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Nvidia and Intel Still Having Nehalem Licensing Problems

post #1 of 4
6/2/08 at 7:19am
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The soap opera-esque relationship between big green and blue continues. NVIDIA is having problems licensing the use of Intel's new Nehalem architecture to create more of it's uBer secret SLI chipsets.

As in the past, I would expect both teams to come to an agreement.

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Although some say Nvidia is on track to offer Nehalem-supporting chipsets from Q4 2008 onwards the Green Goblin of Santa Clara is apparently still having nightmares due a stalemate with Intel over much-needed licenses. As confirmed by an Intel spokesman - "There is a disagreement between Intel and Nvidia as to the scope of Nvidia's license from Intel to make chipsets compatible with Intel microprocessors." What this means is that the X58 chipset doesn't currently have any competition from Nvidia and if this situation is prolonged the GeForce manufacturer will be losing some Intel chipset market share.

Of course we're not too pessimistic about the licensing issues and expect that Nvidia and Intel will reach an agreement in the (near?) future.
Source: TechConnect
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post #2 of 4
6/2/08 at 9:45am
why can't they just get along... they need each other to be successful.
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post #3 of 4
6/2/08 at 10:04am
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They do right now. BUT - with all of the discussion of integrated graphics, ray tracing CPUs, folding w/GPUs, etc., I think we're heading towards something completely different than our traditional PC systems.
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6/2/08 at 1:13pm
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They do right now. BUT - with all of the discussion of integrated graphics, ray tracing CPUs, folding w/GPUs, etc., I think we're heading towards something completely different than our traditional PC systems.
exactly. while AMD may be playing second fiddle to both of them in their respective markets, AMD was the first to join large scale processor and graphics manufacture in one company. Now Intel and Nvidia want to follow suit, making a three-way race for the combined CPU/GPU market. If both Intel and Nvidia can accomplish the diversification and AMD can hang in there, it could be a great thing for everyone buying computers, since a three-way competition is likely to keep prices down and innovation up. But we'll see whether Intel and Nvidia can actually pull it off.
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