Intel has revealed blueprints for its Larrabee chip that will first appear as finished products by the end of 2009 or in the beginning of 2010.

Unlike the onboard chips that Intel produces for some PC makers, Larrabee will be an independently operating graphics processor.

With this move Intel will be in direct competition with graphics makers like the ATI division of AMD as well as Nvidia.

Intel is considering placing Larrabee into graphics cards for PCs that help to provide high quality images in games and videos.

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