News Nvidia CEO attacks Intel Atom pricing strategy

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2009/05/19/nvidia-attacks-intel-atom-pricing-strategy/1

It wasn't long before Nvidia's vocal Chief Executive, Jen-Hsun Huang, spoke up about Intel's Atom pricing strategy.

 

it's artificial pricing on Intel's part... they are potentially making a loss on the atom + chipset, or put a massive mark up on the atom when sold singley, trying to recoup the market share lost to a rival chipset with increased revenue. i don't see it as anti competitive, intel is competing with a low price, so nVidia will have to compete on a variable of quality, as it has been bigging up HD playback and so on.

 

I suppose there's also some sort of clause that stops Manufacturers buying the Atom bundle and throwing away the 945/ICH7s.

 

Nividia does nothing "fair" too, selling a old videocard as new 4 times in a row. I call that misleading customers...

 

But their just unfair to the customers, not other businesses. I think that's where they're coming from.

 

I saw nvidia ceo attacks and I wondered if I should even read this.. it's called karma huang! you withheld sli to your own chipsets and licensed it to intels skulltrail for a ridiculous amount of money

who's wearing the clownface now

 

So Intel is offering something for a low price and Nvidia is complaining? Or did I miss something.

Also, can someone please fill me in on this. "Nividia does nothing "fair" too, selling a old videocard as new 4 times in a row. I call that misleading customers..."

I hear people talk about that, but I seem to have missed the whole story.

 

8800GT -> 8800GTS -> 9800GT -> 9800GTX -> 9800GTX+ -> GTS250.

pretty much the same card over and over again

 

Personally I am not surprised that Intel are giving people money to take their chuffing ***** chipsets...

Bob

 

The 8800GT is a cut down 8800GTS and came after it, it's not the same card. It goes like this..

8800GTS (90nm cut-down 8800GTX) -> 8800GTS 512MB (same name, different card - 65nm, 128 shaders, but 256-bit memory bus) -> 9800GTX (pretty much the exact same thing as the 8800GTS 512MB) -> 9800GTX+ (55nm shrink of 9800GTX with zero changes otherwise) -> GTS250 (new name, new cooler, no changes from the + otherwise)

 

LOL @ Nvidia, Huang STFU before you eat out your own words ,lol

 

Those are the posts I live for. Short, to the point and informative.

 

Ooohh yesss~ Whoop his ass!!

 

Looks like Intel have plans to make it even harder for Nvidia to squeeze into some Atom action.

 

ya but it still doesnt really address the decoding issues that the netbooks can come across with higher bit-rate streams and video. Granted it doesnt state what type of GPU or its capabilities so I guess there is still a chance

 

So why can't OEMs buy the $25 package and stick the excess chipset in the bin/on a different mobo?

 

As mentioned before they most likely have to agree some kind of license agreement that makes that impossible.