donnie, microsoft doesnt NEED a license key for windows and no application NEEDS a license key or serial number either, does that mean they should pay intel licensing fees for beeing able to use their plattform?

Anemone, how the h3ll is sli a monopoly?
could you please explain this in some more detail?

The next generation of GPU's (G300, ATI 8xx series) will be more than capable of enough power on a single card. At that point, even if the quad resolution displays come about, the power will be there to drive them.
thats taking the trend of the past years and flipping it around 180degrees... could you please explain why the trend should change all the time?

whats driving pc upgrades and innovation? its almost entirely gaming and some internet and multi media. now whats better for this, slow cpu and fast gpu or fast cpu and slow gpu? then think again about which chip is going to be integrated into what...

jensen is right about that part, and why do you think intel is going for gpus? just for fun? they know its more important than cpus and itll be even more important in the future as gpu processoring demand is growing way faster than cpu processing demand.