Now here's a calculated wild guess by an analyst who claims that NVIDIA is secretly working on an x86 processor to compete with Intel's and AMD's processors. According to the analyst the main reason behind this is the problems NVIDIA is currently facing regarding its main chipset business.

Doug Freedman of Broadpoint AmTech said, "Nvidia could become a supplier of x86 CPUs by necessity to preserve both GPU and chipset revenue."

Wondering what could be problems the world's graphics leader is facing?

Well, behind the scene NVIDIA is facing difficulties in selling its chipsets in market. The firm is involved in a spat with Intel over rights to develop chipsets for future Intel processors. On the other hand it is also facing trouble with AMD because the latter now owns ATI, one time arch rival of NVIDIA.

And as NVIDIA makes much of its money from chipset business it cannot afford losing its core business.

Also, the firm believes graphics processing unit will drive most computation in the future, and as NVIDIA is current leader in that segment, it is not impossible for NVIDIA it come out with a truly innovative product.

Only time will tell whether NVIDIA launches a CPU + GPU combo or not.

[via CDR Info]