Nvidia Closing Nforce Motherboard Business

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Found this on neowin.net

According to DigiTimes Nvidia has given in to its rivals has is closing it motherboard business. Mole’s from inside Taiwan top motherboard makers said.


“Nvidia called a meeting earlier this week with its motherboard partners to gauge support for it continuing to develop chipsets in the future. The motherboard makers' response? Silence”.

It is expected that Nvidia will now concentrate on its GPU business and will move its resources from its motherboard development team to aid its GPU team.

Its assumed that Nvidia will be under pressure in the GPU field now due to ATI having crossfire support, while Nvidia now has to try and licence its own SLI technology.

With this impending withdrawal from the Motherboard market also casts doubt on the recent whispers about Nvidia developing a chipset for Apple’s new Mac book Pro.
 
Odd. Especially considering the pressue they could be under if Larrabee proves to be a hit.
 
Probably not a bad thing in the long run as since the nForce4 days there doesn't seem to have been much enthusiasm for the nForce Chipsets.

Maybe it was the move of the enthusiasts to the Core2 that helped drive but most enthusiasts seemed to much prefer the Intel Chipsets with the Core2 and seemed happy to give up SLI as it doesn't seem to have delivered upon the promises.

Also they struggled on the OEM partners with the chipsets compared to Intel and ATI as well so I don't believe it made up a huge portion of the profits for Nvidia.

Now if they just enable SLI on the Intel Chipsets as there is no reason other then licensing that it can't then they may just be able to get more people buying that 2nd GPU card.

Now with the AMD/ATI revival underway then if this is true then Nvidia thinking best to concentrate on there core business and leave the chipset business to Intel/AMD especially if they can't get a Nehalem license from Intel.
 
I can perhaps see the logic in stopping the discrete (SLI) chipsets but I thought that their IGP chipsets were fairly successful.
It would seem especially odd to pull out of those as IGPs are now starting to hit a level where they are having an effect on sales of lower end gfx cards (which is where the volume is along with mid-level).
 
Take with a Pinch of salt.

Weeks ago Intel and Nvidia finally made an agreement.

Nvidia will not launch new Mobos this time around for the new Intel socket and will give Intel the SLI Bridge Chip they want (same as Skulltrain).

Nvidia will then be given the info that they badly need that Intel refused to give them till now.

Nvidia will launch new Mobo's next time around (guessing March 2009 at the earliest).
 
helmutcheese said:
Take with a Pinch of salt.

Weeks ago Intel and Nvidia finally made an agreement.

Nvidia will not launch new Mobos this time around for the new Intel socket and will give Intel the SLI Bridge Chip they want (same as Skulltrain).

Nvidia will then be given the info that they badly need that Intel refused to give them till now.

Nvidia will launch new Mobo's next time around (guessing March 2009 at the earliest).
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Intel will not, the only way SLI is going to be on the new X58 mobos is Nvidia selling the manufactures ( Asus, Foxconn ect ) bridging chips like they did with skull trail, But most people know that its just the drivers that locks out SLI it doesnt ned ANY hardware, I dont think many people will be wanting to pay extra for a HOT chip that's not needed. NFAIL strikes again lol, Intel designed boards are just better, Nvidia doesnt know its elbow from its ass when it comes to chipsets
 
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UPDATE: NVIDIA sent along their official response to the Digitimes news:

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:
1. Mercury Research has reported that the NVIDIA market share of AMD platforms in Q2 08 was 60%. We have been steady in this range for over two years.
2. SLI is still the preferred multi-GPU platform thanks to its stellar scaling, game compatibility and driver stability.
3. nForce 790i SLI is the recommended choice by editors worldwide due to its compelling combination of memory performance, overclocking, and support for SLI. In fact, a recent article on Tom’s Hardware recently came to the same conclusion: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/NVIDIA-790i-SLI,1977-29.html
3. We're looking forward to bring new and very exciting MCP products to the market for both AMD and Intel platforms.
 
so who is the Taiwanese competitor, via? i found the nforce chipset to be much more stable than any of via's chipsets. had lots of problems with various motherboards with via.

via are in the cpu buisness also, low end of course.

i have not seen a mobo with a via chipset for some time now.
 
Smirnoff said:
Intel will not, the only way SLI is going to be on the new X58 mobos is Nvidia selling the manufactures ( Asus, Foxconn ect ) bridging chips like they did with skull trail, But most people know that its just the drivers that locks out SLI it doesnt ned ANY hardware, I dont think many people will be wanting to pay extra for a HOT chip that's not needed. NFAIL strikes again lol, Intel designed boards are just better, Nvidia doesnt know its elbow from its ass when it comes to chipsets
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WTF do you think I just said,

Intel gets SLI and Nvidia sit this round out but get sthe much needed info from Intel.

I will go and get the url later.

You seem to have a very short memory, Intel were overpriced and crap clockers aswell as a antitrust battle with AMD.

Nvidia on AMD up to and inc the NF4 were simply the best rigs money could buy, thats probably due to the fact AMD did not hold back vital info like Intel did.

Get the facts straight cause you sound like a fanboy TBH.
 
helmutcheese said:
WTF do you think I just said,

Intel gets SLI and Nvidia sit this round out but get sthe much needed info from Intel.

I will go and get the url later.

You seem to have a very short memory, Intel were overpriced and crap clockers aswell as a antitrust battle with AMD.

Nvidia on AMD up to and inc the NF4 were simply the best rigs money could buy, thats probably due to the fact AMD did not hold back vital info like Intel did.

Get the facts straight cause you sound like a fanboy TBH.
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They will get no info from intel lol, thats the whole point, Intel see Nvidia as there biggest competitor they will not be helping them in anyway. Nvidia will just sell motherboard manufactures chips that ARE NOT needed in a shabby attempt to screw people from more money, Think of it as Asus added express gate to there boards its nothing do to with intel they just add it to the board layout. Yes in the past Intel boards wernt the best clockers but intel likes the enthusiast market and since Core2 they have wiped the floor with anyone who has gone agaisnt them, You'll be saying that the new 45nm AMD chips will be better than Nehalem next lol.
 
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You obv don't read the web same as others.

They have gotten he info from Intel in exchange for SLI Bridge Chips and standing down this launch.

Laugh all you want but get your facts correct 1st.

WTF crap you on about now ?, who mentioned AMD 45nm Chips ? :confused:


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" Nvidia reported getting QPI license, X58 getting SLI "


" According to some recent eastern reports, the stars have finally aligned and while hell didn't freeze over and the four horsemen of the apocalypse have yet to reach Earth, Nvidia and Intel actually managed to reach an agreement, or better yet, a compromise regarding the QPI (QuickPath Interconnect) license and SLI support for the upcoming Nehalem platforms.

For starters, Nvidia got its QPI license and will be able to make chipsets for Intel's future platforms but it will apparently skip the Bloomfield platform, at least at first and focus its nForce releases on the 2009-bound LGA1160 Lynnfield/Cleaksfield platform.

As for Intel's high-end LGA1366 Bloomfield setup, it will serve both CrossFireX and SLI support, the latter being possible with the including of Nvidia's BR-04 nF 200 chips on X58 motherboards. It's not exactly the best solution but at least it will enable users to choose what multi-GPU configuration they want (like Skulltrail just cheaper).

The Bloomfield platform is expected to debut in the fourth quarter of this year. "
 
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Intel are not buying the bridging chips lol, They couldnt give a rats ass about SLI as there own cards will be launching soon. The only people who will be buying these chips are the motherboard manufactures that will add them themselfs. The chips will not be seen on the first gen X58 mobos becasue the chips came to late and the first revision designs are now locked as there in full scale manufacturing. There has been " News " reports for the last 6 months on Nvidia getting a QPI license and they have all been mistaken.
 
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