@Anonymous Coward: Yes, maybe they publically "canned" the i740, but all of us know what really happeend to it, it became the POS known as the i810.

Intel now joins the ranks of BitBoys. I'm still waiting for my Glaze3d to get me uber fps in Quake 3.

Last year just before we had the Intel announcement that the current version of Larrabee was not being released to the public there was additional news about Intels 48 core cloud computer on a chip, again now we have had further news on this cloud chip just before this news on Larrabee. Just wondering that as cpu and gpu continue to converge if intel thinks perhaps this cloud computer chip which had a tdp of up to 125W or a derivative of it may be a better bet than Larrabee?

Just 12 short years ago, amid great hype, Intel released the i740, the chip that was going to revolutionize 3D graphics and put AGP on the map.

And just 11.9 short years ago they canned it due to hardware bugs, firmware bugs and - not least - utterly pants performance.

Intel have always been known - well, with the exception of NetBurst, obviously - for great performing CPUs. They have also picked up somewhat of a reputation for GPUs whose performance is *at best* an embarrassment.

So.

"Larrabee NOT canned" - now *that* would have been news.

I believe that in the not too distant future AMD/ATI partnership will pay off and top Intel. Unless they buy out Nvidia which i don’t think will ever happen.

It is saying Intel is not going to launch something from the Larrabee project in the "near term". Intel is still expected to offer a discrete graphics part but not until the 2012 - 2013 timeframe. Hence, Intel is merely stating the obvious that there will be nothing soon.

The Larrabee project is far from canceled.

From what I've been able to gather the CURRENT iteration of Larrabee that they were planning to release has been canned. Essentially it fell too far behind schedule and ATI/NVIDIA have made too many advances in the meantime for it to be competitive. Intel learned a lot in the making of it thus far though and aren't about to flush all that down the toilet.

At this point they had 2 choices - push ahead and release the part as promised into an environment where it cannot possibly compete well, or scrap the current version and concentrate whole-heartedly on getting the next iteration (2+ years at least) right and on time.

Personally I think they made the right call by eating some humble pie and playing the long game rather than simply pushing ahead just to save face on an insignificant promise.

This is terrible news :/ I had been eagerly awaiting Larrabee for years and now this. Now I'm gonna have to buy another stinking nvidia or ati card yet again for my next graphics card :( I just hope there is something more sinister going on and that Larrabee will suddenly make another appearance in the near future.

I think it's the early stages of doublethink. People in the power structure have always held secret *information*, but more than ever they now hold secret *goals*, and trying to keep overarching goals hidden rather than a few details is a strain on abilities. So what emerges is just flat contradiction or empty promises. Of course, this or any specific instance may be just obfuscation done lousily, but the trend is clear.