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NVIDIA chipset biz hamstrung
Robert Hallock
October 8, 2009 5:55 PM ET in Tech
Slashgear is reporting that some of NVIDIA’s chipset business is being put on hiatus as a result of ongoing disputes with Intel regarding the Nehalem.
NVIDIA’s Platform Products Representative said that while the company will continue to develop for Atom and AMD products, the courts will dictate the future when it comes to the Core i7.
“We will continue to innovate integrated solutions for Intel’s FSB architecture. We firmly believe that this market has a long healthy life ahead,” he said.
“But because of Intel’s improper claims to customers and the market that we aren’t licensed to the new DMI bus and its unfair business tactics, it is effectively impossible for us to market chipsets for future CPUs. So, until we resolve this matter in court next year, we’ll postpone further chipset investments for Intel DMI CPUs.
Those DMI CPUs are none other than Intel’s range of Lynnfield processors which launched in September to shore up Intel’s value segments.
The statement is also supported by NVIDIA’s Corporate Communications Lead Bob Sherbin, who reported to PC Magazine that Intel was to blame when it came to Intel chipset development woes.
“We have said that we will continue to innovate integrated solutions for Intel’s FSB architecture. We firmly believe that this market has a long healthy life ahead,” Sherbin said.
“But because of Intel’s improper claims to customers and the market that we aren’t licensed to the new DMI bus and its unfair business tactics, it is effectively impossible for us to market chipsets for future CPUs. So, until we resolve this matter in court next year, we’ll postpone further chipset investments.”
Intel and NVIDIA have been locked in a legal battle regarding chipset rights since February; it is strongly believed that the firm has prepared chipsets in the event of a victory.
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