What happened and is there any update with larrabee

[YourNewPalAlex]

Any new updates on the larrabee gpu? @LinusTech

[Mira Yurizaki]

Intel scrapped the project for use as a GPU, but turned it into the Xeon Phi, which is a real product.

[YourNewPalAlex]

2 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Intel scrapped the project for use as a GPU, but turned it into the Xeon Phi, which is a real product.

Interesting...Does installing the driver for the xeon phi make it boot?

[Mira Yurizaki]

14 minutes ago, YourNewPalAlex said:

Interesting...Does installing the driver for the xeon phi make it boot?

Recent Xeon Phis basically act as a many-core general purpose processor as far as the OS is concerned, if this is any indication (from https://www.anandtech.com/show/12172/intel-lists-knights-mill-xeon-phi-on-ark-up-to-72-cores-at-320w-with-qfma-and-vnni):

[BOBWARPATH]

larabee=ded

[YourNewPalAlex]

Just now, BOBWARPATH said:

larabee=ded

sad

[BOBWARPATH]

it really is I thought intel would take all the market XDXDXD they have everything BUT GPU... EVEN LIQUID COOLERS XDXD

[Emily Young]

1 hour ago, YourNewPalAlex said:

Any new updates on the larrabee gpu? @LinusTech

If you mean the Larrabee prototype we got our hands on, it's currently on hold until we can find a driver. We have plans to actually troubleshoot it, but since the prospects of it working are slim until we can get that driver, it's a low priority for us.

 

The reason is that it's probably required to get any output from the GPU at all. There may even be some JTAG / serial connection that needs to be made to "wake up" the card, since it's a prototype and, AFAIK, actually boots its own "OS" in firmware to provide the DirectX/OpenGL to x86 abstraction... So there's probably at least some tinkering we'll need to do beneath the shroud, too.

 

TL;DR it'll be a lot of work to get an update out on it, so it'll probably take some time yet.

[YourNewPalAlex]

3 minutes ago, GabenJr said:

If you mean the Larrabee prototype we got our hands on, it's currently on hold until we can find a driver. We have plans to actually troubleshoot it, but since the prospects of it working are slim until we can get that driver, it's a low priority for us.

 

The reason is that it's probably required to get any output from the GPU at all. There may even be some JTAG / serial connection that needs to be made to "wake up" the card, since it's a prototype and, AFAIK, actually boots its own "OS" in firmware to provide the DirectX/OpenGL to x86 abstraction... So there's probably at least some tinkering we'll need to do beneath the shroud, too.

 

TL;DR it'll be a lot of work to get an update out on it, so it'll probably take some time yet.

Yeah i do mean the gpu. There is a driver people posted on the original thread, and a lot of ideas people suggested to make it working again. 

 

And well good luck with the troubleshooting. I just hope there will be an update, and that you guys haven't forgotten about it

 

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[williamcll]

Over at LTT official erek posted this: 

So I guess it is possible to make it work.

[Firewrath9]

On 8/9/2018 at 2:57 PM, GabenJr said:

If you mean the Larrabee prototype we got our hands on, it's currently on hold until we can find a driver. We have plans to actually troubleshoot it, but since the prospects of it working are slim until we can get that driver, it's a low priority for us.

 

The reason is that it's probably required to get any output from the GPU at all. There may even be some JTAG / serial connection that needs to be made to "wake up" the card, since it's a prototype and, AFAIK, actually boots its own "OS" in firmware to provide the DirectX/OpenGL to x86 abstraction... So there's probably at least some tinkering we'll need to do beneath the shroud, too.

 

TL;DR it'll be a lot of work to get an update out on it, so it'll probably take some time yet.

Take it apart and see what it says on the die? mabye on the GPU

[erek]

I think Linus is dead wrong in calling this a KNC...  it's clearly the Larrabee GPU / Aubrey Isle around the KNF / Knights Ferry era