Charlie you are either incredibly stupid or didn't do your historical research on Transmeta.

First of all I am retired from both Intel and Transmeta. Transmeta was Never sued by Intel because the technology is based on Wide Instruction Word CPU technology and software morphing at boot time. The x86 instruction set is not licensed!!! This means that one can emulate it and not be stuck with the archaic architecture that the original CPU is based upon. In fact, nVidia could also emulate a PowerPC instruction set or any other instruction set if they want.

From a verification point of view this is the best of solutions as well since it is easy to make changes to the instruction set at the last moment without changing the basic CPU architecture. In the chip development world verification take 70% of the time. Bottom line, this makes verification much easier.

This article looks like some wet-behind the-ears 25-something with little journalistic and certainly no technology skills put it together.

..'Time to cry into your life-size anime figure pillows guys.'

I am surprised and disappointed that comments such as this are bandied about by 'journalists'. I am also a bit surprised that Charlie has not moved on from the NV bashing - enthusiasts tend to go for the fastest/best, brand loyalty does not exist in most cases - look at the move from AMD to Intel when Core first showed it's head.
..and...Yes, there are fanboi's if you want to put a label on someone - IMHO it is cruel and spiteful to do so, as it affects enthusiasts OF ALL AGES and their own approach to others -" I ROX because my 4870X2 is better than your crappy NV, might break down at any time, POS..???"...also IMHO, the spirit of the www is being destroyed by commentaries such as the one above.
GL to the rest of you..

Remember when Charlie said not long ago that (what would later be known as) the GTX295 was dead? Time and time again he is proven wrong.

You all take things wayy to seriously. Who wouldnt write articles like this since they probably get so many hits from you chumps and fanboys arguing with each other over whos right and whos wrong. I love reading your comments on ATI vs Nvidia Arguments in the comment section of charlies articles. The INQ will never fire him especially since you noobs visit the article several times to argue..The more times you visit the article the more The INQ wants to keep charlie. All I have to say is cheers to charlie in keeping the INQ lively, and speaking his true feelings, even if they are SOMETIMES byaist. The lot of you FANBOIS should be ashamed.

Still school holidays over there in the UK to I guess yeah?

If your not reading the Inq and expecting a little snarky, find another info site; he keeps his site on the lighter side of things but you still a fast dash of what you may want to know.

Haha Johnno, that was brilliant!!! C'mon Charlie, get on here and defend your very (small) honor. Oh and for those of you saying stupid things about nVidia, ATi have always, always had inferior driver support and THAT is a fact. Deal with it.

simple, in an economy where money is becoming less and less important/worthless and the "attention economy" is rapidly expanding, charlie is on his way to being a very wealthy man, as the old hollywood addage says and every child knows, "any attention is better than none at all" lol, keep up the good work charlie, go go go, :O)

When he was a little boy, all Charlie could think about is been a famous reporter. Wow, someday I could work for National Geographic, or even Time magazine.
He saw all the other photo-journalists travelling around the world enjoying the sights, capturing news stories and making loads of exciting friends.

But Charlie never really did well at school, he was bullied and wet his bed at night. He failed in writing class and his dreams of becoming a world famous reporter went down the drain.

OK, Charlie thought, how about reporting for the Times, or the Herald, or even the BBC local news.

Nope, sorry Charlie, "you really can't write a good story" they told him. "You are inept at gathering proper research, your stories lack depth and grounding" they said.

So Charlie saw an opportunity to get his career kickstated. Damn it, he would pay back those bullies that had taunted him throughout his life, made him wet his pants and made all the girls laugh at him.

"I'll show them!"
He applied himself for a job at a tech news site, "But what can you do?" they ask.

"I'll write about those mean bully-boys" he replied. I will hide behind a little bit of tech news about a company I know absolutly nothing about, my research will be plagerism at best, because I am not good at writing my own content, but deep down I will make those nasty bullys pay. Pay with snide remarks, just to get them angry, because that's all I have"
And when Charlie goes home every night to his lonely bedsit, he looks at the comments others have made, he at first he is happy because he has paid the meanies back. But then he cries because he knows in his heart, that he hasn't fought back properly, he is just another try hard wanna be failed reporter with a chip on his shoulder.

He cries himself to sleep, and when he awakes, his bed is still wet.

You people on the red side want to give Charlie credibility for posting this crap, that's fine.
I find it more amusing reading your posts in attempt to defend him.
There is apparently only one thing that makes him going on and on and it's to wind people up because there are no other sites reporting all the issues nVidia have had recently. I wonder why?
I also wonder why someone actually is spending his awake state in digging up such a useless information?
nVidia is a great GPU maker and so is ATi. Just read any review you can find about ATi and nVidia from the last twelve months and one can draw such a conclusion that both companies are doing just fine.
I pity all the people who are defending and who are being wind up by him.

Thanks man, Charlie! I always thought that it did not make sense for Nvidia to release GT212 since 40nm would not be ready until the very last day of Q2-2009 (think June 30). ATI would absolutely demolish the GT212 chip with its R800 chip that would be ready within a matter of weeks, if not already in June. Besides, Nvidia finally got around to releasing a 55nm GTX 285.

It was so retarded for there to be GT212 rumors, since it makes you guys not want to buy the GTX 285.. man, did Nvidia actually leak that?

You guys flaming Charlie, just shut up y'all! You should be glad that Charlie is sharing this insider-rumor to you. Usually, when there's a rumor saying that it will _not_ be released, it is true far more often than a rumor saying that it would be released at a certain date.

I mean, June is still 6 months from now, so it would be time for next-generation chips, with DX11 right around the corner.

So, just go and buy GTX 280/285 cards if you want the best for now under $400 without having to worry for the next 6 months, which is a comfortable amount of time. I do not expect ATI to release RV780 either--even if ATI did, it still wouldnt be faster than the GTX 285. And there are absolutely zero indications that ATI plans to improve upon its 4870X2 with RV780 chips, so Nvidia's GTX 295 will continue to compete well for a while. It's just that there's no need for Nvidia to focus on GT212, especially when all of the work should be put into GT300.

Thank you, Charlie! Seeing how many comments there are, you've certainly made the INQ that popular!!!

At least the Inq used to have SOME tech to go with the condescending stuff. What did nVidia do to you, Charlie? Beat you up in the schoolyard as a kid? You're making Fudzilla look like fine journalism.

Well, just wanted you to know why I'm through reading the Inq. A few less hits a day...

Drop me a line when you get this out of your system and go back to writing tech.

(BTW, Before you discount me as a "fanboi," I'm typing this on an ATI system. I just don't have a stomach for all that bile.)

extechguy

It amazes me that these NV articles continue to be popular and whip up a frenzy with readers. Good job Charlie! There are those who criticise you but they always come back. Isn't just that ironic?

So I have to ask, why is it that those readers who just can't stand to read any article by Charlie or who question the credibility of Inquire articles keep coming back again and again and AGAIN and CONTINUE to read them???? And then they continue to post the same comments? regardless of what your opinion is, if you don't like what you see, don't look at it. If you can't stand something why do you continue to put yourself through the same thing over and over again? That is like the abused housewife that refuses to leave her husband..

The shot about the anime figure pillows is just magic! I've only ever owned NVidia cards and will be buying whatever looks best when I get my arse 'round to it. Till then bring on the news and long live Aces!

What are you doing, Charlie? I read about this earlier this week that nvidia is not planning on a GT212 anyway... They are going to pass on it... So it is obvious, why would they tape it out if they are not going to have a gt212 anyway.

Seriously, are you working as a full time reporter? I hope they are not paying u for it... Lucky u still got a job. Maybe this is the only way you can hold a job during a recession. Cry over spill milk.

Charlie keep up the good work!!!

Superb! With a bit of luck Nvidia will get things right this year, then ATI will have to lower the price of 4870x2's and I might be able to buy one ;-)

That is why I keep coming back. Good articles in a funny style. And if I want humour I can watch the fan boys froth in the comments :)

another prediction? just like the gtx 295 is impossible? the hd4870 will smash the gtx 280? evga will defect to intel?

believe it or not, we do read your articles. we even remember what they say. think about this before you submit work charlie....

Its not just about the term fanboy. Your post ssj4Gogeta, is also a straw man argument (look up straw man argument if you don't believe me). Charlie has shown in many posts over months, he has no journalistic integrity, yet his news articles purport to be real news. His behaviour calls into question the credibility of all news on all subjects on TheInq. Which articles can we believe? He has no credibility. Even parts of his posts over the months, which prove to be real, are stained with endless biased, hate filled misrepresentations, which contain parts shown up later as deeply false. So which parts of the post can we believe? Hence no credibility. This 2nd NVidia post today by Charlie is just a thinly disguised attempt to hit out at his critics. Today he has crossed the line. I'm all for tearing down companies press releases, to show what they don't want others to see, but Charlie's posts are a one track hate filled vendetta, which over the months has shown he sees NVidia as personally slighting him over not inviting TheInq to press events etc.. I've never bothered to post on TheInq before this week, but his attitude has push me to comment on his unacceptably unprofessional behaviour. A news site without credibility, isn't a news site.

Jens & Charles heres accomplish in Heavy metals & use. maybe sheeeish help.:
http://pearl1.lanl.gov/external/chemistry/index.shtml
Maybe better Solder or+ Cooler assembly & more temp resistant prongs & internals.Ahso, read on 214/?216 few weeks ago & 300.Maybe top number cut back to Midlevel & maybe Magical Vista Metal might Do. STeWie los Drashek

The only comment I've ever seen you make on this site is "Charlie is Intel inside. Charlie is being paid by Intel."
Please get some better work to do. At least get a few more canned responses.

Why are you shouting at Charlie for using the term "fanboy"??? If you aren't a fanboy, he isn't referring to you, so you shouldn't be bothered. Since you are, that proves you're a fanboy.

Actually, if you ask me, Charlie is being paid by NV itself..
Any mentioning of a company is better than the company just being ignored. And with the way Charlie portrays NV in such overly negative way, it must put some sympathy for 'poor' NV in the brains of people.
This is modern marketing!

Sadly, it's not news reporting...and that's what we all come here for!

...Charlie has produced another good article based on fact. That's why the fanbois have to attack his character, spew empty rhetoric, and call for his job. Lovely comment reading - keep pissing all over the fanbois, Charlie!

They obviously prefer to have their heads urinated on and then told that its raining. They don't see Nvidia's constant manipulation of their tame press. or the way its meant to be played program or as I like to say if you can't engineer performance buy it (the assasin 's creed fiasco if they need an example) or their unwillingness to ever admit to a mistake and when they are forced against their will to admit a mistake you can almost garentee it will be several orders of magnitude worse than they will ever admit to !

So for Jen Hsu the next Jerry Wang it looks like your can of whoopass is a fart in the whirlwind.

since it looks like Intel could buy them out of petty cash

so keep it up charlie

let them reap what they sow

I doubt if DAAMIT has something to do with this. Given Charlie's praises to Intel's driver development team, his praises to the upcoming Larabee... It is obvious this poor soul has been the property of Intel.

How is this different then when you (charlie) stated the gx2 version of the gt200b was dead?

...wow all you Nvidia fan boys really are getting worked up now, aren't ya?

"THE FRUSTRATION FELT BY Nvidia fanbois is quite obvious,"

That is a straw man argument. (i.e. an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position). Not everyone is a fan of NVidia. We just want news, not a barrage of vitriolic bile, every time NVidia has to be mentioned. This isn't a news site article, its descending into Charlie's ego trip. Its a very clear attempt to misrepresent opponents of his behaviour, in an attempt to cover his ass and make us look like we are in the wrong.

Charlie, the continued extreme condescending arrogance and utter contempt you are very evidently showing, and treating The Inquirer readers with, (as you have just once again shown), demonstrates very clear signs of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. You are here for your ego, to win yourself some attention, not to report and provide news. The news reports on here are just descending into sickness.

Guys, every company has its ambassadors. ATI/AMD clearly pays Charlie, the Green team has Rob Enderle. If you hear how Rob preaches about CUDA, there is no mistaking. With Charlie at least you always know what you get..

Charlie great post!!!!

anyone who denies charlie is being an ass is clearly one themselves. he is taking pleasure in reporting the slightest nvidia problem, his other posts often reference sarcastically how 'it couldnt happen to a nicer bunch'. its OBVIOUS this is a personal vendetta and hate campaign. im not pro nvidia, im anti biased reporting, and this is biased reporting

I enjoy reading all the info i can.
I'm very happy Charlie voices his opinion, because it is his to give.

If you are not happy with Charlie's opinions, why not just not read them ?

I agree with one of the others. Your articles on engineering bumps, etc. are greatly appreciated, but you just stepped over the line.

Write something like this on a blog, not the inq.

Downward spriral detected... Turn it around Charlie, for the sake of your readers. You make valid points the majority of the time, but your flaming of nvidia is becoming borderline childish.

Have you ever ranted on USENET? If not give it a try. You'd be great at it, you could start epic flame wars!

Keep up the good work.

Charlie, your articles regarding NV's engineering 'bumps' are greatly appreciated... but this article here is completely unnecessary. You stated that the GT212 was canned (and it's probably the case) in the your previous article, called "Nvidia delays 40nm parts". Seems like you're goading the fanboys with this one. Why bother? It's not professional anyway.

He said it right... If/when ATI do cock up, then if he doesn't start to slate them, THEN you can throw the fanboi accusations. In the mean time, he'll be sat back laughing his arse off at the comments.

More charlie, less (none) Egan... that guy IS a cock...

Charlie's condescending tone aside, I think this is a good thing. There's really no need to release a new high-end part every six months any longer. PC gaming isn't there any more, and nvidia knows this. I'm completely happy with my GTX260 (216) that offers great performance yet for the next 6-12 months, and the pricing is just right.

They should just concentrate on GT300. PC gaming might just live through another renaissance with Windows 7 and DX11, just as long as nvidia realises to get the pricing right this time

The entertaining part is that, rather than ill-informed nonsense based on nothing but unfounded opinion (hello Egan!), what makes Charlie's tirades unpalatable to many is that they are actually based on well-researched facts.

So carry on, Charlie. nVidia deserve everything they get at the moment, and a few bilious broadsides that include the brand-addled fools who insist on defending nVidia's tattered honour are much appreciated from these sidelines.

but each time he digs a bigger and more ridiculous hole for himself, keep it up Chas!!

....getting these sorts of comments! He lights the blue touchpaper and on cue everyone comes on to give him some grief. Bet he sleeps safely at night knowing that his articles are getting read, and illiciting a strong response from those that do. Why would they fire him? You really aren't going about it the right way......I think the Daily Star is not worthing buying to wipe my arse, I don't buy it anyway just so I can write in and slate it.

Here's the wiki definition of a fanboy, it sums you up perfectly Charlie! Enough said. Get yourself a woman/man or something else to take your mind off this obsession.

"Fanboy is a term used to describe any individual who is devoted to a single subject in an emotional or fanatical manner, or to a single point of view within that subject, often to the point where it is considered an obsession."

I agree with the previous comment. Some of those articles by Charlie could've been better if they were only not induced with that childish, kid-gamer, fanboisim thing every time!!

A girlfriend is not enough anymore.

And by the way: the only arrogant here is you.

You're such an idiot Charlie, you call nVidia card owners 'fanboys' yet you're the biggest fanboy of them all, nVidia have had some good moments and some bad - just as ATi have had over the last few years.

It's one thing to report news and information, it's another to act like a 10 year child - what's the matter, did nVidia stand you up on prom night or something?