Nvidia lands a (company-saving) contract... with Volkswagon
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Human_Being,
Posted on: 2010-01-07 14:52 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
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Not...exactly the kind of business I'd expect Nvidia to want as their high-profile core market. I guess that's better than announcing a new defeat though, since their Oakridge National Labs contract for a Fermi-based supercomputer fell through.|
Originally Posted by je_saist
Original Source here: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/l...s-press-event/
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If it eventually moves beyond the luxury car market, and Nvidia can hold onto the deal, that might actually be really good for them since Volkswagon bought Toyota recently.
I didn't see anything about Fermi in that article. Are they saving that for another presentation?
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Original Source here: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/l...s-press-event/
Of of the recent topics in not only the Ultra-Mode GPU thread, but among several other threads about which GPU to be buying, Nvidia's financial woes keep getting brought up, and there's been serious questions from my perspective, as well as other players and analysts, on whether or not Nvidia can stay solvent with the huge losses it's taking on G9x and GT2x chips, not to mention pulling the GT2x chips from the market.
Well, the good news is, if you like Nvidia, the company isn't going to die anytime soon. German Auto-Maker Volkswagon has inked a deal to put the Nvidia Tegra platform in all cars sold under the 2011 Audi marque, and is already placing Tegra in several 2010 models as well. That also presumably includes Lamborghini. Presumably Bugatti and Bently will also be receiving Tegra systems, and if the project pans out, you can probably expect Tegra in all Volkswagon Models in 2012 / 2013.
Don't get your hopes too high about playing CoH in your VW car though. While it's possible that the increased Developer Size of CoH might mean a Linux ARM port is in the works, and not just a translation using a W.I.N.E. base, and while the existing graphics engine certainly will run on the Tegra's performance envelope, I don't see car manufacturers... wait. I am talking about VW here. They might actually do it.
Anyways, even if Fermi is a complete disaster with a too-high price-point, not enough performance, and a triple-screen 3D setup that can be done on ATi cards that were shipping last year (cough:Eyefinity can do Stereoscopic 3D too), Nvidia won't be shuttering their doors anytime soon.