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Can Nvidia Kill the x86 Architecture?

Store this one away in your "Grass is always greener" file: The two companies that make the brains found in today's computers, Intel and AMD, are both pushing hard to get into graphics, just as the top graphics chip maker, Nvidia, is aiming squarely at the CPU space. It's not an identity crisis so much as a testament to how important graphics have become in the consumer computing experience - and how much money can be made crunching numbers on the corporate side.
Lord Anubis - contributor
Published: 624 days 5 hours ago | Article | PC | Tech
 
 

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MicroDeath SoftStar - 624 days 2 hours ago
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I have been waiting forever for someone to kill x86 off , its a really old form of architecture and its holding everything back when it comes to the pc world .
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Horny Melon - 624 days 2 hours ago
2 - I think that if.........
Any of the players in the computer industry are interested in staying in business are going to have to adapt to a U.S. in recession. One way to do this would be to eliminate either the CPU or Graphics card. I think AMD/ATI were smart as they could bring something to the table with harmony. The Intel/Nvidia fight can only play into AMD/ATIs hands...if they don't screw up.
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skagrerrrr - 624 days 2 hours ago
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high time, the x86 has been milked too long
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superaktieboy - 624 days 2 hours ago
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not sure about nVIDIA, i know they can, but not sure they will.. i am more confident saying the IBM will kill the x86 structure of, coz they are the ones that are always looking for a new challenge, but nVIDIA keeps developing the same but better (look at the 9800GX2, its just two 8800 Ultras in one)
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MicroDeath SoftStar - 624 days 1 hour ago
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personally i think that the cards are in MS's hands , if they dont move away from x86 the chip manufactures just cant push technology ahead and were stuck in this monopoly circle
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SuperSaiyan4 - 624 days ago
5 - 1978??? Damn!!
Definently time to move on!

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