Larrabee project once regarded as Intel attempt to return to the segment of discrete graphics cards, but to get to the point it became clear that with x86-compatible architecture in this market do nothing, and the corresponding solutions become specialized computational accelerators Xeon Phi with PCI Express interface and GDDR5 memory .
Associate checked the issue of economic Xeon Phi output in their current form, and came to the conclusion that the company is often forced to sell the relevant board on cheaper recommended price , putting them as a gift to the big parties of CPUs . In addition, the purchase of the individual components on the side (the same memory type GDDR5) Intel gives little opportunity to influence the final price of the product by reducing the cost of production.
The decision of the new Intel leadership , according to our colleagues was simple - future versions of accelerators Xeon Phi , would place them in the motherboard next to the Xeon CPUs of the corresponding class. A similar concept called Torrenza , from AMD. The samples Xeon Phi LGA already exist.