“The other interesting news from GTC in the world of chipsets was the revelation that NVIDIA has canceled its plans to make any more Intel chipsets. Last year, when NVIDIA told us they would not be making a chipset for the Nehalem/Bloomfield processors (and that they would be licensing SLI on X58 motherboards) they reiterated their commitment to using their DMI bus license to make an nForce chipset for the Lynnfield processors the following year. Well, Lynnfield is out and with no news from NVIDIA on the subject, we were beginning to suspect something was afoot. NVIDIA says that pressure from Intel’s legal department debating the validity of NVIDIA’s DMI license is really what kept NVIDIA out of the space.”Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- GPU shortage expected to last through 1Q10, says paper @ DigiTimes
- Commentary: US government action spells trouble for TMC and Elpida @ DigiTimes
- Patch Re-enables PhysX When ATI Card is Present @ NGOHQ
- Enhancing The Windows Media Center Experience @ Benchmark Reviews
- Windows 7: How to Upgrade @ TechReviewSource
- Gogo Inflight Internet Speed Tested and Used @ Legit Reviews
- Movie Magic with GPU Power & A Quick Chat with NVIDIA’s CEO @ Hardware Zone
- GPUs to Revitalize 3D Movies and Audio Processing Industries @ Hardware Zone
- Cool Hardware and Tegra @ The GPU Tech Conference Show Floor @ Hardware Zone
- Canon IXUS 200 IS – The IXUS Touch (Now with Video!) @ Hardware Zone
- GPUs to Revitalize 3D Movies and Audio Processing Industries @ Hardware Zone
- APH Networks “Moment Revolution” Contest @ APH Networks
- CoolIT Domino CPU Cooler Giveaway @ OCIA
- Sapphire 5850 1GB GDDR5 1GB GPU Contest @ Bjorn3D
Where do we go now

Ryan has been spending some time thinking about nVIDIA and what their plans are in the near future and has collected his thoughts into a new editorial on the front page. The company has done a huge about face compared to just a few years ago. Previously they were having success beating ATI in the graphics card market and then managed to take advantage of the reorganization necessary to bring ATI into the fold at AMD. They were producing THE enthusiast chipset with the nForce2 and even showing up other onboard audio solutions with SoundStorm. Now we have a company that has abandoned the motherboard market, partly due to licensing issues with Intel but their AMD offerings have also dried up. They have purchased an unsuccessful physics rendering company and are trying to turn it into a success, and look to be taking the high end computing market by storm with a GPU that bears more than a passing resemblance to a CPU. There is definitely something afoot at nVIDIA.