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1. AMD debuts ATI Radeon 5970 GPU

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   Unlocked and overclocked AMD has introduced its long-awaited ATI Radeon HD 5970 (Hemlock) GPU. According to company spokesperson Devon Nekechuk, the 5970 features advanced Overdrive technology that allows ...

2. McAfee indulges in bout of cyber scare mongering

   (Security/Security Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   Evidence, dear boy, evidence Self-interested anti-virus corporation McAfee has thrust a press release into the public domain suggesting we should all get into a spin because of "cyber warfare". It has ...

3. LucidLogix preps Hydra SoC for early 2010 launch

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 14 November 2009

   Redefining multi-GPU gaming In September, TG Daily reported that LucidLogix had redefined multi-GPU gaming with the introduction of its Hydra 200 parallel processor. Indeed, the second generation SoC ...

4. ATI HD 5900 spotted in the wild

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 02 November 2009

   ... according to Alien Babel. The site had been asking around and found out that ATI has decided to drop the “X2” nomenclature and its upcoming dual GPU-on-a-PCB cards. The card that was supposed to be ...

5. LucidLogix boosts GPU gaming with Hydra 200 parallel processor

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 28 September 2009

   LucidLogix has redefined multi-GPU gaming with the introduction of its Hydra 200 parallel processor. The second generation SoC works with any GPU, CPU or chipset to provide scalable 3D graphics performance ...

6. AMD releases Radeon HD 4890 with 1.36 Teraflops

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 02 April 2009

   AMD today released the ATI Radeon HD 4890 with an 850 MHz core clock, memory clock at 976 MHz, 1 GB of GDDR5 memory and a maximum board power of 190 watts on a 55nm process technology, with an idle power ...

7. ATI releases new 40nm 4800-series Mobile GPUs

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 03 March 2009

   Today, AMD announced two new ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4000-series GPUs for notebooks, the HD 4830 and HD 4860, both built on ATI's new 40nm process technology and both supporting DDR3, GDDR3 and GDDR5 memory ...

8. Alienware launches first ATI CrossFireX notebook

   (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

   Tuesday, 04 November 2008

   Gaming notebook manufacturer Alienware is putting two ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3800-series graphics processors in the Alienware M17 notebook PC. The Alienware M17 is the world's first notebook from a ...

9. AMD rolls out sub-$150 Radeon HD 4830

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 23 October 2008

   AMD announced today a sub-$150 ATI Radeon HD 4830 card positioned against Nvidia's GeForce 9800 GT. It has 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 memory, full support for DirectX 10.1, CrossFire, and claims better gaming ...

10. AMD intros OpenGL 3 extension support and CrossFire X overclocking

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 17 September 2008

      AMD’s graphics division (ATI) today introduced the ninth update for its Catalyst driver software today. Version 8.9 includes a new display mode, Overdrive support four quad-Crossfire X configurations ...

11. High-end coprocessors: An overview

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 17 September 2008

      As the years spent in multi-core processing begin to fly by, a clear trend is emerging: More can be far better. Applications have access to enormous volumes of affordable parallel compute ability ...

12. Gigabyte's monstrous 6 TFlops Core i7 prototype motherboard pictured

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 26 August 2008

    ... (graphics) mode, you can employ all six cards for GPGPU applications and floating point acceleration. The theoretical performance potential of such an environment would be in the 6 TFlops neighborhood ...

13. 270 watts for the performance crown: AMD’s Radeon HD 4870 X2

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 11 August 2008

    ... watt design; AMD’s ATI division now follows with a 270 watt version to top its rival from the green team. We have to admit, though, that your investment in electricity will get you products with impressive ...

14. Nvidia readies driver ‘Big Bang’ September, brings OpenGL 3.0 and SLI multi-monitor support

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 04 August 2008

    ... and for years our multi-monitor configurations with ATI CrossFire and Nvidia SLI were a pain in the a**. All that we can say is - this feature was long overdue. The second "big one" improvement is introduction ...

15. Legal action blasts Scrabulous off Facebook

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 29 July 2008

    ... game worked as a Facebook application where Facebook members could play against each other in turn-based games.  Revenue was generated through text-based ads placed on the borders of the screens. ...

16. Asustek launches AMD-based overclocking motherboard

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 29 July 2008

    ... slots, ATI Quad CrossFireX technology and the AMD OverDrive. More here at Digitimes.  ...

17. Is GPU stacking the answer to all your performance concerns?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 15 July 2008

    ... applications would your PC be capable of? It seems that we are about to find out. Kfar Netter (Israel) – Sure, you may have heard about SLI and Crossfire and you may run up to four graphics chips in your ...

18. ATI R700 previews on the web, card to hit stores on 08/13

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 14 July 2008

    ... store on August 13. "The expensive one" was previewed on AnandTech, HardOCP, PC Perspective, Tech Report and so on. As you can see for yourself, ATI Radeon 4870 X2 even with beta BIOS and drivers has ...

19. Outrage over physics drivers: Is Nvidia guilty?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 25 June 2008

    Opinion - When we published an article detailing Nvidia's advantage in 3DMark Vantage, we had a good feeling that data might spark some controversy. Using GPU for physics calculation in a CPU benchmark highly ...

20. New Radeon 4800 twice as fast as 3800, AMD says

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 25 June 2008

    ... which would be at least 20% above the rating of Nvidia’s GT200 series.   Sunnyvale (CA) – AMD’s Radeon 4800 series launches a bit later than originally expected, but AMD promises a huge jump ...

21. AMD adds CrossfireX quad support to Open GL applications

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 18 June 2008

    ... 8.6 introduces CrossFireX quad support for OpenGL applications as well as support for OpenGL adaptive anti-aliasing custom filters. Users with any combination of a an ATI Radeon HD 3870, HD 3850 and HD ...

22. AMD puts 5 TFlops in your PC

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 15 June 2008

      We are at the beginning of a week with plenty of supercomputing announcements, most of which target high-end and enterprise computing, but some in fact have mainstream appeal. AMD’s ATI division, ...

23. Radeon 4850 briefly on sale, more specs revealed

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 13 June 2008

      Amazon.com accidentally put AMD’s upcoming Radeon 4850 graphics cards on sale earlier today and thanks to Google’s page cache we now have a confirmation of a few more technical specifications ...

24. AMD’s physics secret revealed: It’s Havok

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 11 June 2008

    ... pretty much converted into CUDA on the one side and Intel secured Havok’s physics engine last September, we were wondering what AMD (ATI) was up to. They must have been developing their own physics engine ...

25. DFI to make Quad CrossFire microATX motherboard

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 05 June 2008

    ... mainstream motherboards with AMD's 780G or 790GX chipset,  this mATX board has two PCIe Gen2 x16 slots, which allow users to plug in two ATI-powered cards. Even better, this motherboard supports dual-slot ...

26. AMD launches Puma Platform: Will Turion X2 Ultra bite?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 03 June 2008

    ... CPU will make the company much more competitive in the mobile market, which is the segment that is driving market growth for CPU manufacturers today. That approach caused us to be very conservative with ...

27. A $5300 PC challenges $4.6 million supercomputer

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 30 May 2008

      Recent advances in general purpose GPU computing are beginning to shift perceptions in supercomputing applications. Belgian researchers have assembled a relatively simple enthusiast PC with an ...

28. 10 things you didn’t know about … Godfrey Cheng

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 18 May 2008

    ... graphics solutions, which includes ATI Crossfire and AMD Game!, and has become one of the most visible personalities in the graphics industry over the past decade. Cheng joined ATI in 1998 and transitioned ...

29. ATI Radeon 4800 launch details: Meet (Terry) Makedon and Trojan (Horse)

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 14 May 2008

      TG Daily Exclusive – We previously published several details about AMD’s next-generation graphics card lineup and as we get closer to the launch we are getting more details about the launch date, ...

30. Happy 10th birthday, iMac!

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 07 May 2008

    ... of us may be surprised to hear that the iMac it has grown into one of longest continuations on the PC market with a decade-long history. The original iMac was introduced on May 6, 1998. Ten years ago, ...

31. BioHazard CEO: “Skulltrail is overkill for current games”

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 04 May 2008

    ... so far and if these systems deliver on the promise of being the ultimate computer system out there. Read the transcript of our conversation below. TG Daily: What is your overall impression of Skulltrail ...

32. 3D Monitors coming down in price, but still expensive

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 25 April 2008

    ... this price cut is nothing else but a present for graduation day, in an effort to accelerate sales. It looks like this monitor has finally a price tag that could bring in a few more buyers. In order to ...

33. Aircraft simulators get multi-GPU graphics horsepower

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 06 March 2008

    When read about Nvidia’s SLI and ATI’s Crossfire technologies these days, we often get the impression that multi-GPU solutions don't make a lot of sense yet. But they aren’t just useful in some games ...

34. Alienware announces quad-graphics desktop

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 05 March 2008

    Patience and a generous budget will be necessary to get you one of the first announced quad-GPU desktop PCs. Alienware has rolled out the Area-51 ALX “CFX”, which will be available with up to four ATI ...

35. AMD announces quad-GPU driver package

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 04 March 2008

    ... 8.3 driver, which is scheduled to be be released for download tomorrow, March 5. Quad-GPU configuration will accelerate “some applications” by up to 3.2x, according to AMD. The manufacturer says that ...

36. AMD releases last non-quad-GPU driver package

    (Software/Software Brief)

    Wednesday, 13 February 2008

    ... Doom 3 and TianXia2. AMD also claims that the driver accelerates DirectX 10 performance improves in Company of Heroes as much as 20% on the ATI Radeon HD 2000 and HD 3000 series of cards (up to 30% in ...

37. AMD's CrossFireX details leak out

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 13 February 2008

    ... envelope of compatibility to expand with each new Cat release as well.  The most asked question is R680/3870X2 related, basically can you mix and match with those parts? The short answer is yes; ...

38. AMD Crossfire X support for quad-GPUs to arrive in March

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 06 February 2008

    AMD’s graphics units will allow enthusiasts to run three and four graphics cards in their system with the release of the Catalyst 8.3 driver package, which will be released in March. Markham (ON) ...

39. Desktop Lust Update: Looking at the new AMD 4x4 Quadzilla and Intel V8

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Wednesday, 30 January 2008

    ... AMD’s and Intel’s new enthusiast platform deliver such an experience?   At the time I wrote the article I knew of the HP Blackbird 1, which had really cool transformation capability. ...

40. AMD releases dual-GPU graphics card

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 28 January 2008

    ... been a while since we have seen a high-end graphics card from AMD/ATI in the $450 and higher market. And some felt that Nvidia has held the title of graphics performance leader for far too long and has ...

41. AMD releases Catalyst 8.1 driver

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 18 January 2008

    ...  There is a separate 8.1 hotfix driver addressing AGP issues as well as a performance increase for Crysis in DirectX10 Crossfire configurations. ...

42. UPDATE - AMD moving up launch of dual-GPU graphics card

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 16 January 2008

    ... tells us this has been moved up to the 23rd.  We’ve yet to get a confirmation from anyone at AMD. Sunnyvale (CA) – Industry sources are telling us that AMD will be releasing its dual-processor ...

43. AMD to ship RS780 in China first due to driver issues

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Wednesday, 16 January 2008

    Although AMD has already completed the hardware for its next generation IGP chipset, RS780, the company is still waiting on drivers to support its new Hybrid CrossFireX technology. As a result the company ...

44. CrossFireX still a go on Intel P45 chipsets

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 20 December 2007

    Intel has received an license to support CrossFireX on its upcoming P45 chipsets, according to sources at motherboard makers. Although ATI originally said it would be open to licensing CrossFire to those ...

45. UPDATE: HD 3800: AMD’s Midrange Rebuttal - benchmarks

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 15 November 2007

    There has been a lot of chatter about what AMD has been constructing over the past few months. You have probably even already seen the specifications of the new series. Today is the day we are allowed ...

46. AMD cuts RV670 chip price

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 13 November 2007

    With Nvidia launching its GeForce 8800GT (G92) early on October 29, AMD has dropped its ATI Radeon HD 3800 series (RV670) price from $199-259 to US$179-239 in preparation for its launch later this month, ...

47. Intel's Skulltrail enthusiast platform running at 5.0 GHz

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 31 October 2007

    ... for the enthusiast overclocker. Integrating the Seaburg chipset as well as two 771-pin “special” Xeon sockets, Piednoel told us that one of these systems has been overclocked in his lab to ...

48. UPDATE #2: Password cracking, the new use for high speed GPUs

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 24 October 2007

    Password cracking has a new best friend.  It's the parallel GPU and it's massive computational abilities.  What used to take weeks, now takes hours.  "What password do you ...

49. AMD promises huge speed gains with new graphics driver package

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 12 October 2007

    AMD has released Catalyst 7.10 yesterday, which, according to the company, will speed up the gaming performance of some its graphics card configurations by up to 80%. HD 2400 and HD 2600 cards get Crossfire ...

50. Skulltrail shows off some 45nm Penryn prowess

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 20 September 2007

    At Fall IDF 2007, Intel extended TG Daily an invitation to preview some upcoming 45nm Penryn computing. From notebooks to exteme macines, 45nm was on display. San Francisco (CA) - At each IDF there some ...