Nvidia would be able to maintain supremacy on the graphics card market
Written by IT News on 10:56 AM
Scott Herkelman, president of BFG Technologies, an Nvidia-exclusive supplier of graphics cards, said in an interview that Intel expects strong graphics processing unit, also known as Larrabee, will change the market for graphics processors. He said that even so, Nvidia will be able to remain on top.
In an interview with Hexus website he said that "next year we will see a very different competitive landscape and it will change how people buy graphics card."
The entire graphic card market will change, without any doubt by the emergence of two players, it is an advanced Micro Devices and Intel, which are able to provide comprehensive platforms, consisting of a central processor, core-logic and the timetable for processing unit. The change will be mostly due to the fact that system integrators and users would prefer to buy their products from one supplier.
Nvidia will get through key stage in the light of new events because it does not produce x86 central processing units and it appears to be many problems associated with its inability to obtain a license for Intel QuickPath Interconnect bus. Under these circumstances, the company needs to maintain its strong graphics card market share to remain a competitor in the IT industry.
"Many companies have business trying to compete with NVIDIA on GPUs," added Mr. Herkelman.
The president of BFG discussed the recent price cut Nvidia implemented in what concerns its GeForce 9800 GTX card to them from 349 U.S. dollars to 199 U.S. dollars quite suddenly, and said that Nvidia board partner added in May find itself in need here . As many graphics card suppliers, distributors and retailers are many products in stock, as a drop in the price or can cause loss of money or require compensation from Nvidia, which now registers financial matters. He also added that the
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