De aandelenkoers van nVidia is door het dak gestuiterd nadat Microsoft bekend maakte dat nVidia is uitverkoren tot exclusieve leverancier van de X-Box graphics chipset. Binnen een dag steeg het aandeel 45% van 60 naar 87 dollar:
Shares of Nvidia Corp., a provider of 3D graphics processors, soared on Tuesday on speculation that Microsoft Corp. will soon announce plans to use Nvidia's technology in its XBox gaming console.Nvidia shares were up 17 to 75 1/2 on the Nasdaq stock market. Neither company was available for comment.
``We now believe that Microsoft will use 3D graphics technology from Nvidia in its gaming console that will compete with the Sony Playstation and other gaming consoles,'' said Hans Mosesmann, an analyst with Prudential Securities. [break]
AMD deed het om dezelfde reden ook erg goed en bereikte gisteren een historisch hoge koers, schrijft News.com:[/break] AMD, meanwhile, may be in a position next year to provide low-cost Athlons for the Microsoft box, Mosemann added. AMD rose to an all-time high of $53.25 today, following the release of a 1-GHz Athlon yesterday.
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