Indeed, If anything the situation is that Nvidia is far-sighted, developing hardware and software for general purpose GPU computing and the other chip manufact

Indeed, If anything the situation is that Nvidia is far-sighted, developing hardware and software for general purpose GPU computing and the other chip manufacturers still think like traditional (non-CPU) chip manufacturers - they just want to sell a best-chip for a single purpose. This explain why they throw random things against the wall to see if they stick rather than choosing a general purpose and committing to it indefinitely.