In een persbericht hebben Microsoft en nVidia laten weten dat het conflict dat tu en de twee bedrijven was ontstaan is opgelost. Dit conflict werd veroorzaakt door onenigheid over de prijs van de GPU (graphics) en MPU (audio en netwerk) chipsets voor Mircrosoft's Xbox.SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 6 -- NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in visual proce ing solutions, and Microsoft(R) Corporation announced today that the companies have settled all i ues related to pricing of the Microsoft Xbox GPU (graphics) and MCP (audio and networking) chipset and have ended the arbitration between them. In addition to resolving this pricing dispute, the two companies have agreed to collaborate on future cost reductions for the Xbox. More details will be provided during NVIDIA's quarterly conference call to be held February 13, 2003.

"This is a win for both companies, and we couldn't be more delighted with the results," said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO at NVIDIA. "NVIDIA and Microsoft can now take our partnership to the next level and focus our substantial resources to maximize the full potential of Xbox game console."

"With the arbitration resolved, we look forward to continuing the partnership between Microsoft and NVIDIA and turning our focus to building on the great succe of the Xbox platform," stated Robbie Bach, senior vice president of Microsoft and Chief Xbox Officer.De bedrijven lieten weten in de toekomst te zullen samenwerken om de productiekosten verder te drukken. Meer informatie over het akkoord tu en Microsoft en nVidia is te verwachten op nVidia's persconferentie op 13 februari.