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This may sound a bit out there, but couldn't Nvidia make just the southbridge chipset for Intel, which could then be used with other Northbridges?

 

But there's no new bus being used, EM64T is just an ISA. Can't see why that would require a new bus license, unless a 'bus' license for Intel really means "CPU socket and CPU's ISA on a particular bus" license

I'll play devil's advocate with this With all that it would entail to create core logic for the current Pentium 4 platform, mainly the memory controller which isn't trivial to implement and while they have decent experience with memory controllers with nForce2, well....I don't see it.

Logic dictates

I'd argue that a two chip core logic set is basically mandatory with the current P4 platform's feature set, rather than just being a likely possibility.

Memory controller, USB controllers, disk controllers, audio engine, networking controller, possible PCI Express and AGP bus interfaces, interface silicon for the rest, all on one chip? It'd be a mite big, need 1000+ pins and I guess would always need active cooling.

Too hard and too expensive, IMHO.

To surmise, I seriously doubt NVIDIA will bother with the P4 platform in its current state, and they definitely wouldn't be using single chip core logic if they did.

However, a Smithfield/something based off of Pentium M Intel desktop platform.... 8)

Rys

 

Intel required a new bus-license for HyperThreading.

 

I hope that the next soundstorm encodes 6.1, and 7.1 streams, my receiver only has 5.1 discrete inputs, but outputs 6.1 so I am always loosing out if I use a regular soundcard.

 

Maybe nvidia will add soundstorm into their graphics cards, it would certainly be an edge that could cause many people to buy nvidia graphics cards over ati.(doesn't nvidia already have quite a few features in their drivers that don't have to do with 3d acceleration? and wasn't there some sound mixer that used the 6800 gpu?)

 

I would prefer either DTS-ES or DTS 96/24. GTA:Vice City on PS2 has real time DTS encoding...why not PC

 

Fox, are you serious or was your post somewhat in jest?

I ask because I remember the "Diamond Edge 3D" that featured the NV-1, which oddly enough had sound integrated into it. It didn't sell well at all, plus it was the quadratics renderer.

http://www.st.com/stonline/press/news/year1996/496xp.htm

Amazing to think that this was only 8 years ago...

 

Well when you think about it light and sound have properties that make them behave the same in certain circumstances, maybe in the end it will work out best to simulate them similarly.

I realze sound waves are compressive, and EM waves are not, but they still have certain properties the same.

Heck if the thing about diamond transistors (87 GHz) works out maybe we will have lighting sound calculations based on wave mechanics eventually

 

Somewhat in jest, but since nvidia has been expanding the capabilities of their products recently it could be possible.

 

There might be some space left on that second slot plate...

 

Heh I was one of those few who bought an NV1, but I couldn't afford the VRAM version and had to buy the EDO model. It couldn't even play the included Virtua Fighter 1 at playable speeds on my old DX2-66 It got returned and I went back to my S3 card

 

I know for a fact that the intel chipset from nvidia is gonna come out soon.

My speculation is around early to mid december since they have had the silicon ready for a while and are in the beta stage of driver testing. They are now fine tuning the memory controller (ddr2 controller, yeah baby!) on the board level and are trying to sort out some incompablities and other issues on really high(ddr2 700~766) overclocking speed.

okay, the information above is purely rumor and pls take it as such.

 

Isn't that such a typical stock market response? When the markets opened, NVDA jumped about 1.50 on the news, but finished the day only 0.10 up.

ATI went down a dollar, though. Strange, because I'd think Intel would lose much more than ATI.

 

Caught this link from [H]ardOCP: http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_17070.html