AMD Focusing on Integrating GPUs into Servers in 2012
An AMD director told ComputerWorld that AMD will be putting more focus in 2012 on integrating GPUs into their mainstream servers to support heterogeneous computing. Analysts point out that AMD needs to be more a player in the GPU computing market instead of watching NVIDIA evangelize that segment.
Over the next two years, computing using a GPU will remain a relatively niche area, so AMD's focus will be on CPUs and adding cores to it, Longoria said. Over time there could be tighter integration, and AMD could de-emphasize CPU cores if heterogeneous computing using GPUs takes off, Longoria said. AMD currently has a 16-core server CPU code-named Interlagos planned for release in 2011, and it will be based on a new chip architecture.