Nvidia Launches Site for Intel-Nvidia Battle
It's a one-stop resource for all info related to actions against Intel.
Friday Nvidia's official blog was updated with an announcement that the company launched a new portal. Rather than sporting a smoking-hot new product, the web page displays information related to the anti-trust litigation brought against Intel. Called "The Case For Innovation," Nvidia is showing no mercy for the rival company, throwing in links and articles to clarify the overall picture.
"The site is a one-stop resource for those looking to get up to speed on actions being brought against Intel for impeding competition, stifling innovation and for not living up to its agreements which were filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the New York Attorney General, as well as Nvidia itself. The site also provides background about cases brought by the European Commission, Japan and Korea," the blog reads.
The site offers various resources including an article that explains the difference between GPUs and CPUs (for the not-so-tech-savvy obviously), a "stack of evidence" that's piling up against Intel, and a sub-portal leading curious readers to other articles from the likes of Fortune, the Washington Post, Bloomberg News, and more. Nvidia's new portal also links to the latest news on the subject, with the current headline leading consumers to a Fortune video interview with Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang.
For inquiring surfers on the go, Nvidia has also released four podcasts on iTunes relating to the issue. They are Intel vs. Nvidia (Nvidia Counter-suit), State of New York vs. Intel, U.S. Federal Trade Commission vs. Intel, and European Commission vs. Intel.
Because companies should fight for the future of other companies?
Their own future, I presume ...
Because companies should fight for the future of other companies?
Not just any other companies at that, but their competitors.
Yeah, right. Just give us Fermi already.
I am certain of fewer and fewer things in the world as time goes by, but one of the things that seems abundently clear to me is that if Jen-Hsun Huang wasn't the President and Founder of nVidia the board would have asked for his resignation a loooooong time ago.
wcooper is absolutely correct, Intel is just getting back at Nvidia for the SLI deal. If I were Huang, I'd think to myself that a little fish doesn't fight the whale. I mean, Nvidia has their share of problems; Fermi was delayed almost six months, there's the whole deal of putting new stickers on old cards (8800GT, 9800GT, GTS250), etc.
As an intel user, I have to say that intel integrated graphics stink. Sorry, but they do. None of them can produce even decent 3D graphics (for lack of acceleration). So, the suit is simple. If the customer wants to play games, or do anything 3D for that matter, then invest in a Nvidia discrete graphics card, and don't buy intel. Simple as that. The market seems fair to me.
I'm a bit suprised that the two companies are acting so anti-competitive. If intel and nvidia paired up, amd/ati would lose even more market share. An intel board with nvidia graphics is (imho) the best choice for people running without a dedicated video card nowdays. Argue if you will; I've had far less trouble with nView than with Catalyst.
My enemy's enemy is still my enemy?
+1 on that one.... I am trying not to be a fanboi but..... I have yet to go to ATI. I did have some of there ole stuff in the day but with they way things are going I might have to go back to (ATI). Man I just want a game that pushes the current tech to the max(erhem CRYSIS).
It doesn't matter if Nvidia is getting back Intel for the SLI deal. Just because Nvidia did not want to sell SLI licensing to Intel doesn't mean Intel has the right to take away their chipset license from Nvidia. They had a deal and Intel clearly is on the wrong. And look at what has happened now, Intel doe shave the SLI license and Nvidia is still not able to make Intel chipsets plus Intel is screwing them on the Atom chipsets as well with pricing.
I agree with you that Nvidia has had their share of problems with rebadging old cards but they have done nothing to deserve the anti-competitive practice from Intel. BTW, I am not an Nvidia fanboy just trying to explain this without any bias. Regardless of how bad the last couple of Nvidia chipsets were, less competition only hurts consumers. Look at how long Intel is taking to implement USB 3 and SATA 6 gbps on their motherboards.