Thursday, March 5, 2009

Nvidia has confirmed the possibility of issuing their own Intel-compatible processor.

Nvidia company within two to three years, can produce Intel-compatible processor, Electronista reports with reference to the statement of senior vice president, Nvidia, Michael Hara (Michael Hara), at the Morgan Stanley Conference .
The final decision on release of Intel-compatible processors at Nvidia has not yet been decided. If such a chip would be established, it will be the basis of System on Chip (SoC). The latter will integrate the functions of the central and graphics chips Nvidia.
SoC platform based on the central and graphics processors Nvidia could serve as a basis for various mobile devices. Among them, in particular, ultradeshevye notebooks.
Currently, Nvidia offers SoC-Tegra platform for mobile Internet devices, up to a hundred dollars. It includes a central processor for the ARM architecture, and graphics chip Nvidia.
Rumors about Nvidia to release Intel-compatible processor running for several years. In early February of this year, it was reported that Nvidia beginning professionals to develop a set of processors throughout Silicon Valley and almost formed a unit to develop Intel-compatible chip.
It is possible that Nvidia intends to create an Intel-compatible processor for use with its own platform Ion. It is intended in particular for netbukov, but so far only works with chip Intel Atom.

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