Intel says no to Atom based NVIDIA ION
Ay, a bit of a mud-fight just started. Last week NVIDIA announced their ION platform. The formula WAS simple: Combine the highly rated GeForce 9400 GPU found in new desktop and notebook PCs with the Intel Atom CPU. Nvidia's push for the Ion platform, which combines its GeForce 9400 mGPU with the Intel Atom CPU, is heavily reliant on Intel being willing to abandon its current Atom pricing system. Under the existing scheme, Intel will only sell Atom CPUs and corresponding chipsets in a bundle, but if hardware vendors are unable to buy just the Atom CPU, the Ion platform becomes too expensive for most applications.
Nvidia executives recently visited local PC makers, in an attempt to drum up support for allowing its MCP7A and MCP79 chipsets into the Atom ecosystem. However according to digitimes, Intel is refusing to acknowledge it's gonna happen. In an internal statement distributed to hardware makers recently, Intel reiterated that Atom CPUs for netbooks and nettops are only available bundled with its 945GSE and 945GC chipsets, the makers said.
When asked to comment, Intel indicated that it has no plans to validate the Nvidia MCP79 chipset on Atom-based nettop or netbook platforms. Intel also has no plans to form a partnership with Nvidia to support nettop or netbook platforms based on the Intel Atom CPU, the company added.
To be continued, for sure. Oh and to NVIDIA here's a hint, VIA's Nano. Politics politics ...
Update: Intel now denies this completely and states that anyone can buy the Atom 330 Chip and or Chipset.
Intel Sandy Bridge-E 2011 and Ivy Bridge launch leaked - 08/09/2011 10:11 AM
A lot of rumors and speculations have been sptted on this already, but things seem to get a little more solid. Intel will be launching Sandy Bridge-E this year, but the first wave of motherboards wil...
Intel Sandy Bridge-E Performance Unveiled Somewhat - 07/24/2011 02:30 PM
Some internal slides from intel leaked earlier yesterday they detail Intel's performance estimates for its upcoming high-end enthusiasts processors. The slides compare the Core i7 990X with the upcomi...
Intel Sandy Bridge-E Processor Names Unveiled - 07/19/2011 11:11 AM
It's messy when it comes to Intel Sandy Bridge-E and trustworthy news about it, Intel is keeping their mouth shut though.
Intel Sandy Bridge based Pentium benchmark - 04/15/2011 10:36 AM
Donanim Haber received official test results of Intel's Sandy Bridge based next generation Pentium CPUs, now please bare in mind that Intel has a tendancy to over exagarate their internal presentation...
Intel Sandy Bridge E-series .... for enthusiasts in Q4 2011 - 02/11/2011 01:43 PM
As if the 2600K would not be enough, X-bit Labs reported that Intel will reveal the Sandy Bridge E-series by the end of the year, this is a new enthusiast-class desktop platform that will use the LGA2...