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What did NVIDIA get from Intel?

We have recently reported the possibility of a collaboration between the two companies, but the details are not yet known.

We certainly don’t know the background to the deal right now, but if the information in the INQUIRER is correct, we’ll at least find out what NVIDIA asked Intel in exchange for handing over GPU technology.

The consensus had three main points. The first is that NVIDIA will receive a license for the 1600 FSB, meaning that in the not-too-distant future, it will be eligible to manufacture a chipset for Intel processors running on such a clock bus. It was the most believable and the least interesting point of the deal.

The second point is already a little more incredible, but we still see a small chance of it. According to this, Intel will use NVIDIA chips for some special motherboards. Areas that are most relevant here are motherboards for gamers, where we admit Intel hasn’t embossed anything well so far. The agreement is only for platforms like this because NVIDIA is producing quite buggy (buggy) chipsets, which would greatly tarnish Intel's reputation in hitherto successful areas.

Although the previous point was incredible, the last one raises strong doubts. The third point is that NVIDIA will be given the opportunity to develop a chipset under Xeon processors. Huhhh… Well, here are two interesting things to think about right away. The first is why Intel would let go of lucrative chipset production in the market where the most significant benefit can be realized due to the price of servers, and the second is that if NVIDIA chipsets are full of errors (and there are always some), it will be able to whether the company can produce a quality that is appropriate for a server.

Here I leave everyone to ponder the above!

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