Friday, October 9, 2009
Nvidia has pull the plug on the development of chipsets for next-generation Intel processors that feature the direct media interface (DMI) bus, pending the outcome of current litigation between the two companies.
Intel in February filed a suit against Nvidia alleging that a four-year-old chipset license agreement between the two companies did not cover Intel's next-generation processors with integrated memory controllers, such as Intel's Nehalem processor.
Nvidia maintains that the license does cover the newer technology. The company later countersued Intel alleging breach of contract.
Nvidia develops chipsets for Intel processors that employ a front side bus (FSB) architecture and also develops chip sets for AMD processors that use that company's HyperTransport technology, Peddie said. He added that since Nehalem is Intel's answer to AMD's HyperTransport, Nvidia could adapt one of its existing chipsets to support it.
A spokesperson for Intel said there have been no new developments in the litigation between the two companies and that the two continue to disagree about what their 2004 license agreement says. "Nvidia's decision [to halt development on some chipsets] is based on their business needs," the spokesperson said.
By: DocMemory
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