Is it possible that nVidia will release a real x86 processor and begin to compete with Intel on its own territory? Via the network long walk on these rumors, and the New York Times joined the gossip, telling new and interesting details. According to the New York Times, industry sources say that "it is no secret that nVidia is working on such a chip since 2007. Cost producer of graphics chips has grown from $ 352mln in 2006. up to $ 856mln in the past year, and LinkedIn said that "at least 70" former employees of Transmeta, a company at one time produced processors x86, now receive salaries from nVidia.

Perhaps some of these people went to nVidia for further reasons, but many new employees are engineers, developers and testers x86. David Kanter (David Kanter), the representative of the Real World Technologies, said that many engineers are highly dedicated experts, who become convinced that the construction x86 behave the same as AMD processors and Intel. Kanter added that "the examination of inspection and testing x86 incredibly specific and useful only for a few companies ... Something of this can be used in other areas, but it is very similar to Formula 1 racing driver at the wheel of a taxi." Note that Kanter had in mind this driver, but not that imagines himself to be.

So, the Times believes that nVidia will take about four years and a couple of billion dollars, possibly more, to get a operational model of processor x86, that is, theoretically, he could be ready in 2011. But there is one small catch: the company is not currently available x86 license from Intel. True, they can play its role as the recent suit by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). According to The New York Times, "relief measures" proposed by the FTC, will make Intel "to this technology, including everything necessary to ensure communication with the processors or chipsets, Intel, available to other manufacturers, through licensing or other means, under conditions which can dictate the Commission, including but not limited to the current license." FTC to ban Intel x86 license is not allowed to change owner, factory or shared with outside companies to expand production.

Intel CEO Paul Otellini referred to "measures" in a recent interview, saying: "FTC requests that we need to license the technology that we develop, our competitors." FTC lawsuit will be brought to court no earlier than September next year, and although the FTC, is likely to win, nVidia cannot yet take advantage of this opportunity.