going to be sold as a consumer product. They implied that they would continue working on the software, and then be aiming to release their next Larrabbe revision in a few years. Nothing in the Intel blog posts contradicts that. But I guess when you work for sites like that you have to occassionally make up the news...

[QUOTE="GulliversTravel"][QUOTE="cowgriller"]

that's a bit contradictory. AMD is several years behind on fusion.

cowgriller

people tend to buy laptops over desktops due to convenience. but with the surge of netbooks, tablets and smartphones, people see less value in desktops. especially when one takes into account cost. true desktops are the cheapest in terms of cost, but if you can't take it with you and if takes up a lot of space, it sometimes seems that it isn't worth the cost.

fusion is supposed t bridge the gap between GPU and CPU, not only in terms of performance, but also physically. though AMD is years behind, one could buy a CPU with an on die GPU, the latest Core i3 and Core i5 have them. this was also what Larrabee was to be used for. a general purpose processor that could also handle demanding graphics needs.

I don't get why Anandtech and Engadget are acting like there's news here. Intel announced a long time ago that the latest Larrabee hardware revision wasn't going to be sold as a consumer product. They implied that they would continue working on the software, and then be aiming to release their next Larrabbe revision in a few years. Nothing in the Intel blog posts contradicts that. But I guess when you work for sites like that you have to occassionally make up the news...

Teufelhuhn

[QUOTE="GulliversTravel"][QUOTE="mitu123"] Yes, and the graphics and videos were amazing.

mitu123

They showed that dragon which is said to be in real time, and honestly that thing looked better than Crysis itself.

Personally i think this was probably thier best demo.

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[QUOTE="GulliversTravel"]Heck some of the E3 videos they showed looked like it was going to be the next graphics king.cowgriller

They showed that dragon which is said to be in real time, and honestly that thing looked better than Crysis itself.

this was one of the last tech demos they showed. it's called "blind giant".

link

too bad they made him look like this guy

(and why do the ogre's in Rage look so similar?)

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

[QUOTE="GulliversTravel"]Heck some of the E3 videos they showed looked like it was going to be the next graphics king.killa4lyfe

They showed that dragon which is said to be in real time, and honestly that thing looked better than Crysis itself.

Personally i think this was probably thier best demo.

I don't get why Anandtech and Engadget are acting like there's news here. Intel announced a long time ago that the latest Larrabee hardware revision wasn't going to be sold as a consumer product. They implied that they would continue working on the software, and then be aiming to release their next Larrabbe revision in a few years. Nothing in the Intel blog posts contradicts that. But I guess when you work for sites like that you have to occassionally make up the news...

Teufelhuhn

well someone sounds scorn. this announcement means that the software version and all future hardware revisions of Larrabee are dead. they will not make discreet graphics chips.

Project Offset was never a PC/360/PS3 game, it was always PC only even before Intel bought them.

Project Offset was never a PC/360/PS3 game, it was always PC only even before Intel bought them.

Snagal123

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Project Offset was never a PC/360/PS3 game, it was always PC only even before Intel bought them.

lawlessx

I remeber them briefly talking about the 360, never the PS3.

Project Offset was never a PC/360/PS3 game, it was always PC only even before Intel bought them.

Snagal123

[QUOTE="lawlessx"][QUOTE="Snagal123"]

Project Offset was never a PC/360/PS3 game, it was always PC only even before Intel bought them.

Snagal123

I remeber them briefly talking about the 360, never the PS3.

wow. nice contradiction.

too bad PO may end up going the same route as WarDevil.

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[QUOTE="lawlessx"] they intended on developing the game for the 360 and PS3cowgriller

I remeber them briefly talking about the 360, never the PS3.

wow. nice contradiction.

You know what your right, i'm wrong.

I just did abit of looking around now and ive found them announcing a 360 version way back, but still can't find any info on a PS3 version.

Hey we all make mistakes, and it doesn't matter now anyway as it seems no one will ever get to play it.

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I don't get why Anandtech and Engadget are acting like there's news here. Intel announced a long time ago that the latest Larrabee hardware revision wasn't going to be sold as a consumer product. They implied that they would continue working on the software, and then be aiming to release their next Larrabbe revision in a few years. Nothing in the Intel blog posts contradicts that. But I guess when you work for sites like that you have to occassionally make up the news...

cowgriller

well someone sounds scorn. this announcement means that the software version and all future hardware revisions of Larrabee are dead. they will not make discreet graphics chips.

[QUOTE="cowgriller"]

[QUOTE="Teufelhuhn"]

I don't get why Anandtech and Engadget are acting like there's news here. Intel announced a long time ago that the latest Larrabee hardware revision wasn't going to be sold as a consumer product. They implied that they would continue working on the software, and then be aiming to release their next Larrabbe revision in a few years. Nothing in the Intel blog posts contradicts that. But I guess when you work for sites like that you have to occassionally make up the news...

Teufelhuhn

well someone sounds scorn. this announcement means that the software version and all future hardware revisions of Larrabee are dead. they will not make discreet graphics chips.

and here's the rest of that quote:

As we said in December, we missed some key product milestones. Upon further assessment, and as mentioned above, we are focused on processor graphics, and we believe media/HD video and mobile computing are the most important areas to focus on moving forward.

let's not forget that the pc industry moves faster than any other. they've been working on Larrabee for 3 years only to cancel it because they were falling too far behind not only the competition, but on their own schedule. imagine if Nvidia were to can Fermi because they were behind schedule. hell, AMD has been behind schedule on Fusion for just as long as Larrabee has been around and AMD hasn't killed it off. they haven't even cut funding. though Intel said they won't put out any discrete graphics cards in the short term, they never specified what "short term" means in therir schedule. it could be a few months, a few years, or a few decades. Larrabee is dead.

Project Offset never looked like anything more than a glorified tech demo.

let's not forget that the pc industry moves faster than any other. they've been working on Larrabee for 3 years only to cancel it because they were falling too far behind not only the competition, but on their own schedule.
cowgriller

imagine if Nvidia were to can Fermi because they were behind schedule. hell, AMD has been behind schedule on Fusion for just as long as Larrabee has been around and AMD hasn't killed it off. they haven't even cut funding. though Intel said they won't put out any discrete graphics cards in the short term, they never specified what "short term" means in therir schedule. it could be a few months, a few years, or a few decades. Larrabee is dead.

cowgriller

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imagine if Nvidia were to can Fermi because they were behind schedule. hell, AMD has been behind schedule on Fusion for just as long as Larrabee has been around and AMD hasn't killed it off. they haven't even cut funding. though Intel said they won't put out any discrete graphics cards in the short term, they never specified what "short term" means in therir schedule. it could be a few months, a few years, or a few decades. Larrabee is dead.

Teufelhuhn

except that AMD will be launching fusion next year. so there goes that theory....