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1. Nvidia reports 3Q revenue jump

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   GPU accelerates profits Nvidia has reported revenue of $903.2 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2010. According to CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, revenue increased 16 percent from the previous quarter and ...

2. Nvidia may be moving into X86 market

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   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 ...

3. Nvidia accuses Intel of 'improper claims,' pulls out of chipset development

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Nvidia says it is "postponing" further chipset investments for Intel DMI CPUs. However, the GPU company will continue to "innovate integrated solutions" for Intel's FSB architecture. Nvidia says it is ...

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

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... off the street in San Francisco last week to bend their ears. This week it’s Nvidia’s turn in the spotlight and Sunnyvale- based AMD has quite coincidentally banged out a couple of releases pushing its ...

5. Nvidia teams up with Microsoft for HPC

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Nvidia is to work with Microsoft to use its Tesla GPUs for high performance parallel computing using the Windows HPC Server 2008 operating system. Nvidia is to work with Microsoft to use its Tesla GPUs ...

6. Apple plus graphics gurus = semiconductor mystery

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... a new processor for the iPhone or more intriguingly the next iPhone CPU - and then there's the PA Semi team, now absorbed or borged into Apple. Next week Nvidia holds its own jamboree out in the valley. ...

7. Duff chips cause Nvidia to make big loss

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Fabless firm Nvidia said it made a net loss of $105.3 million for its second financial quarter that ended on the 26th July.Fabless firm Nvidia said it made a net loss of $105.3 million for its second ...

8. Globalfoundries starts construction of $4.2 billion fab

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... health of this market." However, Carvill declined to comment on rumors that Globalfoundries recently inked a lucrative deal with Nvidia.   "We will have more to announce on the customer front over ...

9. 3D movie downloads due in Q4, says Sonic

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   ...  Taylor added that pricing has yet to be determined. Sonic is working with Nvidia to ensure that 3D movies from Roxio CinemaNow will be optimized for GeForce GPUs and the Roxio CinemaNow player will ...

10. Nvidia’s boss aims for computing hegemony

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Analysis The CEO of Nvidia, Jen-Hsun Huang, is a pugnacious guy who isn’t without charisma.Analysis - The CEO of Nvidia, Jen-Hsun Huang, is a pugnacious guy who isn’t without charisma. He doesn’t pull ...

11. AMD stifling competition? Did Palit screw AMD?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... the 4870 is not needed anymore and violates a contractual obligation. AMD positions its products against Nvidia, there is a certain choice of products, and if consumers decide that the Radeon cards are ...

12. Intel just can't lose

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    ... market too. And if it concentrates really hard, there is a  possibility that its Larrabee technology will have a serious impact on both AMD  (ATI) and Nvidia. No doubt Intel will appeal against ...

13. Nvidia pins hopes on workstation market

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    Graphics firm Nvidia made a loss of $201.3 million for its first quarter. In the same quarter last year it made a profit of $176.8 million. Graphics firm Nvidia made a loss of $201.3 million for its ...

14. Complexity kills the computer industry

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    ... more.     In fact, in looking at HP's recent workstation release, where the company used BMW to redesign the product and blended Intel and Nvidia technology into a differentiated solution, it ...

15. Nvidia looking to buy into VIA

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Nvidia is reportedly interested in buying some of the 300 million news shares offered by VIA Technologies, maker of alternate x86-based CPUs C7-M and Nano typically found in power-saving netbooks. Taipei ...

16. Will Apple lose its power to drive market trends?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    ... efforts from Nvidia and AMD's ATI group. Each of these efforts, while impressive in terms of potential, wasn't making any headway with mainstream applications, because they were incompatible with each ...

17. Wii gets PhysX SDK: Nvidia licensed as third party tool provider

    (Software/Software Features)

    Nvidia announced today they've been approved as a "third party tools solution provider" by Nintendo for the Wii console. Nvidia's PhysX SDK will now be available to registered Wii developers directly ...

18. Who needs Steve Jobs, anyway?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... Mac desktops did not because, with MacBooks, Apple also announced broad shift to Nvidia GPUs and DisplayPort interfaces across the product matrix in addition to a new unibody manufacturing process. ...

19. Intel declares war

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... also has profound effect on other players – AMD, Qualcomm (Snapdragon), Nvidia, TI, and even Marvel to whom Intel sold off its own ARM-based processor (XScale). A win-win for Intel and TSMC Intel gets ...

20. Updated Mac desktops arrive March 24, as does a "pleasant surprise"

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... and Nvidia'sGPUs, along with the DisplayPort interconnect with HDCP copy-protection technology. This doesn't mean Apple doesn't have a wildcard up its sleeve. On the contrary, sources mention a "pleasant ...

21. Nvidia passionately responds to Intel court filing

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Nvidia announced today that it has responded to a court filing on Monday by Intel Corporation. The filing alleges that current licensing agreements in place between Nvidia and Intel do not cover future ...

22. Linus Torvalds' old company now officially dead

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... customers – including NEC, Fujitsu, Sony, Toshiba and Nvidia. The problem with this business model was that revenue was only coming in through consulting work and shipping products. Sony was a big ...

23. Apple remains a money-making machine, thanks to iPod touch and Macbooks

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... Mac desktops are long overdue for refresh - especially the iMac. Rumored upgrades should include Core i7 processors, Nvidia graphics, DisplayPort interconnect and better storage and memory. iPod ruled ...

24. Big News Around CES That Got Little Coverage

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... 22") would actually run the 3D stuff that NVIDIA was showcasing.   I wonder how many folks will buy a new monitor this year expecting to be able to play 3D games only to have a woops moment when they ...

25. Post-Jobs Apple to profit from content and services, not just gadgets

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... brought the entire line of Mac portables into full view. Apple also failed to update Mac Mini and iMac with better storage, Nvidia graphics and speedier processors. This doesn't mean these upgrades aren't ...

26. CES 2009: HP to launch series of low cost computers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... state of the art gaming specifications among which are a quad-core Intel Core 2 processor of up to 2.83 GHz, 4GB of DDR2-800 memory, and dual Nvidia GeForce 9800S video cards each packing 1GB of GDDR3 ...

27. Lenovo announces dual-screen Thinkpad

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... drive. The measurements are 16.1”x12.2”x2.1”. The core hardware components of the W700ds include Intel Core 2 processors (quad-core available), Nvidia workstation graphics (Quadro FX 3760M), 4 – 8 GB ...

28. Glassdoor.com’s best and worst CEOs of 2008

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... Sachs, Eric Schmidt of Google, A. G. Lafley of Procter and Gamble, Ian Davis of McKinsey & Company, Ken Chenault of American Express, Jen-Hsun Huang of Nvidia, Shantanu Narayen of Adobe and Dan Warmenhoven ...

29. Land in sight: Sony cuts PS3 production cost by 35%

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... to the previous model, the market research firm said. Key parts, which include Nvidia’s Reality Synthesizer, IBM’s Cell Broadband Engine and Toshiba’s I/O controller are now manufactured in 65 nm, cut ...

30. THQ chooses Nvidia's PhysX technology for better gaming

    (Software/Software Features)

      THQ and Nvidia announced yesterday they've signed an agreement to bring Nvidia's PhysX technology, "the worlds most pervasive physics solutions for designing real-time, real-world effects into interactive ...

31. Steve Jobs' Macworld 2009 keynote uncertain

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... will be exhibiting. Google will also either downsize its booth or maybe even drop out of the event completely. Wired expects Apple to launch the new 2009 Mac Mini at Macworld with Nvidia graphics and DisplayPort, ...

32. Nearly 50 Open Handset Alliance members now backing Android

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... building on top of the list of existing members that includes, among others, NTT DoCoMo, China Mobile, Google, LG Electronics, T-Mobile, Sprint, Samsung, Broadcom, Intel, Nvidia and Texas Instruments. ...

33. Up next for Apple: An ultrathin, ultralight $600 multitouch Mac netbook?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... NAND memory instead of a hard drive. The analyst refrained from speculating which processor and graphics Apple might use. If you ask us, there are three possible scenarios. The first with Nvidia graphics ...

34. Microsoft’s Zune phone rumor back again, this time with Tegra

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

      There are some tech rumors that just won’t go away, one of them being Microsoft’s iPhone killer smartphone. A new report now suggests that Microsoft may be working with Nvidia on a cellphone that ...

35. Computers: Changing from power to experience

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... smoking triple-card Nvidia-based system running Core I7 and while I missed the flash drives I was blown away by all of the performance. But is technology really all about performance? Analyst Opinion ...

36. Linus Torvalds’ old company acquired and gone

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... was able to secure an investment from AMD in 2007 and recently convinced Nvidia to license its tech for $25 million. Following an announcement in September that the company had begun looking for a buyer, ...

37. Nvidia announces a $3500 graphics card

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      Nvidia today announced what the company calls “most powerful professional graphics card in graphics history”, which may be true if 4 GB of memory is any indication of the capabilities of the device. ...

38. ATI 4800 series gets off the ground, snags top retail sales spot in September

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      AMD’s latest graphics chip series looked good on paper and good in benchmarks and it appears that it is returning good sales numbers as well. Nvidia is still dominating the list of the ten best ...

39. Five products Apple should build

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... computing performance, such as gaming, you won’t buy a Mac. Yes, you may point to the Mac Pro, but this pricey system really appeals to creative professionals, not hard-core gamers. Apple’s recent Nvidia ...

40. Apple cashes in on iPhone, leaves ‘junk’ to others

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... when Sun has a current market cap of $3.6 billion, Nvidia $4.0 billion and AMD $2.4 billion. Adobe could also be an enticing idea at $14.7 billion.  ...

41. OS X Snow Leopard: It’s all about speed

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... GPU power Snow Leopard will support OpenCL (Open Computing Language) that can unleash all those giga- and teraflops locked up in GPUs and provide them for general-purpose computing. AMD and Nvidia are ...

42. Nvidia introduces GeForce 9400M for notebooks

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Nvidia has introduced its hghly-iIntegrated GeForce 9400M GPU that targets notebook applications, with the company claiming it delivers 5x the performance over the Intel Centrino 2 Montevina (GM45) ...

43. Is Steve Jobs right on Blu-ray and HDMI?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... Their best recent move was to take Nvidia graphics across their laptop line, which finally brings Apple laptop graphics performance in line with its promise.   Currently, Apple is signaling a move ...

44. Why Macbooks matter

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... manufacturing process, a redesign, a glass trackpad and an Nvidia chipset move.   Read on the next page: Can buyers resist?     Can buyers resist? Macbooks and Macbook Pros have always ...

45. Rumor round-up: New Apple laptops

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... and 2.8 GHz and Nvidia graphics processor. Cult of Mac's Leander Kahney predicts 2.4 GHz, 2.66 GHz, 2.8 GHz, and 3.06 GHz models, 2 GB of RAM for MB and 4 GB for MBP, and hard drive sizes between 160 ...

46. Tech mergers ahead?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... Apple could scoop the company up for pocket change. Intel could get rid of AMD for even less and even AMD could use its recent cash infusion to take a shot at Nvidia. But the hottest ticket may actually ...

47. Timeline: How AMD changed over the past 39 years

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... HyperTransport is adopted by Agilent, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco Systems, IBM, nVidia, Sun, and Texas Instruments. 2002: AMD acquires Alchemy Semiconductor and its low-power, embedded processor technology. ...

48. VIDEO – Hands-on with the Fusion-io SSD, 13 World of Warcraft windows in 36 seconds

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... an Nvidia 8800 series graphics card.  After the folder copy, we doubled-clicked on WoW and it took two to three seconds to open.  Impressive, but opening just one window of WoW is just so boring. ...

49. Apple stock drops sharply following analyst downgrades

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... cash flow." Apple's stock, however was not the only one hit today. In a generally dramatic session, Nvidia was down almost 8%, Google more than 7%, AMD almost 10%, Yahoo 6% and Intel about 4%.  ...

50. Linus Torvalds’ old company up for sale

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... process, but eventually won Fujitsu, Sony, NEC and most recently Nvidia as licensee’s and customers. And when the company’s cash was almost gone in October of 2006, the company sued Intel for patent ...