Shortly after introducing its new nForce 680i SLI chipset, Nvidia has announced that it intends to produce integrated graphics chipsets for Intel processors. The chipsets are already being developed, and Nvidia plans to have them out the door as early as next spring:

Jen-Hsun cited high-definition video and DirectX10 as key reasons for the increased demand and necessity, but it is unclear whether he implied by that this IGP is G8x-based or not. NVIDIA is certainly boasting its architecture's scalability and increased performance per watt, and some presentations slides are in fact hinting at CUDA, their new GPGPU framework with direct support for C-based programming, extending all the way to embedded markets. It could also be that NVIDIA is working on a G80 derivate for the GoForce product line, potentially with only some parts shared (like the shader core), or a completely different architecture that boasts similar programmability.

No matter what, they're working on at least nine more G8x-based products, that is to say, ones with unique codenames or brand names. This is substantially more than the historical average, although if an IGP was included in there and the notebook parts had separate codenames, that'd be roughly four chips for the desktop lineup - the same number ATI's lineup currently sports. It remains to be seen, of course, whether these upcoming products will have the same ALU-TEX ratios as the GeForce 8800GTX, for example. While the fundamental G80 architecture we've detailed in our in-depth piece on the subject will certainly still apply, it is not out of the question that some things might also be different, and we look forward to repeating part of our analysis process on these upcoming parts.