Thursday, August 21, 2008
HYDRA Engine by Lucid - Multi-GPU Technology with No Strings Attached
From a purely hardware perspective, the HYDRA chip takes in a single PCIe x16 connection and outputs two full PCIe 2.0 x16 connections. Depending on the partner's implementation method, that could connect to two GPUs or split into four x8 PCIe 2.0 connections for four GPUs. What might you find the HYDRA chip on in the future? There are two likely scenarios for potential designs: on a motherboard or on a graphics board.