Nvidia Hits Intel with Cartoon Sucker-punch
Nvidia Hits Intel with Cartoon Sucker-punch
Posted 11/06/2009 at 4:06pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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It’s no secret that Nvidia and Intel are having a dispute over chipset licenses. Now it seems like Nvidia is getting a little fed up with the whole situation. On a new Nvidia website called “Intel’s Insides”, you’ll find a series of editorial style cartoons with some sharp criticisms of chip maker Intel.
The cartoons take aim mostly at Intel’s legal woes, which have gotten that much more severe with new US federal action this week. The US case is related to the same scandal that ended with Intel receiving massive fines in the EU. Intel is accused of bribing OEMs to keep them from using rival AMD’s chips. It all makes for some good cartoon fodder.
Editorial cartoonist Steve Lait creates the cartoons for Nvidia. The site explains that the series “is intended to be a parody of events occurring within the semiconductor sector, with particular focus on its largest and most commented-upon competitor." In all honesty, the cartoons aren’t that funny. But really, how amusing can the nuances of the semiconductor world be?
Image from "Intel's insides"
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rockntrumpet
November 07, 2009 at 7:23pm
Well I guess it's the only way they can get attention these days, since their hardware certainly isn't doing it....so very sad...
Wildebeast
November 07, 2009 at 12:18pm
I guess someone else decided there was a problem with "Intel's Insides..."
It's not THAT funny, but I think that Intel & (even more so) Microsoft, are so dominant that they need to hold even more closely to ethics & standards. I'm basically saying that they Deserve to be roasted on their shoddier habits & practices.
I'd say the same thing, if there was a similar charge that could be made against both nVidia AND ATI, at the same time.
IMHO, it's about how much of the market share they have, and how many short-cuts & dirty tricks they've pulled to keep/grow that Share... but most especially the things that they won't Freely admit to doing; and/or put so much Spin on --that it comes out as Double-talk.
The site is funny enough, so I have no problem with it, as long as it's not libelous...
A website like this ---run by nVidia, is pretty ironic to me. I've heard NO mention of this kind of practice BY nVidia ----but I don't think We'd be too surprised, if it came out that They did this sort of thing too [or had done, at some time in the Past].
Nothing against nVidia ---as I still think the nForce2 chipset in my last motherboard was just about the best Ever! I'm also still using an nVidia vid-card, and I'm thrilled that they still have drivers for the old TNT series cards that various members of my family still use.
JDK
November 07, 2009 at 10:07am
Seriously.....if you think these cartoons are funny than you are far beyond being a "geek" in the good way and are just a total "dork" in the bad way.
Caboose
November 06, 2009 at 7:03pm
I never should have gone through them all. Very boring and not funny at all.
-= I don't want to be dead, I want to be alive! Or... a cowboy! =-
Jeffredo
November 06, 2009 at 5:28pm
The more they get slapped around in the press and judicial system the better.
MTCWBY
November 06, 2009 at 4:18pm
Not for what the cartoon says or for defending Intel. Steve Lait is NEVER funny and I hoped to never see his lack of talent ever again after dropping the local paper. NVIDIA, at least get somebody good and make it funny. That's just lame.
gendoikari1
November 06, 2009 at 6:23pm
He must be the guy behind Mallard Fillmore; Intel's Insides is that bad (and I fancy myself as an AMD person).
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