nVidia buying Ageia

[Oblivion]

"With the dominance of its GeForce 8 series in the PC gaming circuit and the resurgence of the PlayStation 3 in the console hardware race, Nvidia is anything but strapped for cash. Reporting on its third-quarter financials in November, the Silicon Valley-based graphics chipmaker reported its first-ever billion-dollar quarter, posting revenues that eclipsed an equally strong second quarter that saw a three-for-two stock split.
Today, the cash-flush semiconductor company announced it would be biting off a larger chunk of the gaming market with the purchase of physics chipmaker Ageia. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, and the buyout remains subject to pending regulatory approval and closing conditions.
Ageia debuted the world's first dedicated physics processor in 2006. The chip is designed to handle real-time physics calculations that allow for more impressive and diverse visual effects. In addition to PC titles, Ageia's PhysX software is employed in the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii."


Source: GameSpot.


Нешто многу добро, ако се случи. Ако nVidia се концентрират на процесирање на текстурите и моделите, а Ageia на физиката во игрите, ќе биде one giant step for gamers.

Кажете што мислите за ова..?

 

[Mac))]

Ageia само прави посебни картици за физиката во игрите.
АКо се спојат ваљда на графичката ќе ја има и физичката и ќе поскупат за 20 отсто

 

[Oblivion]

Afaik, PPU не се за некој casual гејмер, на кој доста му е да ги игра игрите на low или medium.

 

[Sephiroth]

Во сегментот на кој вие мислите, Агеиа е бескорисна и не и вреди ништо на Нвидиа. Ги купуваат од друга причина. Сетете се само зошто Интел ги купи Хавок......

 

[Oblivion]

Може и така да се свати. Но somehow-it-feels-like nVidia ке интегрираат PPU во своите GPU.

 

[Oblivion]

Денеска официално потврдено...

GPU manufacturer NVidia has successfully acquired physics processor maker Ageia Technologies, in a deal announced last week. The new parent told BetaNews today it could add PhysX technology into future GeForce GPU products as soon as possible.

"We're really excited about the future of physics and Ageia," NVidia Public Relations spokesperson Derek Perez told BetaNews. "We hope adding more physics technology into GeForce will impact the way virtual worlds look and behave, thus helping to drive the end user experience."

"It doesn't change anything with the OEMs at all," Perez added when asked what impact the buyout will have with Ageia's OEM contacts. BFG Technologies is one OEM that produces both NVidia-based graphics cards and Ageia-based physics cards, though it once again declined to comment on the deal.Nvidia's purchase will position it in direct competition with Havok, the physics processor maker Intel purchased in September. AMD briefly considered purchasing Ageia last November, though observers believe that after suffering the backlash from its purchase of ATI, AMD was knocked out of the running.


NVidia and Ageia will appear jointly in San Francisco next week at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), where the first details on new, potentially jointly-branded products are expected to be revealed.