There are numerous rumors circulating that NVIDIA is secreatly planing to develop X86 CPU.NVIDIA begins hiring engineers from Transmeta.
“We believe Nvidia could enter the x86 CPU business. Nvidia could become a supplier of x86 CPUs by necessity to preserve both GPU and chipset revenue. […] 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,” said analyst Doug Freedman of Broadpoint AmTech.
Transmeta once played an important role in x86 processor field by virtue of code morphing.However,it didnt breath through Intel and AMDs besiegment and finally disappeared in the long river of history.
In addition to self-development,someone suggests that NVIDIA accquire VIA to realize the entry to x86 market in a indirect way.
“We believe internally developed x86 solutions are more likely than external acquisitions (i.e. Via Technologies),”said Mr. Freedman.For NVIDIA,if it has its own x86 CPUs,it enables to garantee chipset and graphics revenues without doubt and seize active opportunities.
Source:[xbitlabs]
