Now,Your code can run on GPU instead of the CPU
AMD is partnering with Intel to improve the way its graphics chips can handle physics and other scientific calculations. Well, sort of. AMD's actually working with Intel subsidiary Havok, which the chip giant acquired last year. Havok operates separately from Intel to develop its Havok FX physics processing API, which allows developers to code up such algorithms to run on GPUs (Grphical Processing Unit) rather than CPUs(Central Processing Unit). It's main rival was Ageia, developer of a similar API and a dedicated chip, PhysX, to run the calculations. Ageia, however, is now part of Nvidia, which is understandably playing down PhysX while promoting Ageia's software technology as a way of running physics calculations on its own GPUs. All this stuff is going to run on discrete graphics chips, so it makes more sense for AMD to partner with an Intel company, which isn't competing with it - yet - in the discrete GPU market. The partnership will ensure that Havok FX can take f...