From: "Orson Cart" Reply-To: "Orson Cart" Subject: Intel's chipset monopoly Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel NNTP-Posting-Host: $$5jpnlhimnb7q6.feeder.x-privat.org Message-ID: <4f010b0b$1@x-privat.org> Date: 2 Jan 2012 02:40:27 +0100 Organization: X-Privat NNTP Server - http://www.x-privat.org Lines: 12 X-Authenticated-User: $$xs-7_q6xz085nc1qk X-Complaints-To: abuse@x-privat.org Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.x-privat.org!x-privat.org!not-for-mail Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.sys.intel:155 VIA, SiS, ATI and NVIDIA used to make chipsets for FSB CPUs up to Core 2 and Atom ... but all this ceased when Intel brought out the Nehalem. I still wonder why they have not granted permission to others to mate with their CPUs? Perhaps now they use internal memory controller, a crappy northbridge will not choke memory bandwidth, and OEMs might just select the minimum price. But I really have a feeling they are against NVIDIA most of all. Why? AMD seems content for NVIDIA to make stuff, even though NVIDIA are a rival for their GPU division.