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Are new rumors of an NVIDIA x86 CPU plausible?
Ars Technica —
It's the NVIDIA rumor that won't die: no, not the one where the GPU maker buys tiny VIA, but the other one, where it jumps feet-first into competition with both Intel and AMD by producing an x86 processor of its own. The idea has cropped up again in an analyst note from Doug Freedman of Broadpoint AmTech, in which Freedman claims that NVIDIA has been hiring former Transmeta engineers to work on a secret x86 processor that will appear sooner rather than later. In the note seen by the EE Times ...
Nvidia x86 processor rumors resurface
The Tech Report: News —
Nvidia x86 processor rumors resurface by Cyril Kowaliski 6:00 AM on November 4, 2009 The rumor mill is at it again. According to EE Times, an equity research firm has revived last year's speculation by claiming Nvidia is covertly developing an x86 processor to compete with AMD and Intel. Broadpoint AmTech analyst Doug Freedman says in his report, "We believe that Nvidia has hired former Transmeta staff extensively, and that instruction code 'morphing' requirements have declined as more x86 instructions have come off of patent coverage." Transmeta, of course, developed low-power, x86-compatible processors before turning into an intellectual-property ...
Nvidia x86 processor rumors surface once again
TechSpot —
Nvidia has reportedly begun hiring former engineers from Transmeta and is looking to develop its own x86-compatible processor core in a bid to continue its lucrative chipset business. The now-defunct microprocessor producer specialized in low-power, x86-compatible processors before turning into an intellectual property licensing firm and eventually closing doors in September of 2008. Similar rumors have surfaced and died several times over the last few years along with speculation about an Nvidia acquisition of VIA. However, Doug Freedman of research house AmTech feels an ...
Analyst: NVIDIA prepping to enter x86 processor market
DV Hardware —
... Rumors that NVIDIA may be working on a x86 processor surfaced again. This time AmTech analyst Doug Freedman claims the GPU maker may be internally developing x86 solutions, as the company has been quietly hiring former employees of Transmeta: ...
NVIDIA Inside?
Hardware 2.0 —
... Tags: Is NVIDIA planning to enter the x86 chip business? Could you soon be buying a PC that has NVIDIA inside? Here’s the scoop, thanks to the EETimes : ”We believe Nvidia could enter the x86 CPU business,” said analyst Doug Freedman of Broadpoint AmTech. ”Nvidia could become a supplier of x86 CPUs by necessity to preserve both GPU and chipset revenue.” Nvidia (Santa Clara, Calif.) has been quietly hiring former employees of Transmeta, a now-defunct, x86-based processor supplier. ”We believe internally developed x86 solutions are more likely than external acquisitions (i.e. ...
