No nForce chipset for Nehalem CPUs?

[impar]

Greetings!

Intel and Nvidia headed for licensing stand-off

This started out as a rumor today, but Intel has since more-or-less confirmed that licensing discussions between Intel and Nvidia for Intel's next-generation processors are not going well and the resulting conflict could have implications for high-end gaming PCs.

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The story is that Intel and Nvidia are currently negotiating technology licenses for Nehalem, Intel's next-generation desktop CPU due out at the end of this year. As we were told from multiple desktop vendors who wish to remain nameless, Intel wants to license SLI from Nvidia for its Nehalem chipsets, and if Nvidia won't, Intel will withhold the license that would enable Nvidia to support Nehalem's memory controller, and thus Nehalem, on its own chipsets.

[UDF2Diablo]

to be honest, if the current trend of poor quality nVidia boards/chipsets continues, i'd much rather prefer an Intel board with SLI instead of an nVidia board with SLI...

perhaps nVidia feel the same way about their own boards and don't want to give Intel the licensing for SLI because they know that they'll end up losing a lot of customers to the Intel boards ;o

[powerarmour]

Sounds like a right stalemate at the moment...

I guess that's what happens when you want to play hardball with Intel, and hopefully a compromise will be reached.

Mind you, and Intel Nehalem motherboard both with official Crossfire & SLI support would be tough to beat, and it's probably about time that Crossfire & SLI were licensed free for all chipsets.

At the end of the day, Nvidia are still going to make the money selling SLI GPU's, heck they may even sell more giving it to Intel, more than enough to compensate for lack of chipset sales.