Following $1.25 Settlement, Nvidia CEO Wants "Further Action" against Intel
Following $1.25 Settlement, Nvidia CEO Wants "Further Action" against Intel
Posted 11/16/2009 at 6:30am
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With the $1.25 billion settlement between Intel and AMD the talk ot the tech industry, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang used the situation as an opportunity to take more potshots at Intel and call out its business practices in the mobile sector.
"Intel's tactics with Ion have been the most aggressive we've seen from a competitor. They have offered the Atom [a total of three chips] for $25, but when the one-chip Atom is used with Ion, it sells for $45," Huang said in a statement to CNet. "A customer can't even choose to resell the chipset and use Ion instead. What's the point of Nvidia getting an Intel bus license if it's impossible to overcome Intel's pricing bundles?"
Huang went on to say that "further action needs to be taken to protect consumers," but Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy says Nvidia's CEO is only telling part of the story.
"He's playing a trick of numbers," said Mulloy. "He's giving you a $45 list price -- that nobody pays -- for a part and then a negotiated price (which is more realistic). He's mixing apples and oranges. We have scrubbed and continue to scrub our pricing practices as it relates to chipsets and processors. It's all above cost. And that meets the legal standard worldwide."
Intel and Nvidia have publicly criticized the other on numerous occasions, most often relating to chipset licensing issues. Huang at one point went so far as to declare the CPU a decaying business, while Intel released a document bashing Nvidia's Ion platform.
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mesiah
November 16, 2009 at 9:24pm
Is this tool ever going to shut up? Every time he opens his mouth these days it makes me want to own nvidia products less and less. All he has done lately is talk smack about every other company in the industry, save apple. I can see why he loves apple though, they charge even more ridiculous prices for their products than nvidia does. I wonder when hes going to realize that alienating the entire industry is the best way to run your company into the ground.
B10H4Z4RD
November 16, 2009 at 7:22pm
*STOP IT! STOP WHINING!*
why cant all these guys be friends? there arent enough CPU/GPU manufacturers to be dont s*** like this. if this was like the auto industry, then It would be [almost] ok, but this is rediculus. ATI vs NVidia, Intel Vs. AMD. Nvidia vs Intel? does this make sense to anybody? who cares they dont agree about something, just add compatibility to make everyone happy. I'm running nvidia+intel, i feel like i can't even pick sides.
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B10H4Z4RD
November 16, 2009 at 7:20pm
*STOP IT! STOP WHINING!*
why cant all these guys be friends? there arent enough CPU/GPU manufacturers to be dont s*** like this. if this was like the auto industry, then It would be [almost] ok, but this is rediculus. ATI vs NVidia, Intel Vs. AMD. Nvidia vs Intel? does this make sense to anybody? who cares they dont agree about something, just add compatibility to make everyone happy. I'm running nvidia+intel, i feel like i can't even pick sides.
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On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero. Chuck Palahniuk, FIght Club.
Intel Q6600@3.2
ASUS P5N-D
Nvidia8800GTS 640MB
n0b0dykn0ws
November 16, 2009 at 10:40am
If that happens to Intel I say that nVidia and AMD/ATI should be punished even further for their price fixing!
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nekollx
November 16, 2009 at 10:18am
Hung:pttttfh *sticks out tounge*
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Techrocket9
November 16, 2009 at 7:36am
I don't know about you, but I think that strangling your competitors in a price war is part of capitalism.
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1337Goose
November 16, 2009 at 7:33pm
I loved that "I love Apple" crap statement. It's nice to see that he's taking flak for his remarks.
In my books, this man is just bringing himself closer to the "Steve Ballmer" pile... one step at a time...
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Caboose
November 16, 2009 at 5:59am
Neep! Neep! Neep! We are starting to realize that we don't actually offer a decent product to consumers and so we have to bitch and try and make everyone else change so we have a chance! Neep! Neep! Neep!
Poor nVidia.
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