Intel pulls ATI License

[Jason]

Looks like the sparks started flying right away. That didn't take long. As we reported earlier the AMD/ATI acquisition could lead to some problems in the industry until the big boys learn to play nice again.

Prediction: Intel will be on the phone soon with Nvidia making bids. Stay tuned to replay this scenario with Intel/Nvidia in the next 6 months.

Licence revoked!

Intel has pulled ATI's chipset license, meaning that there will be no more ATI (or rather, AMD) chipsets for Intel processors after the end of the year.

There will still be time for one more though, namely the upcoming RD600 chipset, which doesn't look like it will be cancelled, despite the earlier news. However, it is unclear whether the RD600 project will see the light of day though.

Intel has pushed the fact that its 975X chipset supports CrossFire quite heavily, especially with the Core 2 Duo launch. I think it is a fairly safe bet to say that Intel will contine to support CrossFire on its high end chipsets for the foreseeable future.

[Triumph]

Wow that really did not take long at all. Absolutely amazing. I am not sure it makes sense to take such a stand so quickly.