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Will Nvidia Take On Intel In x86 Processors?
BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily —
Rumors have resurfaced about Nvidia (NVDA) taking on Intel (INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in the x86-based microprocessor market, according to EETimes.
The trade magazine’s Web site says that that have been reports “for some time” that NVDA might move into the microprocessor sector to protect its core graphics chip business, which is now coming under threat from Intel and AMD, which are developing processors with more graphics capability.
The story asserts that Nvidia has been quietly hiring former employees of Transmeta, a now-defunct producer ...
Are new rumors of an NVIDIA x86 CPU plausible?
Ars Technica —
It's the NVIDIA rumor that won't die: no, not the one where the GPU maker buys tiny VIA, but the other one, where it jumps feet-first into competition with both Intel and AMD by producing an x86 processor of its own. The idea has cropped up again in an analyst note from Doug Freedman of Broadpoint AmTech, in which Freedman claims that NVIDIA has been hiring former Transmeta engineers to work on a secret x86 processor that will appear sooner rather than later. In the note seen by the EE Times ...
Nvidia x86 processor rumors surface once again
TechSpot —
Nvidia has reportedly begun hiring former engineers from Transmeta and is looking to develop its own x86-compatible processor core in a bid to continue its lucrative chipset business. The now-defunct microprocessor producer specialized in low-power, x86-compatible processors before turning into an intellectual property licensing firm and eventually closing doors in September of 2008. Similar rumors have surfaced and died several times over the last few years along with speculation about an Nvidia acquisition of VIA. However, Doug Freedman of research house AmTech feels an ...
