IBM Scraps Nvidia’s AGP Bridge Chip
By
Rodrigo Chia
on June 14, 2006 - 9:04 PM
An analyst from Friedman Billings Ramsey investment bank said this week that IBM has stopped producing the HSI bridge chip used by Nvidia to turn PCI Express video cards into AGP ones. The device is mainly employed in entry-level products. According to the analyst, named Chris Caso, Nvidia is likely to pick up another foundry partner, but it could create a supply chain disruption in the coming months.
Originally at http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/news/IBM-Scraps-Nvidias-AGP-Bridge-Chip/1215