http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/ Joystiq Comments for Intel picks up Havok for $21M http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/Sep 17th 2007 11:55AMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/Sep 17th 2007 11:56AMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/Sep 17th 2007 12:01PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/Sep 17th 2007 12:04PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/Sep 17th 2007 12:04PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/Sep 17th 2007 12:01PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/Sep 17th 2007 12:06PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/Sep 17th 2007 12:21PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/
I think this bodes well for physics performance on multi core systems. No doubt intel will push to make havok use multi core chips very effectively.]]>Sep 17th 2007 12:07PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/Sep 17th 2007 12:40PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/Sep 17th 2007 12:43PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/
"This is sending nipples throughout the industry."

...the mental images...]]>Sep 17th 2007 2:18PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/
Niles: I understand you're saying that, but believe me, I have seen a new Roz today and underneath that brazen exterior she is a sweet, sensitive, shy, and vulnerable woman.

Roz: [calling from kitchen] Niles, have you seen my nipples?!

Niles shrugs at Frasier, who leaves with a look of disgust. Roz enters from the kitchen with Alice's bottles. The sucking parts of them are missing.
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While this certainly leaves me questions in regards to anti-trust laws, Intel has an image of using their siginficant muscle to manipulate the market. If the chip maker is also the one signing the checks for software development...even if it's middle-ware...you wonder how much support that subsidiary will give to AMD?

I'm kind of surprised that Intel would want to acquire this, although $110 mil is a drop in the bucket for them. It definitely leads to issues where there can be a conflict of interest. As a gamer I prefer to use Intel chips in my PC's, however competition keeps the prices down and I would rather Intel not bully AMD out of the market or we will all suffer. The only thing I can think of that might be positive is that the Havok engine could be optimized for Intel's Duo and Quad Core chips, but that's about all I can come up with.]]>Sep 17th 2007 1:34PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/
It also hurts engines like AGEIA, too.]]>Sep 17th 2007 2:36PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/Sep 17th 2007 2:31PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/
I wonder if they can make their card will work with the Havok engine...but I suspect we are going to see some built in hardware from Intel to counter that and work just for Havok. This is going to get stupid if they don't work together. ]]>Sep 17th 2007 2:31PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/Sep 17th 2007 2:37PMhttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/17/intel-picks-up-havok-for-21m/Sep 17th 2007 10:59PM