Nvidia Firmly Denies Plans To Build a CPU 123
Barence writes "A senior vice president of Nvidia has denied rumours that the company is planning an entry into the x86 CPU market. Speaking to PC Pro, Chris Malachowsky, another co-founder and senior vice president, was unequivocal. 'That's not our business,' he insisted. 'It's not our business to build a CPU. We're a visual computing company, and I think the reason we've survived the other 35 companies who were making graphics at the start is that we've stayed focused.' He also pointed out that such a move would expose the company to fierce competition. 'Are we likely to build a CPU and take out Intel?' he asked. 'I don't think so, given their thirty-year head start and billions and billions of dollars invested in it. I think staying focused is our best strategy.' He was also dismissive of the threat from Intel's Larrabee architecture, following Nvidia's chief architect calling it a 'GPU from 2006' at the weekend."
Re:Reprogrammable GPU? (Score:5, Funny)
If hell froze over they wouldn't have to worry about the cooling on their chips.
I guess that's a plus.
NVidia's Architect (Score:1, Funny)
http://www.hackthematrix.org/matrix/pics/m3/arch/1.gif
Re:Reprogrammable GPU? (Score:4, Funny)
And I want a microwave than can be customer bludgeoned into a bicycle. Where do you people get the idea that you can do hardware in software?