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I heard from a first-hand account that in the late nineties Jensen tried to sell nVidia's IP to ATI. They refused, even though the offer was good. The rest, as

I heard from a first-hand account that in the late nineties Jensen tried to sell nVidia's IP to ATI. They refused, even though the offer was good. The rest, as they say, is history.

philjohn 6y ago
Didn't he want to be made head of ATI at the time though, as part of the deal?
- szatkus 6y ago
  That was AMD. They wanted to merge with Nvidia for their graphics IP, but didn't want to accept the condition, so they bought ATI eventually.