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1. Nvidia accelerates GPU pixel processing

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Sunday, 22 November 2009

   ... sit idle." 
He added that the idle pipe units allowed the graphics card to process more than one instruction per cycle by fitting other, non-textured instructions in the slots. "But to do that, the ...

2. Weekly hardware roundup

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   ... Fermi-based Tesla GPUs and ATI's Radeon 5970 graphics card. LucidLogix preps Hydra SoC for early 2010 launch This second generation SoC works with any GPU, CPU or chipset to provide scalable 3D graphics ...

3. ATI reveals Radeon 5970 overlocking details

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 21 November 2009

   Hybrid approach wins out ATI has revealed a critical engineering decision that led to the successful production of its Radeon HD 5970 graphics card. "When we were first designing the 5970, we came to ...

4. Nvidia auctions "ultimate" gaming system on eBay

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   ... GeForce GTX 295 graphics cards in SLI, Nvidia 3D Vision glasses and a Samsung 2233RZ 3D Vision Ready Display," said Burke. "[The machine also boasts] an Intel Core i7 975 Extreme Edition CPU, 12GB ...

5. Nvidia remains "committed" to gaming industry

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   ... grows, such as the HPC sector," explained Del Rizzo. "Now, there are two sides to Fermi architecture - compute and graphics. The recent HPC show was all about the compute side, so that is what why ...

6. AMD debuts ATI Radeon 5970 GPU

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... overclocking capabilities were enabled by next-gen fan and vapor technologies, as well as a "fully vented" exhaust to keep the card cool. 

 "The 5970 features the world's most powerful graphics core ...

7. Analyst offers Apple tablet sneak peek

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Tuesday, 17 November 2009

   ... the tablet is also expected to include a high-end graphics card and webcam for video conferencing. "The tablet will change the game," DiDio told CNN. "Apple will throw down the gauntlet at the competitors, ...

8. LucidLogix preps Hydra SoC for early 2010 launch

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 14 November 2009

   ... works with any GPU, CPU or chipset to provide scalable 3D graphics performance in a multi-GPU computing environment. 
We recently caught up with Lucid representative Kimberly Stowe, who confirmed the ...

9. Intel-AMD deal doesn't end the bitter war

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   ... designed to hurt AMD, he said. Building relationship, trust. Graphics products covered AMD is trying to reset the relationship between it and Intel. It's been intense, emotional and acrimonious for many ...

10. We didn't copy Windows 7 from Mac OS. Did we?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 12 November 2009

    ... to do with Windows 7 was "create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics". But that was followed by another statement from Microsoft comms manager Brandon LeBlanc, who laid into Simon Aldous from Microsoft. ...

11. Microsoft: Windows 7 "looks and feels" like Mac OS X

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    ... a touch format – is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics." According to Aldous, Windows 7 "significantly" improved the Microsoft GUI, which is built on "stable" core Vista technology. "[The ...

12. AMD says Fusion will knock Intel for six. Or five

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 11 November 2009

    The graphics bone connected to the CPU zone At a reviewers’ day at the Lone Star facility in Austin TX last week, AMD chief technology officer Joe Macri waxed large on Fusion and the potential it has ...

13. Apple update fixes critical Snow Leopard bugs

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... improvements for iWork, iLife, Aperture, Final Cut Studio, MobileMe and iDisk. Fonts Font spacing. Missing fonts. Duplicated fonts. Malfunctioning PostScript Type 1 fonts. Graphics Issues connecting ...

14. Mozilla looks ahead as Firefox celebrates fifth anniversary

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 09 November 2009

    ... browsers that are on the horizon aren't just incremental changes – they represent the pieces to build the next generation web – rich with standards-based graphics, new JavaScript libraries and full blown ...

15. Nvidia taunts Intel with cartoon parody site

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    Quick. Draw! Graphics firm Nvidia appears to have decided to develop a sense of humor and mock the mighty Intel with a web site it appears to sponsor called intelsinsides. If it is an Nvidia site, that ...

16. Nvidia reports 3Q revenue jump

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 06 November 2009

    ... "product transition" that reduced the availability of entry-level desktop CPUs and demand for associated chipsets. Professional business - workstation graphics and computing represented 14 percent of total ...

17. Notebook benchmarks fail to convey performance, price

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 05 November 2009

    ... problems. The first is that people who use notebook PCs have all sorts of applications they use – if you’re doing serious number crunching or graphics work, you are going to want to buy a machine that ...

18. Nvidia may be moving into X86 market

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    It looks like graphics chip maker Nvidia is building its own x86 development program using staff from Transmeta. It is starting to look like graphics chip maker Nvidia is building its own x86 development ...

19. USB 3 turns into handbag fight between Intel and Nvidia

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 04 November 2009

    ... into its mainboards. The news got Nvidia fuming and sent out a press release insisting that Intel was stifling innovation. The graphics chip maker insists that Intel has quashed its abilities to enter ...

20. AMD discovers several Fusion mantras, disses Larrabee

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... TI, a PowerPC Mac clone, ATI and now AMD. The ATI people appear to have more or less taken over AMD from the inside. AMD has a heap of new mantras but Fusion won’t be released until 2011, when graphics ...

21. AMD culls Phenoms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... has socket AM3 packaging.  It also has six 512KB L2 cache, 6MB L3 cache, and a core frequency of 2.8GHz. Meanwhile, Intel's CEO Paul Otellini has been seen wining and dining several China-based graphics ...

22. Karmic Koala displays bad karma

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 03 November 2009

    ... ATI graphics not working properly, Compiz performance very poor, wireless dropping out, wireless not always picked up." "I liked Intrepid, I was annoyed at the Intel fiasco in Jaunty, and now it seems ...

23. Creative Labs debuts Zii powered MediaBook

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 02 November 2009

    ... its ZMS-05 chipset as the "ultimate media processing solution" - which is designed to handle media-intensive applications such as high-definition graphics, music and videos.   ...

24. Snow Leopard glitch means Windows 7 runs faster - on Macs

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 02 November 2009

    The brand new 27" iMac is suffering from major problems with video graphics while Windows 7 operating on the same machines is working fine. The brand new 27" iMac is suffering from major problems with ...

25. Graphics market shows signs of recovery

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    There are clear signs of recovery in the graphics chip market although there remains some time before sales return to the pre-credit crunch days.There are clear signs of recovery in the graphics chip market ...

26. Control your enthusiasm

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 28 October 2009

    Column We were delighted to have reported the fantastic growth of Q3 (21.4% over Q2, 7.3% year-to-year.) That clearly indicated the recession was over for graphics chips, and since they are a predictor ...

27. My 10 favorite Windows apps

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 27 October 2009

    ... compressing graphics file. Dreamweaver - version 3.0 - is fab for making great tables.  I'd rather upgrade my hardware than my software generally. 4. Word for Windows version 2.0. This is a really ...

28. Nvidia: Windows 7 "dramatically improves" GPU performance

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    ... API to optimize the GPU for both graphics and computing. Nvidia has welcomed the official debut of Microsoft Windows 7. A company spokesperson explained that the new operating system will significantly ...

29. AMD joins Windows 7 launch party

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 22 October 2009

    ... Microsoft to optimize our products for Windows 7," Lewis told TG Daily. "Graphics, virtualization, and power management." Lewis explained that AMD had worked with Microsoft to accelerate the performance ...

30. Apple refreshes iMac lineup with 21.5 and 27-inch displays

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 20 October 2009

    ... while the 27-inch iMac boasts a 2560-by-1440 pixel display. Both iMacs offer improved graphics capabilities, with Nvidia GeForce 9400M or ATI Radeon HD 4670 in the 21.5-inch model, and ATI Radeon HD ...

31. Massachusetts aims to boost interest in science and tech careers

    (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

    Tuesday, 20 October 2009

    ... volunteer 'ambassadors' into sixth-grade classrooms to speak about their careers. It features award-winning graphics developed on a pro bono basis by Arnold Advertising; materials to enhance math and science ...

32. AMD optimizes Athlon II processors for Windows 7

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 19 October 2009

    ... of the pack for the release of Windows 7. We are well positioned for it, with acceleration and virtualization support. Our drivers are all ready to go. From a CPU and graphics standpoint, we have a better ...

33. Analysts spout crap, charge megabucks

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Friday, 16 October 2009

    ... doesn’t magically make them any more right than the lowliest trainee hack on Graphics Card Weekly. Opinion: Analysts are just journalists in sharp suits who only have to write two stories a year for their ...

34. AMD makes loss, but profits from it

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 15 October 2009

    ... resulted in AMD Product Company achieving profitability in the third quarter." He put that down to growth in CPU and graphics unit shipments. "Growth in microprocessor and graphics unit shipments drove ...

35. Rumor: Nintendo selects Tegra processor for new DS

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 14 October 2009

    ... Tegra, leaving graphics subsystem to do 'something smarter.'" Valich explained that the second generation of Tegra chips could make an "excellent base" for the next-generation DS. "With Gen2 Tegra offering ...

36. Gateway takes on Apple's iMac

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    ... X4500HD Graphics4GB DDR2 dual channel memory (800MHz)750GB SATA hard drive 8x DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti optical drive Multi-in-one digital media card readerIntegrated 802.11 b/g/DRAFT-N Wi-Fi10/100/1000 (Gigabit) ...

37. Football fans get fanboi game

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 07 October 2009

    ... on matches, contribute to the 'football Bible', find players and plan events," says Lorenceau. Clicking on different icons and elements generates impressive-looking graphics and tables.  The service ...

38. Adobe brings Flash to future phones

    (Software/Software Features)

    Sunday, 04 October 2009

    ... accelerated video and graphics and aims to do so while reducing power consumption. The beta version of Flash Player 10.1 will become available before the end of the year, said Adobe. Qualcomm claims ...

39. Slideshow: Nvidia showcases next-generation GPU architecture

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 04 October 2009

    ... Pfister, Richard Kerris of Lucasfilm and graphics veteran Michael Kaplan. Finally, Nvidia hosted an exhibitor showcase where vendors touted their GPU-based wares.  ...

40. Nvidia and "Starting the Next Age of Personal Computing"

    (Sustainability/Sustainability Opinion)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... on its ear and the existing gaming giants seem to be reading Mad Magazine and saying “What Me Worry?”.   The promise of the service is to provide graphics on demand and while it initially targets ...

41. Nvidia unshackles Visual Studio with Nexus GPU integration

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... tool for viewing GPU events (kernels, API calls, memory transfers) and CPU events (core allocation, threads and process events and waits) — all on a single, correlated timeline. The Nexus Graphics Inspector ...

42. Nvidia says Fermi speculation is "insane"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... David Kanter has hypothesized that Nvidia intends for its graphics processors to become more like CPUs. Fermi - said Kanter - is aimed at the HPC market because it is "leaving behind many of the more ...

43. Nvidia's Fermi flies out of the starting gate

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 01 October 2009

    ... in depth view of what Nvidia's proposing.Kanter, who works for Real World Tech, said that Nvidia has intended its graphics processors to become more like CPUs, and Fermi is moving in that direction - "leaving ...

44. Mental Image debuts iRay rendering technology

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    Mental Image has debuted its iRay rendering technology. According to industry veteran Michael Kaplan, the iRay platform allows life-like graphics to become "interactive" by exploiting the parallel processing ...

45. Nvidia showcases next-generation Fermi GPU

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    Nvidia has finally unveiled its next-generation Fermi GPU. According to Jen-Hsun Huang, Fermi architecture represents the "foundation" of the world's first computational graphics processing units. Nvidia ...

46. AMD talks up graphics as Nvidia kicks off GPU conference

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    ... graphics offerings. It’s an unwritten rule of marketing that when your competition is holding a mega event, you should try to get some publicity off the back of it. Hence we saw AMD dragging Intel Developer ...

47. Nvidia kicks off 2009 GPU conference

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 29 September 2009

    ... to declare that his company was the "undisputed leader" in the graphics market. "With the ATI Radeon HD 5800 series of graphics cards driven by the most powerful processor on the planet, AMD is changing ...

48. 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 ...

49. Apple plus graphics gurus = semiconductor mystery

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Saturday, 26 September 2009

    ... ATI but two. Those two are Bob Drebin, hired away in April and Raju Koduri. Both have a great deal of experience in the graphics business and some have speculated that Apple is experimenting either with ...

50. TSMC ramps production to build Intel Atoms

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 25 September 2009

    ... Larrabee graphics chips, although Intel was at pains to point out that the ones showcased at IDF this week had not been sourced from the Taiwanese outfit.  ...