NVIDIA could be in for a rocky summer thanks to IBM. It’s been reported that IBM will no longer make the AGP bridge chip that NVIDIA uses on its entry-level graphics cards. While PCI-Express graphics cards have pretty much taken over in the graphics market, AGP-based solutions are still quite prevalent — especially given the fact that Intel has been dumping 865 chipsets with AGP on the market.
It’s really unknown how this will affect NVIDIA or the consumer, but there is still a lot of life left in AGP. Chances are likely that NVIDIA will find another manufacturer, so it may turn out that nothing significant will happen.