Physics Processing Unit - PhysX
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Ageia has been developing a PPU for a while, and the finished product is on the horizon. Ageia is a new company started in 2002 with the main goal of making a PPU. They are going to follow the likes of Nvidia for the most part. They will produce the core and a reference board, and then they will sell the design and cores to third party manufactures.
The PhysX will be available as an add on card, as well as intergraded into the motherboard. The stand alone card will look like a mid performance graphics card with any headers. It will have RAM and a cooler. Expect to have a heat sink and a fan. And you can add in a molex power connector too. It will be available in both PCI and PCI-Express flavors. It’s about time we see some PCI-Express products coming besides video cards. My PCI slots have been filling up fast!
Expect to also see some motherboards with the PhysX built in. ASUS has already come out and said they are making a motherboard with the PhysX chip built in. Expect to see a few other major players in the motherboard market announce PhysX support this fall. Having it built into the motherboard seems like a more practical way of doing it. I don’t see a huge market for a $300 add on card, but building it into a motherboard should save some costs.
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