Intel and Nvidia argued where the "soul of the computer"
Recently, the relationship between Intel and Nvidia began to deteriorate on the basis of fundamental discrepancies about the primacy / secondary nature of the CPU and GPU, and specifically in connection with the advent of the Nvidia Ion platform. Yesterday there was a crisis in this relationship.
Yesterday it became known that Intel filed a lawsuit against Nvidia, in which it tries to challenge Nvidia’s right to receive royalties on two licenses four years ago. Intel believes that it may not pay Nvidia deductions for its existing and future processors, which are equipped with an integrated memory controller, such as Nehalem (read, PCs can be assembled without Nvidia chipsets, but without Intel in any way).
The most obvious fundamental contradictions between friends and competitors appeared in Nvidia’s response letter , which she published after the news of the lawsuit. The company believes that the essence of the claims of Intel is the fact that "the evolution of the CPU went to the side and the soul of the PC becomes the GPU , and this lawsuit is an attempt to stifle innovation to protect the dying business of manufacturing CPU."
We are talking about licenses from 2004, according to which Nvidia provided Intel with innovative solutions such as SLI, Hybrid Power and CUDA.
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Ion is the latest project that combines the power of the Nvidia GPU and the north and south bridges in a single compact chip. In conjunction with the CPU, Ion formed the dual-chip PC architecture for Intel processors two years before Intel's own solution. In addition, the Ion platform delivers performance up to 10 times higher than today's Intel three-chip solution.
Ion was recently approved by Microsoft, and at the end of last year, Apple chose Nvidia for its new line of laptops, including the MacBook Classic, MacBook Air, MacBook and MacBook Pro. Thus, Intel’s absolute control over computer hardware de facto disappears.
According to Intel, Nvidia itself is to blame for the conflict. Because for a year now she has not agreed to pay royalties for the production of their chipsets, which are compatible with any Intel processor with an integrated memory controller. That is, they cannot decide who is in charge of the hardware bundle of Intel-Nvidia chips.
The war between Intel and Nvidia is expected to be long and hot. Intel has already said that if this process wins, it will review all other agreements with Nvidia.
Yesterday it became known that Intel filed a lawsuit against Nvidia, in which it tries to challenge Nvidia’s right to receive royalties on two licenses four years ago. Intel believes that it may not pay Nvidia deductions for its existing and future processors, which are equipped with an integrated memory controller, such as Nehalem (read, PCs can be assembled without Nvidia chipsets, but without Intel in any way).
The most obvious fundamental contradictions between friends and competitors appeared in Nvidia’s response letter , which she published after the news of the lawsuit. The company believes that the essence of the claims of Intel is the fact that "the evolution of the CPU went to the side and the soul of the PC becomes the GPU , and this lawsuit is an attempt to stifle innovation to protect the dying business of manufacturing CPU."
We are talking about licenses from 2004, according to which Nvidia provided Intel with innovative solutions such as SLI, Hybrid Power and CUDA.
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Ion is the latest project that combines the power of the Nvidia GPU and the north and south bridges in a single compact chip. In conjunction with the CPU, Ion formed the dual-chip PC architecture for Intel processors two years before Intel's own solution. In addition, the Ion platform delivers performance up to 10 times higher than today's Intel three-chip solution.
Ion was recently approved by Microsoft, and at the end of last year, Apple chose Nvidia for its new line of laptops, including the MacBook Classic, MacBook Air, MacBook and MacBook Pro. Thus, Intel’s absolute control over computer hardware de facto disappears.
According to Intel, Nvidia itself is to blame for the conflict. Because for a year now she has not agreed to pay royalties for the production of their chipsets, which are compatible with any Intel processor with an integrated memory controller. That is, they cannot decide who is in charge of the hardware bundle of Intel-Nvidia chips.
The war between Intel and Nvidia is expected to be long and hot. Intel has already said that if this process wins, it will review all other agreements with Nvidia.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/52355/
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