The patent row between Intel and NVIDIA has provided the latest annual income of at least $ 250 million However, it lost the ability to produce NVIDIA chipsets for Intel processors . In addition, the graphical solution of the console Sony PlayStation 3 is also manufactured under license from NVIDIA.
Now, according to official NVIDIA blog and comments of representatives , things can change. NVIDIA graphics solutions can now be used on the license on any developer. While it comes to graphics generation Kepler, which, among other things, will be used by generations of processors Tegra Logan. However, there is no doubt that the future NVIDIA graphics solutions can be used by all those who wish to sign a license agreement. In exchange for payments NVIDIA promises all the necessary support, but the immediate integration of NVIDIA and development of its products will be engaged by the customer.
In other words, in an ideal case, the new graphics solutions can occur in devices licensees NVIDIA simultaneously with the production of company itself, and sometimes even earlier. Company officials say about the explosive growth of the market of Android-devices.
NVIDIA promises to open up on a reimbursable basis, and access to their development in the field of visual computing technologies. Thus, the company's customers will be able to use the developments in the product segment Tesla, for example. Over time, as promised founder of NVIDIA, licensees will have access to dial-up and development of the company, which now employs over natives of Icera.
According to Jensen Huang, the future of the company present in the market will generate revenues from the issue as hardware solutions, as well as from licensing or software products.