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Originally Posted by Task Force
WOW, 80 cores.  |
So by 2015 or so we will likely see double or even quad that.
Mainly because they have seemingly broken the traditional "More cores equals EXTREME cost and research time" barrier.
Now some may comment that "Hey video cards can do tons of work today" what they are forgetting is that Video cards are HIGHLY specialized and are not easily able to run things outside of 3D and shader work. And also keep in mind that the rendering they do is not ray tracing.
100s or cores means that the average person can run a supercomputer that can compute almost any task at insane speed.
Does your game require that millions of AI characters live in a simulated environment and react realistically? No problem with NO shortcuts.