NVIDIA halting chipset development after all
It’s been about two months since NVIDIA called rumors that it was leaving the chipset business “groundless,” so perhaps it’s no big shock that PC Magazine is now reporting that the company is putting its nForce chipset line “on hiatus.” On hiatus, that is, until the company gets a few sticky legal questions out of the way, including whether or not its four-year deal with Intel covers Core i7 processors. Thus we have the delicate line that NVIDIA walks with Intel: for the time being, the two companies need each other, but they don’t have to like each other, and as the latter continues to pursue graphics integration with the CPU, manufacturers are going to be increasingly pushed towards all-Intel solutions. All this leads us to wonder if NVIDIA might decide chipsets in general are more trouble than they’re worth, especially considering Intel’s general attitude about them — and whether ION might be the next on the block.
Update: We’ve just received an email from NVIDIA’s Ken Brown that sheds a little light on the matter. It reads, in part: “[B]ecause of Intel’s improper claims to customers and the market that we aren’t licensed to the new DMI bus and its unfair business tactics, it is effectively impossible for us to market chipsets for future CPUs. So, until we resolve this matter in court next year, we’ll postpone further chipset investments for Intel DMI CPUs.” Fair enough. Peep it for yourself after the break.
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Japanese company to sell Swine Flu-resistant suit — because nobody wants their clothes to get sick
Japan’s been particularly hard hit with this H1N1 influenza marching around the globe, so maybe it shouldn’t be surprising that one of its companies has come up with an “anti-flu” suit… but it still is. Japanese clothier Haruyama Trading Company has developed and is now selling a men’s suit which will supposedly ward off the H1N1 virus — not the first time we’ve seen this idea. The suit, which looks exactly like any other, is coated in titanium dioxide (a popular ingredient found in sunscreen and toothpaste) which reacts when exposed to sunlight and kills the virus. Nobody’s really checked into whether or not these things actually work, of course, but hey — that’s part of the fun, right? If you live in Japan, you can grab one for somewhere in the neighborhood of $580. [Via Cnet]
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Japanese Anti-Flu Suit Lets You Get Sneezed On With Impunity [Panic]
A Japanese company called Haruyama Trading Co. has developed a suit that supposedly protects the wearer from the H1N1 hysteria virus. Finally!
It does this by being coated with titanium dioxide, which apparently reacts to light and kills the virus when it comes in contact with it. Unfortunately, you don’t get the flu through your torso, you get it through your mucus membranes such as your nose and mouth. And unless you plan on wearing the suit jacket over your face, I’m not sure how much good it’ll do you.
But hey, at least it’ll give you peace of mind, right? And when we’re battling a flu strain that appears to be just about as dangerous as the normal flu, but from goddamned pigs, we’ve got to take extreme measures. [Telegraph]
