Physics card for CoH?

[tar]

From this thread on the official boards:

First, sake a look at this site : http://www.ageia.com/technology.html and note that Cryptic studios is a featured partner.

Now read this response from the CEO of Cryptic Studios:

I can't say anything official yet. But I can say that I personally like their stuff, and I think its a pretty smart business model they have. I can't promise any particular features (even when (if) it becomes official), because we won't know until (if) we try certain things. So yes, its very cool, and yet there are no promises. Such is life.

Interesting. Potentially very interesting, if probably a long way off.

[Sky]

This is the part where all the smart people gang up and tell you what an idiot you are.


At least, that's what happens every time I bring up the topic of dedicated AI hardware.

[SirBruce]

You must be talking to the wrong people.  AI hardware has been a topic of discussion -- and sometimes enthusiasm -- nearly every year at the AI roundtables at GDC.

FYI, John Ratcliff, former lead technology architect for PlanetSide, is now working at Ageia.  (And he also went to community college with my brother, but that's another story.)

Bruce

[Shockeye]

I'm all for dedicated hardware for physics if it frees up the CPU for more AI and perhaps even speech recognition.

[Strazos]

I'm all for dedicated hardware for physics if it frees up the CPU for more AI and perhaps even speech recognition.

FTW, post++.