NVIDIA announced today that it is developing high-performance ARM-based CPUs
@ 2011/01/07Known under the internal codename “Project Denver,” this initiative features an NVIDIA CPU running the ARM instruction set, which will be fully integrated on the same chip as the NVIDIA GPU. This initiative is extremely important for NVIDIA and the computing industry for several reasons.
NVIDIA’s project Denver will usher in a new era for computing by extending the performance range of the ARM instruction-set architecture, enabling the ARM architecture to cover a larger portion of the computing space. Coupled with an NVIDIA GPU, it will provide the heterogeneous computing platform of the future by combining a standard architecture with awesome performance and energy efficiency.
NVIDIA’s project Denver will usher in a new era for computing by extending the performance range of the ARM instruction-set architecture, enabling the ARM architecture to cover a larger portion of the computing space. Coupled with an NVIDIA GPU, it will provide the heterogeneous computing platform of the future by combining a standard architecture with awesome performance and energy efficiency.
Sysmark 2007; points per Ghz
- Intel 2500K (SandyB 2011): 80.3 (~30% faster than Conroe)
- Intel E8600 (Wolfdale 2008) : 63.1 (~2% faster than Conroe)
- Intel E6850 (Conroe 2006): 62
src: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU/2...04.91.79 .103
30% faster since 2006.
compare CPUs from 2000 with those from 2002 and you'll see a higher speedboost.