Rumours at Intel IDF - NVIDIA launching x86 CPU at NVISION next week

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According to inquirer, there is a widespread rumour at Intel IDF that NVIDIA will launch a x86 processor at nVISION next week.

This is not a surprise as we have seen NVIDIA claiming that they have better GPUs which are more complex than the Intel CPUs. Furthermore, When Intel Core architecture replaced the Netburst technology, a group of engineers left INtel and formed a company Stexar.

In 2006, NVIDIA bought Stexar, thus acquiring an experienced group of x86 engineers. Early this year, NVIDIA launched APX 2500 procesor for the mobile phone using ARM architecture. Thus, NVIDIA is not only capable of making GPUs, it is able to handle CPUs too. Early this month, Transmeta also announced that it sold some technology patents to NVIDIA for 25 million.

I think it is only a matter of time we see a processor from NVIDIA, maybe based on the older NetBurst technology.