Next in Graphics Cards Integrated Physics Processors

We suspected this, but now its clear that NVIDIAs end game when it picked up PhysX-maker AGEIA was to integrate physics processors into graphics cards. Right now, theyre porting the PhysX engine over to run on GeForce 8s, and itll be a simple software download, bringing some additional physics-crunching juice to current cards. The next step is a GPU with an onboard specialized physics processor.

For one, AGEIAs standalone PhysX cards havent really broken into the mainstream computing. Throwing their chips onto NVIDIAs graphics cards would push adoption, and by Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huangs reasoning,

encourage people to buy even better GPUs. It might—and probably will—encourage people to buy a second GPU for their SLI slot. And for the highest-end gamer, it will encourage them to buy three GPUs. Potentially two for graphics and one for physics, or one for graphics and two for physics.

Source- http://gizmodo.com/357166/whats-next-in-graphics-cards-integrated-physics-processors

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