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Nvidia Exiting Chipset Business? Nope, Not True!

Posted 08/01/08 at 04:45:07 PM  by Paul Lilly

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What a month August is shaping up to be, and we're only on day one! First, ArsTechnca exposes a major memory benchmarking flaw in Futuremark's PCMark05 suite, and if that weren't enough to have enthusiasts crying scandal, DigiTimes reported this morning (much to the chagrin of Nvidia's brass) that Nvidia plans to quit the chipset business.

According to DigiTimes, anonymous sources "close to the situation at one of Taiwan's top motherboard makers" are privy to Nvidia's alleged decision to stop making chipsets and instead transfer its chipset team to work on GPU projects. If true, the news would end any speculation that Apple might be looking to Nvidia to provide chipsets for its next round of MacBooks, and the future of SLI would be in serious trouble.

The story has been spreading like wildfire, and it didn't take long for Nvidia to offer an official response denying the allegations. Not only is Nvidia going on the record as saying the rumor is false, but they're asking DigiTimes to retract its story. Here's what what Nvidia had to say:

1. The story on DigiTimes is completely groundless. We have no intention of getting out of the chipset business.

2. In fact, our MCP business is as strong as it ever has been for both AMD and Intel platforms.

a. Mercury Research has reported that the Nvidia market share of AMD platforms in Q2 08 was 60 percent. We have been steady in this range for over two years. Contrary to popular perception, we have not lost any ground to AMD, despite their chipset introductions over the last year or so.

b. SLI is still the preferred multi-GPU platform thanks to its stellar scaling, game compatibility, and driver stability.

c. Nforce 790i SLI is the recommended choice by editors worldwide due to its compelling combination of memory performance, overclocking, and support SLI. In fact, a recent article on Tom's Hardware recently came to the same conclusion: LINK

3. We are looking forward to bringing new and very exciting MCP products to the market for both AMD and Intel platforms.

So there you have it. Nvidia's response doesn't leave much room for interpretation, and SLI fans can now let out a collective sigh of relief.

Image Credit: Nvidia

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TAGS: nvidia, hardware, chipset, build a pc
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avatarWell I believe Nvidia.

Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Sun, 08/03/2008 - 1:27am

Well I believe Nvidia. Nvidia's problem with the mobile chips had a drastic and immediate affect on Nvidia's stock prices. It seams to me that when the stock prices fall so quickly due in the most part from news stories and articles then this means the value of the stocks will again shortly return to their earlier level. This is merely stock devaluation out of fear. To me it seams artificial since it's based on fears alone. Sure it'll cost money to fix the problems but that is what insurence is for.

I imagine Nvidia's rivals both in the industry and the stock market are working diligently producing false stories and baseless accusations to keep the fears up. All Nvidia has to do is keep doing what it has always done and fix the problems with the chips and the fears with subside and the stock prices will stabelize close to the orriginal levels.

Nvidia makes money hand over fist by producing top notch chipsets and GPU's. It's their thing you know? Anyhow don't be so quick to believe anything unless it's official from Nvidia.

Now this is my statement. Nobody needs to be an asshole and take my statement appart and try to prove me wrong. Fuck you in advance if you do take my statement and try to make me look stupid. You know who you are.

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avatarFrom a source close.....

Submitted by Fenthic on Sat, 08/02/2008 - 9:37am

And in other news from another reliable source. It appears Foxconn, Gigabyte, and DFI have pulled their Nvidia 790i boards as well.  This is the end for Nvidia, the world is collapsing around them while AMD sits on a raft out on the water waiting for the destruction of Nvidia to be complete. /end sarcasm

 http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/31/nvidia-790i-board-pulled-makers

 Edit: Did Gigabyte ever even release a 7x0i board?

Edit #2: Here is a interesting read http://www.custompc.co.uk/news/604554/foxconn-drops-nforce-790i-saying-chipset-is-unreliable.html

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avatarLol @

Submitted by jwalch.hawk on Sat, 08/02/2008 - 12:45am

Lol @ jcollins.

 

Seriously, though...  Just how unfounded could DigiTimes have been?  Usually these sorts of things turn out to be wrong, but often end up being a hyper-extension of something else related to it...  Like maybe nVidia is looking to get out of a certain line of chipsets, something along that premise?  Who knows...  nVidia may be denying it, but Bill Clinton was pretty sure he didn't have sexual relations with that woman too...

I'll wait a while before I start making relief sighs, anyway.

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avatarMobile GPUs

Submitted by nsvander on Sat, 08/02/2008 - 7:44am

Maybe they are thinking about getting out the mobile GPU market, after the issues with the 8400/8600 GPU.

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avatarYeah, they're pretty solid

Submitted by jcollins on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 2:31pm

Yeah, they're pretty solid in denying the rumor.   So now I fully expect the news release next week saying Nvidia's getting out of the chipset business... lol...

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