http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/ Engadget Comments for NVIDIA responds to Intel's Ion dismissal, all eyes on recess for confrontation http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Intel can't be bothered designing a fast integrated graphics chip even if the life depended on it. But they can still tear nVidia a new ass economicalyif they wanted.

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(yeah I know AMD has their own platform, but it's not an excuse for missing an opportunity)]]>Feb 26th 2009 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/
"AMD was said to be wandering around the cafeteria, looking for a seat at the lunch table." Beautiful.]]>Feb 26th 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/
These days I find myself torn. AMD/ATi is in rough shape, I applaud NVidia for Ion, and Intel, though generally disgusting, does impress me with Atom.

If Larrabee is more than a pipedream, I'm hoping AMD/ATi merges with NVidia to create a CPUGPU conglomerate to compete directly with them.

(I don't really think Larrabee will be competitive. Intel, your integrated solutions are horrible. You are only trumped by SiS, who still manages to turn out not only terrible hardware, but even worse drivers.)

Nvidiatimd, anyone?]]>Feb 26th 2009 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/ATI/AMD with their combo solution
INTEL with Larrabee (cough)
Nvidia sleeping with VIA (ouch)]]>Feb 26th 2009 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/If you did a little math, you'd realize that 2:40 to 2:31 is the same as 9.5 to 9, so the base must be the same, no?]]>Feb 26th 2009 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/
The ION platform also uses an IGP, it just happens to be far superior to Intel's shitty GMA..

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FIGHT]]>Feb 26th 2009 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/
And we don't know which way the money flowed for the validation process; was it MSFT that paid NVIDIA or was it NVIDIA that paid MSFT to perform validation? I suspect it was NVIDIA that paid out.]]>Feb 26th 2009 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/]]>Feb 26th 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/
I am betting on nVidia with this one. something tells me Intel think this could pose a challenge for them thats why they keep attacking the nVidia with this one.]]>Feb 26th 2009 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/So intel what' you say ?]]>Feb 26th 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/
The whole advantage of using Intel products in the first place was the semi-open platform that x86 provides. Anyone can make a video card or sound card or whatever for a standard x86 platform. So why is Intel shooting themselves in the feet by making the Atom systems proprietary? Tastes a bit like PowerPC, if you ask me.

I'm an Intel fanboy, but I'm also a gamer and I'm poor. So I want the best deal on a computer that can game and Hulu and Netflix and plug into my TV. The Ion sounds like a contender. Intel's standard platform definitely is NOT.

Intel, if you can't bring your graphics systems into the 21st century, at least give us the choice to use a third party device to get the functionality we need! It's just good business sense.]]>Feb 26th 2009 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/
That's how you react what you're worried that someone is encroaching your territory. Intel I feel, is a bit worried that it will lose a chunk of the market share of it's nettop and netbook vendors. If Ion is a. cheaper for consumers (and vendors) and b. performs much better - why would any vendor stick with Intel?

Right now, people are pretty stuck. If you want a cheapy laptop device....you're going to probably get the One or Eee like netbook which has the atom and the intel 945 or whatever crappy video Atoms sell with. And while that may be 'satisfactory', after all - what more do you "need" with a netbook? What if consumers knew that they could get something which could actually play games and HD videos smooth? Or that seemed MUCH quicker because the CPU is only utilized for processing power and not in any way for Graphics?
It would possibly mean that even though a 2 core Atom is more powerful than a 2 core Via, that the Via/Ion based netbook/nettop would be much, much faster/smoother and a plain better experience than that 2 core Atom/Intel GMA based netbook/nettop and that information would spread quickly.

So they have to do SOMETHING to convince Acer, Asus, Dell and other major Atom selling makers, as well as customers 'in the know' to stick it out with Intel.
Nowadays, it's seemingly like bad mouthing and lying about the competition's products correlates to advancing your own interests. Look how badly Apples ads have marred Vista in the eyes of people who don't even own it? Soon, very soon...customers will have to ignore all the marketing and just find ways to test products on their own through family or friends. ]]>Feb 26th 2009 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/
"Soon, very soon...customers will have to ignore all the marketing and just find ways to test products on their own through family or friends. "

Or perhaps read reviews from technology blogs and websites.. ;)]]>Feb 27th 2009 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/nvidia-responds-to-intels-ion-dismissal-all-eyes-on-recess-for/Feb 26th 2009 7:44PM