Filed under: Misc. GadgetsWe don't take much stock in Digitimes rumors,
but the negative chatter about NVIDIA just keeps getting louder -- in
addition to that nasty defective GPU situation, word is that problems
with the nForce line might lead the company to exit the chipset
business entirely. According the Inquirer, mobos based on the high-end
790i line have already been pulled by several manufacturers, including
Foxconn and Gigabyte, and apparently NVIDIA is asking motherboard
makers if it should stay in the chipset game at all and getting
lukewarm reactions. Of course, NVIDIA was talking about taking Intel
head-on just a few short months ago, so it would be backing down pretty
hard if it went back to just making GPUs -- not to mention that SLI
would essentially die without mobo support and platform initiatives
like Tegra would lose tons of momentum. We seriously doubt that the
situation is that dire, but right now NVIDIA needs to come out and take
control of this mess -- where are all the trash-talking execs now?
Update: NVIDIA says the rumors are groundless and that its chipset
business is as "strong as it ever has been," and that the 790i chipset
is still being made. That's that, we suppose -- but until NVIDIA comes
right out and explains what's going on, these types of rumors aren't
going away.
Read - Inquirer report on 790i chips being discontinued
Read - Digitimes report on chipset rumors
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