Nvidia CEO unsurprised by Intel lawsuit

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang seemed unsurprised by allegations made Wednesday by New York's attorney general that Intel has illegally tried to maintain its monopoly.

Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang.

(Credit: Nvidia)

"Where there's smoke there's probably fire. It blows my mind that's it's taken this long," Huang said in an interview Thursday, just after the graphics chipmaker posted solid fourth-quarter earnings. Nvidia competes with Intel in the PC graphics chip market.

"Even bribes and kickbacks can't stop somebody from buying our graphics processors," he said, referring to the allegations made in the lawsuit.

When contacted, Intel had no comment.

"Tactics good for AMD are tactics good for Nvidia," he added. "We have far superior products to Intel, that's how we survive by innovating far ahead of (Intel)."

Nvidia is locked in a legal battle with Intel, preventing Nvidia from making chipsets for Intel's "Nehalem" Core i series of chips--the lastest and greatest line of processors from Intel. Nvidia's Ion chipset--used in Apple MacBooks and Hewlett-Packard Netbooks, for example--has been very successful.

Huang also commented on the wave of next-generation tablets and media pads expected to hit the market next year, such as the rumored Apple tablet. Nvidia is already working with device makers who will use its Tegra chip in these designs next year.

"I think that's going to be the next big form factor," he said. "More and more people that use the iPhone would like to have a bigger iPhone. And the fact that 4g is coming--20 megabits per second. What can't you do. I think this (market) space is about to go nuts," he said.

"I really think we're on the cusp of our second personal computer revolution," he said.

[Super2online]

Wow! Well he certainly makes it seem like an exciting year. Let's hope there are many tablets introduced that spark the imagination and light the fires of innovation.

[slickuser]

check this out:

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2009/10/03/fermi-card-on-stage-wasn-t-real/1

[tektaktyks]

Die intel!Die!

[slickuser]

You are not going to see that in your lifetime. However, most likely you will see someone
buying AMD/NVidia.

Now, lets see who bribed NY to file this case against Intel. AMD is building a fab in NY.
Coincidence eh?

[timber2005]

It was filed by Skynet. They want to distract you.

[slickuser]

We have far superior products to Intel, that's how we survive by innovating far ahead of (Intel).

like what? don't try to compare Intel's integrated graphics. Intel itself would admit that it is not
superior to AMD/NVidia's solution.

[icemachine5829]

well since the focus of this article is on Tablets, im guessing hes comparing the Nvidia Tegra Gpu to the Intel's Atom process and both are used or going to be used in Tablets and the Tegra is incredibly more superior to the Atom.

[slickuser]

Atom was never designed to be used on Tablet. The CULV processor might be the right choice
for tablet.

OEMs are using Atom on everything. Intel can't stop them.

[Gold_Storm_Mac]

intel will never die. they have lots of great tech they have innovated in.

[Anonymous Hero]

Intel's products kick ass, and now that the gigahertz race is over, they are number one in power-saving chips. Ion, on the other hand, is little more than a fad.

[thelemurking]

I bet you ride unicorns to work, and slide down rainbows to get to candy land where you play with talking bunny rabbits next to waterfalls of chocolate ice cream.

I got to admit, I am sort of jealous of your little fantasy land... but please continue :]

[tektaktyks]

i cant wait till amd puts out a better chip again,i just wanna see all macboys crying ...time will come

[slickuser]

*****. That has nothing to do with a lawsuit. Intel is not stopping AMD/NVidia from innovating.

When AMD had a better processor (once in their history) they did pretty well. They gained market share etc. The problem is they couldn't repeat their success. so do most one-hit wonders.

[ckh1272]

@tektaktyks--Pure genius. So I guess the two-thirds of Windows users using Intel hardware will be crying too?? You're narrow mindedness and bias is just sad. You're so hyper-focused on anything anti-apple that you can't see the forest through the trees, i.e. forgetting all of the Win/Intel users.

[tektaktyks]

@ ckh1272,why you brig up windows into this?i dont like intel,i dont like apple,i dont like microsoft,i like windows 7 but win live movie maker is a piece of garbage for example,so is itunes...
@ sickuser i get phenom x4 for less than core 2 duo...thats a win for me.

[ckh1272]

@ tektaktyks--You're kidding me right?? You have been nothing but an Apple basher for no other good reason than you "think" they are overpriced. You're statement 100% implies that. If you were trying to be objective, then mentioning just Apple (like they are the only ones using Intel lol) means you failed. I really don't care what else you have to say. the proof is in all of your "Apple related" posts. End of story.

[tektaktyks]

end of story is when i say it,you are irrelevant ,if ms was making overpriced pc's and was trying to pretend its a cool company i would be bashing them as well,i mention apple because they use intel only when other companies offer alternative,why isnt apple being sued? i am glad they go after dell and intel but it shouldnt stop there.

[ckh1272]

@tektaktyks--I am not even going to point out the obliviousness in your statement. People with blinders (you old posts prove your bias) will never see the folly of their ways. First, you should really read that story in more detail to understand the legal situation there and why it only involves Dell in Intel in NY right now. If Intel has done the things mentioned then they deserve whatever legal ramifications that come their way. However, my point to you is that you can't seem to seem to help yourself by dropping Apple into an negative conversation. The proof is in your posts and it doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to see your bias.Also, who offered Apple and alternative. It's a pretty well known fact that Apple looked at both Intel and AMD. They went with Intel because of their better roadmap for laptop systems. As far as WIndows systems, I like both and would have preferred AMD in Apple (now owning ATI helps). However, they do not have better laptop chips (proved by many performance/speed tests) and that where the world has been moving to over the years. Oh, and being mad at a company for "trying to be cool" is just silly. What do you think Microsoft is trying to do with those Win 7 ads these days?? Don't forget about the Xbox 360 ads. It's just advertising, but not everyone buys something because they make cool commercials. Those type of people have their own issues to deal with.

[D_Carnahan]

AMD has had many good chips over the years there was a long period of time when I would not use an Intel chip in my builds until the new i7 chips. To say AMD is a one hit wonder is silly, they broke the 1ghz barrier before Intel they did Dual core right from the start, and so many more things like ditching the traditional FSB. SO before you say they are a one hit wonder you should look a little deeper like say 64 bit deeper.

[Gold_Storm_Mac]

back then intel wasn't good at all. PPC was more efficient and powerful than intel. PPC brought 64bit to to the mainstream before AMD.