NVIDIA Sources Refute Claim of Split With Apple
Fudzilla has heard from industry sources close to NVIDIA that a recent report claiming that Apple will be dropping NVIDIA-based designs for future Macs is false and that the companies' relationship is "just fine."
The future of NVIDIA's chipsets in Macs remains in question, however, as Intel and NVIDIA have filed lawsuits against each other over licensing of Intel's Nehalem architecture, which is expected to make its way into Apple's mobile line later this year.
Apple is still buying Nvidia notebook chips and chipsets and nothing has changed in the last few weeks. Nvidia and Jensen [NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang] himself have a lot of respect for fuss maker Apple, and therefore this relationship has top priority for Nvidia people.
According to the earlier report, Apple's dissatisfaction with manufacturing defects in NVIDIA's chipsets for a number of MacBook Pros had led Apple to drop NVIDIA for future Macs.The future of NVIDIA's chipsets in Macs remains in question, however, as Intel and NVIDIA have filed lawsuits against each other over licensing of Intel's Nehalem architecture, which is expected to make its way into Apple's mobile line later this year.
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34 months ago
Hmm. We'll see.
If they sort out their huge defects then they'll be fine. Their chips are good, and the 9400M outlines how good their integrated solutions can be. They just need to tighten down their manufacturing.
If they sort out their huge defects then they'll be fine. Their chips are good, and the 9400M outlines how good their integrated solutions can be. They just need to tighten down their manufacturing.
34 months ago
"We will never make a phone." -Apple
"We're still selling to Apple." -nVidia
Eh, there's no stock in this.
"We're still selling to Apple." -nVidia
Eh, there's no stock in this.
34 months ago
Lots of other manufacturers are customers of multiple companies competing after each other. I don't see why anybody would have to "split" from such a relationship. Perhaps Apple would buy more ATI graphics sets right now, but everything is temporary, and Apple could exclusively buy from Nvidia in the future.
The only thing that doesn't make sense is for Apple to have a bad relationship with Nvidia because they're decided to go with ATI, or back to Intel for their integrated graphics. Again, every tight relationship is temporary in technology.
The only thing that doesn't make sense is for Apple to have a bad relationship with Nvidia because they're decided to go with ATI, or back to Intel for their integrated graphics. Again, every tight relationship is temporary in technology.
34 months ago
I hope they stick with nvidIa!
me too, i was glad macs finally had decent graphics chips
34 months ago
"We will never make a phone." -Apple
"We're still selling to Apple." -nVidia
Eh, there's no stock in this.
Lol...
In a side note. I've been quite happy with the adoption of the 9400M, I hope the nVidia deal still sticks thru, I would like to stay away as far as possible (not even wanting to touch it with a 10 ft pole) from Intel graphics.
34 months ago
well, dropping Nvidia would severely limit apple's graphics chips options especially in laptops.
That said, reliability is a huge issue and if chips were coming in defective, Nvidia ought to pay for all the issues it creates.
I hope Nvidia works to repair any problems and their relationship with Apple. maybe apple will understand. they aren't perfect either. ie the current heating and coloration issues on the white iphone 3gs
That said, reliability is a huge issue and if chips were coming in defective, Nvidia ought to pay for all the issues it creates.
I hope Nvidia works to repair any problems and their relationship with Apple. maybe apple will understand. they aren't perfect either. ie the current heating and coloration issues on the white iphone 3gs
34 months ago
Maybe this whole thing was a subtle PR stunt designed to improve Apple's position in negotiations (as now you probably have the Account Executives in charge of Apple's relationship calling frantically and making concessions to keep Apple happy).
I think dropping nVidia would be a big mistake, especially if it means that all computers with the integrated chips all of a sudden take a big hit in performance (making future revisions effectively downgrades).
On the other hand, it would be wise for Apple to have a plan in place in case nVidia loses that lawsuit and is unable to provide chipsets, etc. to anyone. In this case Apple would be stupid not to have an alternative plan lined up that wouldn't force them to delay future upgrades by more than necessary (so we don't have another mac mini situation where all the Apple computers go 18+ months without an update because they had to start planning from scratch).
The original source of the rumors might have been given information about such an alternative plan that involves dropping nVidia altogether, but it does not mean that this plan is Apple's priority or it will ever be implemented (unless that lawsuit forces it).
I think dropping nVidia would be a big mistake, especially if it means that all computers with the integrated chips all of a sudden take a big hit in performance (making future revisions effectively downgrades).
On the other hand, it would be wise for Apple to have a plan in place in case nVidia loses that lawsuit and is unable to provide chipsets, etc. to anyone. In this case Apple would be stupid not to have an alternative plan lined up that wouldn't force them to delay future upgrades by more than necessary (so we don't have another mac mini situation where all the Apple computers go 18+ months without an update because they had to start planning from scratch).
The original source of the rumors might have been given information about such an alternative plan that involves dropping nVidia altogether, but it does not mean that this plan is Apple's priority or it will ever be implemented (unless that lawsuit forces it).
34 months ago
I didn't have much faith in the original report. I suppose we find out for certain when the next round of hardware updates appear.
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