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NVIDIA, one of the two largest companies in the field of graphics chips is looking to get into the CPU market.  It won’t necessarily be showing up in your desktop computer anytime soon, but the idea is still there.  Actually, the chips will most likely find their way into notebooks and netbooks which need to conserve as much space as possible to make smaller machines or make room for gigantic batteries.

The chips will most likely be based on the x86 architecture that Intel uses for all of its chips, meaning it will most likely be very easy to implement into existing OSes.  The chips would work great for machines that need to have integrated graphics, or chips that can d everything from simple processes to graphics.  Its strange to think of doing that right now, but if the chips work out well, they could easily replace the Atom as the netbook chip of choice, assuming we’re still using netbooks in 2-3 years.

There is the potential for some issues to arise from NVIDIA’s plan.  Intel might not be very happy in having more competition in the netbook space, especially if it uses the same technology.  It could only mean good things for consumers, though.  If the new chips cause competition to heat up between Intel and NVIDIA (not to mention Via and ARM) there just might be some excitement in the netbook space come a few years,

Read [Electronista]