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Intel's chipset monopoly
VIA, SiS, ATI and NVIDIA used to make chipsets for FSB CPUs up to Core 2 and Atom ... but all this ceased when Intel brought out the Nehalem. I still wonder why they have not granted permission to others to mate with their CPUs? Perhaps now they use internal memory controller, a crappy northbridge will not choke memory bandwidth, and OEMs might just select the minimum price. But I really have a feeling they are against NVIDIA most of all. Why? AMD seems content for NVIDIA to make stuff, even though NVIDIA are a rival for their GPU division. |
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In message someone claiming to be "Orson Cart"
typed: VIA, SiS, ATI and NVIDIA used to make chipsets for FSB CPUs up to Core 2 and Atom ... but all this ceased when Intel brought out the Nehalem. I still wonder why they have not granted permission to others to mate with their CPUs? Perhaps now they use internal memory controller, a crappy northbridge will not choke memory bandwidth, and OEMs might just select the minimum price. If I had to guess, it would be because of what a horrible job VIA, SiS and nVidia did. But I'm sure being anti-competitive isn't a downside to Intel either, so it's really a win-win for them. -- It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it. |
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Intel's chipset monopoly
On 01/01/2012 8:40 PM, Orson Cart wrote:
VIA, SiS, ATI and NVIDIA used to make chipsets for FSB CPUs up to Core 2 and Atom ... but all this ceased when Intel brought out the Nehalem. I still wonder why they have not granted permission to others to mate with their CPUs? Perhaps now they use internal memory controller, a crappy northbridge will not choke memory bandwidth, and OEMs might just select the minimum price. But I really have a feeling they are against NVIDIA most of all. Why? AMD seems content for NVIDIA to make stuff, even though NVIDIA are a rival for their GPU division. AMD is now a monopoly on its own chipsets now too. Nvidia has dropped out of building AMD chipsets a long time ago. Yousuf Khan |
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"Yousuf Khan" wrote in message
... AMD is now a monopoly on its own chipsets now too. Nvidia has dropped out of building AMD chipsets a long time ago. You can still buy the old NV chipsets and some even work with Bulldozer so you still have a choice. Until AMD makes a single chip chipset NV will have a place in micro ATX boards. |
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Intel's chipset monopoly
On 06/01/2012 9:58 AM, Jim wrote:
"Yousuf Khan" wrote in message ... AMD is now a monopoly on its own chipsets now too. Nvidia has dropped out of building AMD chipsets a long time ago. You can still buy the old NV chipsets and some even work with Bulldozer so you still have a choice. Until AMD makes a single chip chipset NV will have a place in micro ATX boards. Well, the standardized Hypertransport protocol is what allows old Nvidia chipsets to keep working with new AMD CPUs. The newer Hypertransport protocols work in backwards compatibility mode with the old Nvidia chipsets, even though Nvidia hasn't updated its chipsets in years. It does however mean that the AMD CPU's cannot use the latest features of Hypertransport when they are paired with Nvidia chipsets though. Yousuf Khan |
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