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nVidia clearly wants to compete with Intel in data centers. But how does buying ARM help with that? They already have an architectural license. Right now, I ca
by deafcalculus 6y ago
nVidia clearly wants to compete with Intel in data centers. But how does buying ARM help with that? They already have an architectural license.
Right now, I can see nVidia replacing Mali smartphone GPUs in low to mid-end Exynos SoCs and the like. But it's not like nVidia to want to be in that low-margin area.
- fluffything 6y ago> I can see nVidia replacing Mali smartphone GPUs in low to mid-end Exynos SoCs and the like. Replacing these with what? What nvidia gpus can operate at that power envelope ?
- deafcalculus 6y agoLower power versions of what they put in Tegra / Switch? Or perhaps they can whip up something in 1-2 years. I'd be astonished if nVidia doesn't take any interest in smartphone GPUs after this acquisition.
- fluffything 6y agoA nintendo switch has ~2 hours of battery... There is a big difference between having interest in a market, and being able to compete in it. There are also many trade-offs. Nobody has designed yet a GPU architecture that works at all from 500W HPC clusters to sub 1W embedded/IoT systems, much less that works well to be a market leader in all segments. So AFAICT whether this is even possible is an open research problem. If this were possible, there would already be nvidia GPUs at least in some smartphones and IoT devices.