IBM to Make Chips for Nvidia, Taking TSMC Business

　　IBM为Nvidia制造芯片

　　International Business Machines Corp said on Wednesday it will make a next-generation graphics chip for Nvidia Corp., winning business away from Nvidia's long-time partner, Taiwan's TSMC.

　　国际商用机器(IBM)公司周三表示，将为Nvidia公司制造下一代图形芯片，从而把此业务从Nvidia公司长期的商业伙伴--台湾的TSMC(台湾半导体制造公司)手中夺走。

　　California-based Nvidia had previously turned only to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., or TSMC, one of the world's largest chip manufacturers, to produce the graphics chips used in Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox video game console, personal computers, laptops and workstations.

　　位于加州的Nvidia先前只向台湾半导体制造公司即TSMC公司--世界上最大的芯片制造商之一，购买图形芯片，用于微软公司的Xbox图形游戏控制台，个人电脑，笔记本和工作站。

　　TSMC declined to comment directly on the deal, but said in a joint statement with Nvidia that it remained the primary manufacturing partner for the company.

　　TSMC拒绝就此事直接发表意见，但是在一次联合记者招待会上称，将和Nvidia继续保持主要的生产合作伙伴关系。

　　"This is not in response to anything TSMC has done," Michael Hara, Nvidia's head of investor relations, told Reporters. "We're going to be a much bigger, multibillion dollar business, and realistically no one foundry can service that."

　　Nvidia公司的投资关系主管Michael Hara告诉记者："这不是针对任何有关TSMC的业务，我们业务会更大，达到几千亿美元，这不是哪一个单个公司能够消化的了的。"

　　Hara declined to gosintosspecifics on the first product IBM is producing except to say that it will be a new product that will update an existing part currently on the market.

　　Hara拒绝透露IBM正在开发的首个产品具体事宜，只表示是一个新产品，将会更新现有市场上的同类产品。

　　TSMC's Taipei shares rose 0.86 percent, against a 0.06 percent fall in the TAIEX share index. In New York Stock Exchange trading, however, shares fell 45 cents or over 5.5 percent to .64. TSMC的台北股票上升0.86%，与纽约证券交易所的Taiex指数下跌0.06%相反，但纽约股市中TSMC公司股票下降45美分或5.5%，报.64。

　　Shares in IBM were off .87 or 2 percent at .59 in afternoon trade on the New York Stock Exchange, while Nvidia shares were up 44 cents or 3 percent at .46 on Nasdaq.

　　纽约证券交易所中午休盘，IBM公司下降.87或2%，报.59。Nvidia公司上升44美分或3%，报.46。

　　Nvidia Chief Executive Jen-Hsun Huang has in the past praised IBM's chipmaking abilities but has also stressed that the company would stay with TSMC.

　　Nvidia公司首席执行官Jen-Hsun Huang在过去曾赞赏过IBM公司的芯片制造能力，但也强调Nvidia将与TSMC仍然保持业务关系。