[ut3] NVidia buying AGEIA

Eric Jackman eric at polycypher.com
Fri Feb 15 13:00:46 EST 2008


Looks like they are shooting for Physix Processing starting with 
existing hardware in the 8 series cards.  

http://techreport.com/discussions.x/14147

Sir Brizz wrote:
> I see what you're getting at, but I tend to think they are going to 
> (or already have been) testing PPU integration onto video cards. If 
> this deal has been in the works for any significant length of time, 
> Nvidia may already have some "beta" boards that do that on the 9 series.
>
> Brizz
>
> Eric Jackman wrote:
>> I wasn't suggesting that they are going to drop the existing projects 
>> that AGEIA has in the pipeline at the moment.  I was just pointing 
>> out that you shouldn't expect or even hope for new super amazing 
>> innovative crossover products from NVIDIAGEIA by Christmas.   Expect 
>> maybe the next iteration of the Physyx card the GeForce9 series.  and 
>> in a few years we will see pforce mobos with built in PPU for 
>> christmas 2010.
>>
>> Sir Brizz wrote:
>>> 3DFX was a dead company when Nvidia bought them, so that time didn't 
>>> cause any loss of profitability. AGEIA is a currently profitable 
>>> company. Nvidia can't afford to just sit on them.
>>>
>>> Brizz
>>>
>>> Eric Jackman wrote:
>>>> Just remember, when Nvidia purchased 3DFX it took about 2 years for 
>>>> them to ship any new products that merged 3DFX and Nvidia technology.
>>>>
>>>> That and I thought that Ryan hinted that Ageia wasn't the source of 
>>>> the legal problem.
>>>>
>>>> Lloyd Taylor wrote:
>>>>> If AGEIA happened to be the 3rd party software that is holding up 
>>>>> the linux release of UT3, this could be an interesting 
>>>>> development.  Even if it isn't, this could precipitate some fun 
>>>>> technology soon.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=515
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