Strano nella pagina della news di Digitimes è linkato un articolo che dice nel titolo :
Nvidia to launch Intel-based MCP7A IGP chipset in August (Jul 18)
Però non sono iscritto al sito e non posso leggere l'articolo per intero.
Comunque se fosse vero quel che dice ora Digitimes significa che Intel non gli ha dato la licenza per il QPI . E il mercato cpu AMD forse è troppo piccolo per tenere in piedi un reparto per la progettazione chipset ( anche perchè i chipset ATi vanno benone e con la piattaforma Puma eventuali competitor vedono restringersi ancor più le proprie possibilità di competere )
http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20080801VL203.html
Nvidia has decided to throw in the towel and quit the chipset business, sources close to the situation at one of Taiwan's top motherboard makers have revealed. As the story is told, 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 still early days and not all the facts are known at the time of writing, but it is believed Nvidia will transfer the chipset team to working on GPU projects. On the motherboard makers' side, some makers have already canceled upcoming high-end motherboard projects based on the nForce 7-series chipset.
The loss of its chipset business is expected to have a significant impact on Nvidia's GPU business in the short-term. Reception to the nForce 200 chip (BR04) which will enable SLI technology on Intel X58 motherboards has been lukewarm at best, with many makers saying they will not bother adding the chip on their boards. This means Nvidia needs to find a way of licensing and enabling multi-GPU support on motherboards using Intel and/or AMD chipsets fast. Otherwise it will have to cede the top-end of the graphics card market to AMD, which now has the benefit of Crossfire.
The news would also debunk any recent speculation that Apple will be adopting Nvidia chipsets for its upcoming notebook products. It would be unfortunate if Apple really has poured water on the close relationship it has built with Intel over the past few years, only to have its new best friend exit the market before products are even announced.
Edit: Ma poi che cavolo centrano degli ingegneri che lavorano sui chipset con le gpu
? O li lascia a casa ( speriamo di no ) o forse sto articolo è un po campato in aria