NVIDIA denied rumors Friday that it might exit the chipset business. DigiTimes of Taipei had reported that NVIDIA indicated to a Taiwanese motherboard partner that it would not be in the chipset business in the near future.

But Derek Perez, director of press relations at NVIDIA, said in a phone interview, “It’s completely false. In fact, we’re growing market share in the chipset business.”

NVIDIA has plus been rumored to be in negotiations with Apple to use its chipsets in

Apple’s notebook computers. Asked whether NVIDIA would be partnering with Apple, Perez replied, “I have no comment on that. I have no knowledge of any arrangement with Apple.”

Canceled Plans

DigiTimes said NVIDIA would move chipset engineering resources to its more lucrative graphics processing unit (GPU) products. The rumor may have been fueled by some motherboard manufacturers canceling plans to use NVIDIA’s nForce 7 chipset. Additionally, some board makers will not […]

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