In a move that might hurt both NVidia and Intel’s bottom line, NVidia’s lead corporate communications spokeman Robert Sherbin told PC Magazine that they have put all chipset development work on hold, pending resolution of a legal dispute with Intel. In addition to Intel chipsets, they’ve also halted development on AMD chipsets (even though they aren’t part of the legal proceedings).
“We have said that we will continue to innovate integrated solutions for Intel’s FSB architecture,” Sherbin told PC Magazine in an email. “We firmly believe that this market has a long healthy life ahead. But because of Intel’s improper claims to customers and the market that we aren’t licensed to the new DMI bus and its unfair business tactics, it is effectively impossible for us to market chipsets for future CPUs. So, until we resolve this matter in court next year, we’ll postpone further chipset investments.”
This won’t directly impact Graphics cards, but will impact some of NVidia’s bug chipsets like the NForce.
Update: Read NVidia’s official response.
