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Via and Nvidia to team up against Intel
Although rumors doing the rounds last month suggested Nvidia was in talks with VIA over a possible acquisition, it looks like the two will collaborate instead for now. According to Digitimes, both companies have signed a “cooperation agreement” which will see VIA's C7 and C8 processors paired with Nvidia’s own IGP to form a new VN platform.
The move is aimed squarely at Intel’s Atom and Centrino products for sub-notebooks and handheld internet devices, though it could also have significant implications for VIA’s S3 graphic chips which are outshined by Nvidia's equivalent solutions. VN platform-based products will supposedly hit the market in Q1 2009.
The move is aimed squarely at Intel’s Atom and Centrino products for sub-notebooks and handheld internet devices, though it could also have significant implications for VIA’s S3 graphic chips which are outshined by Nvidia's equivalent solutions. VN platform-based products will supposedly hit the market in Q1 2009.
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User Comments (3)
Post a comment| icye on April 10, 2008 3:18 PM | I hope that VIA & nvidia will give Intel some good competition in the budget processor market because its only with stiff competition that better products will be produced.
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| 9Nails on April 11, 2008 11:57 AM | Very interesting! Through VIA, Nvidia would pick up a CPU. They're all ready in the chipset and GPU business. I think that this move would make Nvidia the 800lbs gorilla; triple threat. But with so many markets to focus on, and seriously their latest 9800 series GPU's are not that impressive compared to the 8800's, I worry that they may have too many ball games to try and play in.
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| FoReWoRd on April 20, 2008 3:08 PM | VIA is gonna kill nvidia?!
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