Intel and NVIDIA Team Up for Future Processors

[Yebubbleman]

Uh...actually...

The Ars article, last I read it (with their edit) said that Intel was already using NVIDIA's Intellectual Property in Sandy Bridge. They didn't use the word "patents", and while it may be nitpicking, "Intellectual Property" could mean anything from "patents" to "designs" to full on schematics to full on NVIDIA GPUs as all of those technically fall under the definition of "Intellectual Property". That said, I wouldn't put it past Ars to be, as anyone here would be, overly stoked on the news to the point of reading far more into it than there is to read into it.

 

[chrmjenkins]

The Ars article, last I read it (with their edit) said that Intel was already using NVIDIA's Intellectual Property in Sandy Bridge. They didn't use the word "patents", and while it may be nitpicking, "Intellectual Property" could mean anything from "patents" to "designs" to full on schematics to full on NVIDIA GPUs as all of those technically fall under the definition of "Intellectual Property". That said, I wouldn't put it past Ars to be, as anyone here would be, overly stoked on the news to the point of reading far more into it than there is to read into it.

The author and co-editor Jon Stokes admitted that it was a bad headline and used a high fever as an excuse. I'm actually sympathetic to that because he probably wasn't thinking that clearly. He's normally a respectable journalist.

 

[Yebubbleman]

The author and co-editor Jon Stokes admitted that it was a bad headline and used a high fever as an excuse. I'm actually sympathetic to that because he probably wasn't thinking that clearly. He's normally a respectable journalist.

Bad headline or not, the edit at the end cites a quote from NVIDIA where they say that Intel is already using their Intellectual Property in Sandy Bridge at which point, my previous point still stands. If that's accurate, Stokes can only be accused of an over-speculative article title.

 

[chrmjenkins]

Bad headline or not, the edit at the end cites a quote from NVIDIA where they say that Intel is already using their Intellectual Property in Sandy Bridge at which point, my previous point still stands. If that's accurate, Stokes can only be accused of an over-speculative article title.

True. The problem is that it incited frenzy among the tech illiterate.

 

[Yebubbleman]

True. The problem is that it incited frenzy among the tech illiterate.

Well, to be fair, they were mostly right. Though frenzies like that will happen in these forums, especially among those with delusional wishes for future MacBook Pros.

 

[gigi11192]

Ugh, don't quote ridiculous blog wanking. Intel isn't including NVidia GPUs.

They are likely using some NVidia patents. Vastly different thing.

which part of 'Intel is planning on integrating NVIDIA GPUs into their future chips' did you not understand?

Read the article correctly. The headline is wrong.

It doesn't say Intel Chips may contain Nvidia GPUs, it only says they Intel can use Nvidia's patents and technologies in their chips.

Nvidia had countersued Intel - protesting Intel's integrated graphics contain unlicensed Nvidia's technology already. This settlement is the answer.

http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/03/nvidia-countersues-intelright-on-schedule.ars

so you totally ruled out the possibility that Nvidia's technology maybe refers to GPU technology, did't you?

 

[gorjan]

Kind of funy that this is page 2, while every "ZOMG!! iPad haz no home button!" and "iPhone market share increases from 30% to 30,1%!!!!" gets front page every time...

This would obviously play a big role in the future of iMacs and MB/MBP.

 

[Yebubbleman]

Kind of funy that this is page 2, while every "ZOMG!! iPad haz no home button!" and "iPhone market share increases from 30% to 30,1%!!!!" gets front page every time...

This would obviously play a big role in the future of iMacs and MB/MBP.

Yeah, I think it took the outrage of "ZOMG, THIS IS WRONG (even though it kind of isn't)" for them to finally move it to page 2. It was originally on the front.

 

[dakwar]

Shouldn't it still have been under warranty?

I wasn't very knowledgeable about the paperwork side of the tech industry back then. The 8800GTX from EVGA claimed on the box to have a lifetime warranty. What I didn't notice was that to be eligible for this lifetime warranty, I had to mail in a registration card within 30 days of purchasing the card. 22 months later, when the card died on me, I contacted EVGA for the lifetime warranty and that is when they wouldn't have anything to do with it because I hadn't registered the card with them within 30 days of purchasing it.

 

[Yebubbleman]

I wasn't very knowledgeable about the paperwork side of the tech industry back then. The 8800GTX from EVGA claimed on the box to have a lifetime warranty. What I didn't notice was that to be eligible for this lifetime warranty, I had to mail in a registration card within 30 days of purchasing the card. 22 months later, when the card died on me, I contacted EVGA for the lifetime warranty and that is when they wouldn't have anything to do with it because I hadn't registered the card with them within 30 days of purchasing it.

Damn...because I've read this, I'm going to register my new XFX (AMD) Radeon HD 6850 card that I just got for the PC tower that I'll have (alongside my forthcoming) 15" MacBook Pro.

 

[ranReloaded]

They should team up, now that their respective comp-etitors (ATI and AMD) have merged...

 

[Eidorian]

I wasn't very knowledgeable about the paperwork side of the tech industry back then. The 8800GTX from EVGA claimed on the box to have a lifetime warranty. What I didn't notice was that to be eligible for this lifetime warranty, I had to mail in a registration card within 30 days of purchasing the card. 22 months later, when the card died on me, I contacted EVGA for the lifetime warranty and that is when they wouldn't have anything to do with it because I hadn't registered the card with them within 30 days of purchasing it.

Ah yes, registration. They make a stronger point on mentioning that nowadays.

 

[Yebubbleman]

They should team up, now that their respective comp-etitors (ATI and AMD) have merged...

It certainly wouldn't hurt.