just reviewing the specification of fermi core and it seems more cpu than just a gpu. so i wander will nvidia enter x86 and make competition with intel/amd? i know that fermi's cuda architecture + netburst trace cache even core i7 will meet its match. so will this senario ever happan?
before you guys start arguing about the licence of x86 i must mention this: nvidia acquired stexar- formerly known as the oragon division in intel processor team, oragon division was dismiss during the massive lay off in 2005. but the key people of the division: randy stack is now leader engineer in nvidia's processor division and the designer of cuda architecture. whether stexar is legitimate or not they did hold the right of netburst architecture. if the legal issue being solved nvidia will eventually become a threat to intel.
before you guys start arguing about the licence of x86 i must mention this: nvidia acquired stexar- formerly known as the oragon division in intel processor team, oragon division was dismiss during the massive lay off in 2005. but the key people of the division: randy stack is now leader engineer in nvidia's processor division and the designer of cuda architecture. whether stexar is legitimate or not they did hold the right of netburst architecture. if the legal issue being solved nvidia will eventually become a threat to intel.