Why NVIDIA Doesn't Make Pentium 4 Chipsets?

[NFS4]

ANSWER!

 

[Diable]

Did nVidia think Intel was gonna let them make chipsets for their processors for nothing?

 

[Degenerate]

OH? i have always wondered that too. then again, intel makes great chipsets.

 

[Gstanfor]

1. As x-bit labs said high licensing fees.
2. The nVidia chpiset would seriously eat into intels own chipset sales (very profitable for intel)
3. The chipset is also available for AMD cpu's (I'll bet that Intel would have asked a far smaller licensing fee if nvidia agreed not to support AMD cpu's with nForce).
4. nVidia is starting to get too powerful for Intel (and microsofts) comfort. Not giving them a P4 license helps contstrain their growth.

Greg

 

[AGodspeed]

<< Did nVidia think Intel was gonna let them make chipsets for their processors for nothing? >>

Lol, and I guess SiS and ALi can afford a P4 license more than nVidia or VIA can? Perhaps there's a good possibility that Intel wants to charge a higher royalty fee for nVidia and VIA chipsets than they do SiS and ALi chipsets?

It's pretty damn obvious nVidia wasn't just going to get it royalty free...

 

[SuperSix]

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<< Did nVidia think Intel was gonna let them make chipsets for their processors for nothing? >>

Lol, and I guess SiS and ALi can afford a P4 license more than nVidia or VIA can? Perhaps there's a good possibility that Intel wants to charge a higher royalty fee for nVidia and VIA chipsets than they do SiS and ALi chipsets?

It's pretty damn obvious nVidia wasn't just going to get it royalty free... >>



It's about power.
Ali and SiS, while they are great chipset manufacturers, are little fish compared to nVidia. Intel also stands to make some jack from the i845G integrated graphics chipset. Yes, SiS has one out, but Intel doesn't want such a widely accepted name such as nVidia competing.

 

[JellyBaby]

<< Perhaps there's a good possibility that Intel wants to charge a higher royalty fee for nVidia and VIA chipsets than they do SiS and ALi chipsets? >>

Precisely. Remember, Intel realizes it must allow certain competition in order to keep the Big Bad Government Monkey off its back. Can't let the Feds start talking about anti-competitive tactics and the like again. Not enough competition to hurt the bottom line, though. It's a fragile web they weave...and a hard balance to maintain at times.

 

[microAmp]

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Thanks for the info NFS4.

 

[zemus]

personally, I do not think anyone should be able to charge a fee over a bus protocol, but anyway


$5 is a fairly hefty fee, at least 10X what i would have thought it was worth

 

[Diable]

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<< Did nVidia think Intel was gonna let them make chipsets for their processors for nothing? >>

Lol, and I guess SiS and ALi can afford a P4 license more than nVidia or VIA can? Perhaps there's a good possibility that Intel wants to charge a higher royalty fee for nVidia and VIA chipsets than they do SiS and ALi chipsets?

It's pretty damn obvious nVidia wasn't just going to get it royalty free... >>



You and I both know Intel's royalty fee is probably higher for nVidia and VIA then it is for ALi and SiS because neither one of those companies can or will cut into Intel's chipset cash cow. It makes damn good business sense for Intel to stop VIA and nVidia from making P4 chipsets because there the only two companies that can take marketshare and drive their prie per chipset down.