Jensen believes that Larrabee is not a GPU threat

Since we talked to one of the most important people in the graphics world, if not the most important guy in this world, we had to mention Intel’s attempt at making a GPU codenamed Larrabee.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang shares our opinion, and he believes that when it comes to the GPU part of the business, Larrabee is not a big threat. At the same time, according to Jensen, Intel recognizes that having its own is too important to be ignored, and that Intel simply admires GPUs, and desires one of its own. We believe that he is on the right track.

However Larrabee will be very good when it comes to a parallel data processing and it will definitely give Nvidia’s parallel computing a run for its money. This is where Jensen sees Intel future GPU-like chip as a threat.

Jensen expects many driver related issues with Larrabee and as GPU and gaming device, he sees a multitude of potential issues when it launches. At the same time, Larrabee has yet to come, and Nvidia will start to worry about it more once it actually launches.

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Nokia and Microsoft kiss and make up

Long term rivals Nokia and Microsoft have buried the hatchet to stick Redmond's Office software on Nokia mobiles.

Microsoft’s lucrative Office line faces an emerging competitive threat from free Web-based word processing, spreadsheet and other software, especially from Google. Punters are also using smartphones to do tasks that once could be done only on personal computers.

Analysts say that the deal is a case of the “enemy of my enemy is my friend”. Nokia and Microsoft have been rivals for years in cellphone operating systems, with Nokia adopting Symbian software and shunning Windows Mobile. It might not mean a total move to Redmond's products, they said.

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