In the wake of Intels decision to spike the first-generation “Larrabee” GPU, one blogger speculated that Intel will turn around and buy Nvidia as a way to not only enter the graphics chips space against AMD, but also to grab Nvidias mobile Tegra processors. However, an analyst called such talk naïve. Even if Nvidia would allow Intel to buy it, Intel doesnt think it needs Nvidia. And Intel still believes that the x86 architecture is still the way to go.
– Intels dumping of the first-generation “Larrabee” GPU has touched
off a debate on whether the giant chip maker will buy rival Nvidia to
get itself back into the graphics processor game.
Intel officials Dec. 4 announced that they were shelving its first
GPGPU due to development issues. The chip, …