面对NV，AMD选择投靠Intel……

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AMD teams up with Havok for physics
Analysis Intel and AMD backhand Nvidia
By Charlie Demerjian: Thursday, 12 June 2008, 10:09 AM

AMD AND INTEL are teaming up to backhand Nvidia in the physics arena. They are presenting a unified front to shut out NV for the first time.

If you remember, NV bought Ageia a while ago, and [url=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/12/%20http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/in ... -havok-is-a-puzzler]Intel owns Havok.[/url] Until today, this left ATI out in the cold; they could do their own and end up with a situation where each GPU has it's own physics, or simply sit out the fray. They wisely chose to partner with Havok/Intel, and in doing so, marginalise Nvidia.

If the two sides play nice, and I have no doubt they will in the short and medium term, then that leaves the Nvidia/Ageia PhysX API as the red-headed stepchild of the industry. You have the Intel support mechanisms vs the Nvidia ones, Intel financial clout vs Nvidia. Take a guess which one will win that? Since ATI GPUs are in the two leading consoles, owning about 75+% of the installed base for which game devs target, that is a really strong incentive for developers to go Havok.

In the end, this is a political move, likely the first in a string, to cut off Nvidia's air supply. It forces developers to take sides, Intel or Nvidia, and more importantly, console vs PC. The Intel/NV battle could go either way, likely decided by checkbooks more than anything, but the console/PC decision is done and dusted. NV loses badly here and there is nothing that they can do until the next console generation in 2011 or so.

The end result is a seemingly small announcement with huge implications. It is nothing less than a boot to the teeth for Nvidia, and no one is going to cry for them. Watch closely, this will happen again and again, and the foundation will get chipped away from NV's support base each time. [size=+0]µ

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AMD、Intel-Havok联手开发游戏物理技术

驱动之家[原创] 作者：上方文Q 编辑：上方文Q　2008-06-12 14:19:28 5296 人阅读 [投递]

在物理技术方面，Intel买下了Havok，NVIDIA收购了Ageia，那么AMD又会何去何从呢？尽管NVIDIA表示自己的技术是开放的，但AMD最终选择了Intel旗下的Havok。双方今日宣布将联合使用AMD处理器、显卡优化游戏物理效果。 AMD称，Havok Physics在整个AMD处理器家族上都表现非常出色，包括最新的Phenom X4。作为合作的一部分，Havok和AMD计划在AMD x86处理器上针对Havok技术进行全面优化。 另外，双方还会在今后考虑让ATI Radeon显示核心承担部分物理模拟效果，但没有确认RV770系列中的“游戏物理处理能力”是否就来自Havok。 可以看出，在物理技术发展方面AMD和Intel的观点颇有些类似，即主要还是得靠处理器来实现，而没有自主通用处理器的NVIDIA选择显卡也是很自然的。AMD还指出，当今游戏体验需要一个平衡的平台，要综合利用处理器和显卡的双方面性能，其中有些对处理器要求比较高，而游戏需要最新的显卡。 接下来就看各自能发展到什么水准了，只有带来更好的效果、获得更多的游戏支持、实现代价又无需太高才会赢得玩家和市场。 Havok于1998年成立于都柏林，为游戏、影视产业提供交互式软件和服务，并在物理、动画技术方面居于领先地位，与索尼、任天堂、微软、EA、育碧、Pandemic Studios等大型游戏厂商都有合作，其技术被广泛用于PS2、PS3、PSP、Xbox、Xbox 360、Wii、GC、PC等各种平台，以及150多款游戏，比如《半条命2》、《BioShock》、《光晕3》、《枪神》、《摩托风暴》、《镇压》、《帝国时代3》、《汽车总动员》等等。2007年9月，Intel出资1.1亿美元收购了Havok。

三毛妮

这么喜欢做老二啊

teddytao

恩，他的确喜欢

darkangel308

很正常，原来的ATI就是跟Havok合作的，现在只不过继续下去而已

三毛妮

很有才，佩服

honor01

原帖由 lzy651 于 2008-6-13 08:46 发表
NV那东西是人都知道:靠不住~~~
跟INTEL搞不是找死吗

专业喷子，AMD雇你喷NVIDIA花了多少钱？
只要帖子和nvidia相关的，你就不喷不舒服

wjuncn

又吵上了。。。。。。

nethunter

侦察兵甲：前线观战，over

seasnake

其实做老二还是很爽的,虽然不见天日,但是确实是最大的快感..........