Any plans for nForce+SandyBridge/IvyBridge?

[newParadigm]

Does Nvidia have anly plans to develop an nForce chipset for intel boards past the 775 socket? I am building a Core i5 system with the Z68 chipset, and everything that I've read only shows support for the nForce 700i series up to the Core 2 chips. Has Nvidia dropped development of the nForce chipsets?

 

[StrangerGuy]

AFAIK, Intel stopped chipset licensing to Nvidia after S775 (good riddance IMO), and the integration of the memory and PCIE controller in S1156 and beyond makes any future Intel Nvidia-based chipset an impossibility.

 

[newParadigm]

the integration of the memory and PCIE controller in S1156 and beyond makes any future Intel Nvidia-based chipset an impossibility.

Then intel needs to provide more PCIe lanes, at least a total of 32, for either true dual 16x or 16x + a few 4x slots...I actually did use the 4x slot on a previous nForce 4 board for a RAID controller...

 

[MrTransistorm]

Take a look at this article. Nvidia received a chunk of money, but in the end they are still shut out from making chipsets for newer platforms.

Then intel needs to provide more PCIe lanes, at least a total of 32, for either true dual 16x or 16x + a few 4x slots...I actually did use the 4x slot on a previous nForce 4 board for a RAID controller...

That's what S2011 is for. You didn't seriously think that Intel would give you 32+ PCIe lanes on a mainstream platform, did you?

 

[Epsilon-Zero]

Yeah the X79 chipset is pretty much Intels answer since Nvidia cant/wont be making any more chips.

The era of Nvidia chipsets has come to a close.

I am kind of happy about it though. In the past if you wanted SLI you had to buy an Nvidia chipset which wouldnt support crossfire. The consumer now can choose any board and not worry about their multigpu being supported.

Ofcourse back in the day that was exactly what Nvidia wanted to keep from happening. Nvidia wanted Nvidia customers to only choose nvidia chipsets to lock in their customer base and also reap a percentage of every board sold.

I think the consumer wins with the new Intel chips.