nVidia heeft vandaag een drietal persberichten online gezet over de nForce chipset. In het eerste persbericht introduceert nVidia de nForce Platform Processing Architecture. Volgens nVidia de snelste PC platform architectuur ooit ontworpen en 5 à 10 keer sneller op het gebied van graphics dan andere chipsets met geïntegreerde video. De volgende press release gaat over het gebruik van AMD’s HyperTransport technologie die voor een 800MB/sec snelweg zorgt tussen de ICP en MCP. Als laatste heeft nVidia ook nog een press release vrijgegeven over de Dolby Digital encoder in de MCP chip. Hieronder een stukje uit de eerste press release:
TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2001-- NVIDIA® Corporation (Nasdaq:NVDA - news) introduced its new nForce(TM) Platform Processing Architecture today at the COMPUTEX tradeshow in Taiwan. NVIDIA's nForce is a revolutionary new PC platform design, integrating system, graphics, communications, and audio technologies to deliver unmatched system performance for the mainstream PC market.
``Modern PC's are being used in ways the original PC was never designed for. 3D graphics, streaming video, complex audio and high speed networking are commonplace today and put tremendous stress on PC system architecture,'' stated Jon Peddie, president of Jon Peddie Associates, a leading market research firm. ``Unfortunately, today's PC with its aging form-factors and legacy constraints simply can't handle these demands efficiently. NVIDIA's new nForce architecture, has clearly been designed around a series of innovative technologies, providing users with a powerful platform designed for the 21st century.''
To bridge the gap between the expectations of today's users and the limitations of current and future technologies, and to deliver unmatched system performance, it was necessary for NVIDIA to depart from the traditional ``Northbridge/Southbridge'' chipset architectures to create an entirely new class of PC platform.