nForce 5, anyone?

[Aenslead]

P4 lovers will have something to expect for next year... besides Presscott.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=10937

I would love to see it, too...

 

[jdogg707]

Interesting, but unlikely, Intel likes the market share they get from their chipsets and the only reason companies like ALI and ATI get licenses is because Intel knows they will not makeup a large enough amount of the market to become a threat...Nvidia on the other hand could become quite dangerous with a P4 chipset. You can't seem like a monopoly, but you can't hand over market share either...

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: jdogg707
Interesting, but unlikely, Intel likes the market share they get from their chipsets and the only reason companies like ALI and ATI get licenses is because Intel knows they will not makeup a large enough amount of the market to become a threat...Nvidia on the other hand could become quite dangerous with a P4 chipset. You can't seem like a monopoly, but you can't hand over market share either...

True, however system lifecycles are going by even quicker these days. If Intel licences nVidia to make a chipset for their current P4's, they could gain some good market share, and just deny nVidia a licence to the next generation of CPU's they develop if nVidia gets too powerful (as they have done with Via). I wouldn't completely count out an nVidia chipset P4 system, especially with Intel being so agressive with license renewals.

 

[Aenslead]

True. Many nVidia fans wouldn't doubt on changing plattaforms, and that could be a big win for Intel. I for one would not doubt on giving it a try.