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Nvidia Is Trying To Make an x86 Chip

Posted by timothy on from the if-all-your-friends-built-an-x86-chip dept.

Slatterz writes with a story from PC Authority which says that "Word has reached us that Nvidia is definitely working on an x86 chip and the firm is heavily recruiting x86 engineers all over Silicon Valley. The history behind this can be summarised by saying they bought an x86 team, and don't have a licence to make the parts. Given that the firm burned about every bridge imaginable with the two companies who can give them licences, Nvidia has about a zero chance of getting one."

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  1. What? by kmac06 · · Score: 4, Funny

    What does that mean, "they don't have a licence to make the parts"? Are they not designing it from the ground up? Are chips typically made up of a bunch of simpler elements, designed by a third party?

    1. Re:What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      it means that intel+amd have over 9000 patents on integral parts of an x86 cpu

    2. Re:What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      You think it's funny until you see my Wolfenstein 3D benchmarks.

    3. Re:What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      What would happen if you pushed turbo on THAT thing?

    4. Re:What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, well the "It Stopped Being Funny The First Time It Was Used" meme stopped being funny the first time it was used.

    5. Re:What? by rubycodez · · Score: 4, Funny

      why, the yellow LED next to the TURBO tag shines, of course

      My Capital-E 268 did that, went from 6MHz to a roaring 10MHz

  2. Re:Ripped from The Inquirer by HeLLFiRe1151 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe they cross license with each other.

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  3. Re:Hrmm by ShakaUVM · · Score: 4, Funny

    >>Maybe they just want to run Quake 3 raytracing at 5fps. I mean who wouldnt?

    NVIDIA - for all your sphere and chessboard needs!

  4. Re:Patents vs. GPU by X0563511 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or are you implying that every office in the world has their own fab plant and I didn't know about it?

    Yes. You didn't get yours? It should have arrived last month.

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