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1. Nvidia accelerates GPU pixel processing

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Sunday, 22 November 2009

   Optimizes texture rendering Nvidia has patented a method of optimizing the GPU pixel processing pipeline. According to company spokesperson Hector Marinez, patent no. 7609272  "helps" the shader ...

2. Nvidia auctions "ultimate" gaming system on eBay

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   2x GTX 295 SLI, Core i7 975 Extreme and 12GB DDR3 Nvidia is auctioning off a custom-built "ultimate" gaming system on eBay. 

Company spokesperson Brian Burke told TG Daily that the machine was "hand ...

3. Nvidia remains "committed" to gaming industry

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 19 November 2009

   HPC market is not its primary focus Nvidia has reiterated its strong commitment to the gaming industry. Company spokesperson Bryan Del Rizzo told TG Daily that rumors of Nvidia abandoning gaming for the ...

4. Nvidia and Asus tout 3D Vision notebook

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   A stereoscopic experience at 120Hz Nvidia and Asus have announced plans to launch a high-definition 3D Vision notebook in December.  

 The G51J 3D - which is expected to feature an advanced 120Hz 3D ...

5. Nvidia CEO says he is "all" Apple

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Friday, 13 November 2009

   The "best" technology Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has claimed that Apple uses the "best" technology to manufacture its Mac product line. "Apple says to their customers: if you buy a computer from us you ...

6. SMIC boss falls on his semiconductor sword

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   ... designs from so-called "fabless" companies like Nvidia and ATI, and turns them into silicon.  ...

7. Nvidia: Fermi production schedule remains on track

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 09 November 2009

   Manufacturing process to kick off in the "next couple of months" The DigiTimes recently speculated that Nvidia could experience a "waning" market share if the company delayed the launch of its Fermi ...

8. Nvidia reports 3Q revenue jump

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 06 November 2009

   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 ...

9. 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 ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 08 October 2009

    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 ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 30 September 2009

    ... 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 ...

12. Nvidia teams up with Microsoft for HPC

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 28 September 2009

    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 ...

13. Apple plus graphics gurus = semiconductor mystery

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Saturday, 26 September 2009

    ... 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. ...

14. Duff chips cause Nvidia to make big loss

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 06 August 2009

    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 ...

15. Globalfoundries starts construction of $4.2 billion fab

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 24 July 2009

    ... 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 ...

16. 3D movie downloads due in Q4, says Sonic

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 21 July 2009

    ...  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 ...

17. Nvidia’s boss aims for computing hegemony

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 17 June 2009

    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 ...

18. AMD stifling competition? Did Palit screw AMD?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 28 May 2009

    ... 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 ...

19. Intel just can't lose

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 13 May 2009

    ... 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 ...

20. Nvidia pins hopes on workstation market

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 08 May 2009

    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 ...

21. Complexity kills the computer industry

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Thursday, 02 April 2009

    ... 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 ...

22. Nvidia looking to buy into VIA

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Friday, 27 March 2009

    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 ...

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

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Tuesday, 24 March 2009

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 19 March 2009

    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 ...

25. Who needs Steve Jobs, anyway?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 06 March 2009

    ... 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. ...

26. Intel declares war

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 03 March 2009

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 02 March 2009

    ... 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 ...

28. Nvidia passionately responds to Intel court filing

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Wednesday, 18 February 2009

    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 ...

29. Linus Torvalds' old company now officially dead

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 29 January 2009

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 21 January 2009

    ... 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 ...

31. Big News Around CES That Got Little Coverage

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Wednesday, 14 January 2009

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 07 January 2009

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 06 January 2009

    ... 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 ...

34. Lenovo announces dual-screen Thinkpad

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Sunday, 04 January 2009

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 29 December 2008

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 29 December 2008

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 19 December 2008

      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 ...

38. Steve Jobs' Macworld 2009 keynote uncertain

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 16 December 2008

    ... 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, ...

39. Nearly 50 Open Handset Alliance members now backing Android

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 10 December 2008

    ... 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. ...

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

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 04 December 2008

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 24 November 2008

      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 ...

42. Computers: Changing from power to experience

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Sunday, 23 November 2008

    ... 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 ...

43. Linus Torvalds’ old company acquired and gone

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 18 November 2008

    ... 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, ...

44. Nvidia announces a $3500 graphics card

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 10 November 2008

      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. ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 28 October 2008

      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 ...

46. Five products Apple should build

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Friday, 24 October 2008

    ... 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 ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 21 October 2008

    ... 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.  ...

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

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 20 October 2008

    ... 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 ...

49. Nvidia introduces GeForce 9400M for notebooks

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 16 October 2008

    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) ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 15 October 2008

    ... 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 ...