Comments on: Apple to NVIDIA: I’m so breaking up with you

By: ATI-Grafik für Apple-Computer? « 11tech

ATI-Grafik für Apple-Computer? « 11tech — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:24:20 +0000

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By: Rattler

Rattler — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:07:01 +0000

Ummmm, there is the 3rd thing and thats putting intel graphics in Apple Macs. hahahha Good for Nvidia, and I hope AMD doesn’t settle for anything less than Apple switching to AMD chips. If Apple is going to use ATI graphics they better help bring AMD’s market share by using their processors. Maybe Apple can use Matrox video.

By: Smchrz

Smchrz — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:24:42 +0000

Brilliantly written piece!

Love geek humor…

By: joe

joe — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:19:21 +0000

I think people fail to recall nvidia already set aside millions of dollars to handle the faulty chip issue. Not all of that money have been spent yet. I recall reading this money is for the big companies buying their chip. As to how each companies (hp, dell, ibm, etc) handles it by either a recall, repair, extending warranties, software update, etc is up to the individual companies to decide. Some are better than other.

Also funny is how people call nvidia arrogant. Imo, they all are. Intel with their x86 “no one can make them unless we allow it” Wow, that is really supporting openness. Or AMD, “we support open technologies only” but in the future we will build everything in-house: CPU, GPU. Or Apple: they are even bigger when it comes to keeping their products proprietary.

I may seems like a nvidia support but I am only be fair. Look at it from both angles. imo, nvidia f up with their faulty chip and i think they could have handle it better in terms of PR. Some of the other sites are actually using Inquirer as a source. Honestly, Inquirer is the worst as a source. Not sure what happen to Charlie on Inquirer but that guy got a chip on his shoulder and some major beef with nvidia. So the guy who cries fire fire fire at every article is sudden taken as a credible source. I reserve my judgement. Hopefully nvidia pulls through this ordeal and get back to make great gpu like TNT. I like the competition they bring to AMD/ATI and Intel. It just gives us customers more choice.

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:35:13 +0000

Wouldn’t Snow Leopard’s Grand Central framework be a great fit for Larrabee? Considering Intel’s approach, from what I’ve gathered, is going to be more software dependent than anything else.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:16:39 +0000

Apple calling someone else arrogant? Steve Jobs is the MASTER of arrogance.

By: FreedomLivesFast

FreedomLivesFast — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:42:51 +0000

No Tegra for iphone then – bad Apple
If the tegra is as good as they say Apple might just have to crawl back.

“ohh baby, you know I didn’t mean it, that chip meant nothing to me. It was just processing !”

By: Screen Sleuth

Screen Sleuth — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:56:39 +0000

I’d guess Intel would be the likely suitor should NVidia and Apple “break up”.

By: ImIcarus

ImIcarus — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:20:57 +0000

Hmm… well, something big like faulty GPUs and not taking the blame… I think Apple will drop NVidia “like a rock”.

However, I don’t quite know if Apple will pick up AMD either… I’ve heard rumors that NVidia’s and AMD’s newer GPUs have extremely inflexible circuit layouts. I’ve also heard Intel’s Larrabee provides much more design freedom than the other two.

So who knows? Whoever Apple picks up will probably be the next leader in GPU, between Intel, AMD, and NVidia.