Damn, I called this a while ago. With Intel and AMD focusing on x86 and being behind on the competition, it makes so much sense that Nvidia would break into the processor space.
Also announcing this one day before the Qualcomm event is both funny and evil. Excited to see some good ARM laptops that aren’t Macbooks.
NVIDIA wasn’t shy about this. They tried to buy ARM. They design the Tegra chip that is in the Switch.
They tried to buy ARM.
Just for market dominance I assume.
They design the Tegra chip that is in the Switch.
Yes, but that chip is old. It was already a bit outdated when the switch came out, and that was 2017.
Why arm instead of risc-v though?
Because Windows on ARM is already a thing with some momentum.
Also, Nvidia has made ARM chips in the past.
Not nearly as mature, but I’d be shocked if they’re not working on it. It doesn’t make sense to talk about it at this time, still lots of buzz around ARM.
AMD will likely jump on ARM, too. They’re somewhat tied to the Intel architecture–x86-64 is their baby–but not as much as Intel themselves.
