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Yes. And it's ironic that they can do this ten years ago but can't be bothered to make a new one today. I guess the old one still works well enough and people b

Yes. And it's ironic that they can do this ten years ago but can't be bothered to make a new one today. I guess the old one still works well enough and people buy it though which the article states. Feels like a reverse Bell Labs approach. They find their cash cow and only invest in their cash cow rather than research new product areas and fields.

tverbeure 9mo ago
> rather than research new product areas and field Google “Gsync Pulsar”.
- alt227 9mo ago
  This is just being released now, which probably means its been in the R&D pipeline for the last few years. I would wager this is last gamer feature tech that Nvidia develops for quiter a while.
alt227 9mo ago
Its not ironic, its perfect business sense. 10 years ago they gave a shit about gamers and streamers as they were their main market. Now its all about AI server hardware, and they are fighting off international mega clients who all want to secure their chip output for years to come. Why would Nvidia give 2 hoots about a living room streaming box now?
- Krutonium 9mo ago
  Because having all your eggs in one basket (GPUs), especially when that basket is artificially huge and likely to crumble, (AI Bubble), is a TERRIBLE idea?
  - alt227 9mo ago
    Corporations dont think like that. They look at market segment 1 (gamers) and see millions, possibly hundreds of millions. They look at market segment 2 (ai) and they see hundreds of billions, possibly trillions. Its a public company with shareholders and a board of directors to appease, the decision is an easy one.
- j45 9mo ago
  Streaming games as well. They do seem to keep building devices for individual use, if not for home, like their new workstation at home for computers.
j45 9mo ago
Maybe it's working fine enough for their uses? I think they had done a minor hardware refresh, at the time it came out it was pretty powerful compared to the underpowered alternatives, plus the promise of pure Android TV on it.

tverbeure 9mo ago

> rather than research new product areas and field Google “Gsync Pulsar”.

alt227 9mo ago
This is just being released now, which probably means its been in the R&D pipeline for the last few years. I would wager this is last gamer feature tech that Nvidia develops for quiter a while.

alt227 9mo ago

Its not ironic, its perfect business sense. 10 years ago they gave a shit about gamers and streamers as they were their main market. Now its all about AI server hardware, and they are fighting off international mega clients who all want to secure their chip output for years to come. Why would Nvidia give 2 hoots about a living room streaming box now?

Krutonium 9mo ago
Because having all your eggs in one basket (GPUs), especially when that basket is artificially huge and likely to crumble, (AI Bubble), is a TERRIBLE idea?
- alt227 9mo ago
  Corporations dont think like that. They look at market segment 1 (gamers) and see millions, possibly hundreds of millions. They look at market segment 2 (ai) and they see hundreds of billions, possibly trillions. Its a public company with shareholders and a board of directors to appease, the decision is an easy one.
j45 9mo ago
Streaming games as well. They do seem to keep building devices for individual use, if not for home, like their new workstation at home for computers.

j45 9mo ago

Maybe it's working fine enough for their uses? I think they had done a minor hardware refresh, at the time it came out it was pretty powerful compared to the underpowered alternatives, plus the promise of pure Android TV on it.