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1. What's at the heart of HP’s Laptops and Lenovo’s Best Student Tablet

   (Opinion/Opinion Features)

   ... This will ship with Windows 7 starter edition and cost a hair under $400.   The HP Mini 311  has the larger 11.6” screen and NVIDIA Ion graphics with HDMI and VGA out.   This is for ...

2. Nvidia "stealth launches" two new products

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

     Graphics fabless chip company Nvidia snuck two new products into the world but without the marketing and press fanfare that usually accompanies such things. Graphics fabless chip company Nvidia ...

3. Nvidia launches mysterious new GTX 275

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Nvidia today returned to the famous days of graphics card paper launches with the new GTX 275. Rarely have we seen so much confusion about a new graphics card, which has been positioned as a $250-class rival ...

4. Nvidia launches five Quadro cards, relaunches two

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Nvidia is taking advantage of Intel’s Nehalem buzz today and reminded us that the company has the “most powerful professional graphics card lineup”. There are seven new cards, if we forget that two ...

5. Review: Internet Explorer 8 improves with age

   (Software/Software Features)

   ... the test in IE 8 RC1 seem to include some of those most often used by popular websites. The following Benchmarks were run on an HP Satellite P-25 Laptop, P4 2.8 GHz (dual-core), Nvidia GeForce ...

6. Nvidia launches Quadro NVS 420, 4x 2560x1600 video card

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

     Nvidia's Quadro NVS 420, a small form factor (SFF) video card which supports up to four 30" displays at 2560 x 1600 resolutions, was announced on Tuesday. This offering brings below $500 a physically ...

7. 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 ...

8. Acer launches bargain quad-core notebook

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... at 2.0 GHz by default, but runs at 2.53 GHz in this notebook, according to Acer), 4 GB memory, Nvidia’s 9700 GT graphics chip, a 500 GB hard drive, a Blu-ray disc drive and Windows Vista 64-bit. HP’s 18-incher ...

9. Nvidia launches entry-level professional GPUs for small and integrated form factors

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

   Nvidia has announced the Quadro FX 470, the first integrated professional motherboard GPU, and Quadro FX 370 Low Profile, an entry-level Quadro graphics boards for small form factor (SFF) systems. ...

10. Toshiba launches quad-core gaming laptop

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... as an SLI graphics configuration consisting of the Nvidia 9400M IGC and a discrete 9800M GTS graphics chip with 1 GB of memory. The package, which comes in the same bright red colors as previous X305 models, ...

11. 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. ...

12. AMD launches $40 graphics cards assault against Nvidia

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... graphics chip systems to discrete graphics cards. AMD’s new 4500/4300 series goes head-to head with Nvidia’s entry-level 9400-series, but promises to undercut its rival’s price point while offering ...

13. Mythbusters duo launches new GeForce, codenamed Mona Lisa

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      Even though Nvidia’s Nvision tradeshow did not achieve its goal of 10,000 visitors, more than a thousand gathered at the Center for Performing Arts to witness the ending of the event. The duo ...

14. Nvidia touts physics, but financial trouble ahead

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      Owners of a GeForce 8-series or higher graphics card can squeeze more eye candy out of their hardware as Nvidia has released a demo pack consisting of a full game, acceleration demos and Stanford’s Folding@Home ...

15. Intel announces Centrino 2

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... will run much more efficiently. The technology works with AMD/ATI and Nvidia graphics. New wireless chipset, WiMax (almost) and … Turbo Memory! Complementing Montevina is the new 5000-series wireless ...

16. AMD's upcoming CPU/GPU platform to catch up with Intel?

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... managed to use two R700 dual-GPU graphic cards (four RV770 chips) to get a score of X12515. This was done with four GPUs, while Nvidia uses three GTX280 boards to achieve a similar score. The R700 boards ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... 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 ...

18. Asustek launches overclocked GeForce GTX 200-series graphics cards

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Asustek Computer has introduced overclocked graphics cards based on Nvidia's latest GeForce GTX 280 and 260 GPUs. The Asustek ENGTX280 TOP/HTDP/1G graphics card boosts the core, shader, and memory ...

19. AMD delays Radeon 4800 launch to June 23

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... launch its new graphics cards on June 18 as originally planned. Instead, ATI will be briefing members of the press around this date and launch the product in the following week. Since Nvidia is going to ...

20. ATI/Nvidia price war takes its toll, Intel seen as savior

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      Taiwanese companies are growing increasingly concerned over Nvidia’s and ATI’s market strategies. Both companies seemed to be more interested in making their partners stamp Nvidia ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... as well as HD video performance and even suggests that its hybrid graphics solutions is about 70% faster than a Core 2 Duo notebook with Nvidia’s 8400M graphics chip. And interesting side note about Puma ...

22. Nvidia launches 9M series mobile GPUs, Hybrid SLI

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      Nvidia today launched a new generation of mobile graphics processors. All new processors support Hybrid SLI for the first time, Nvidia’s CUDA software acceleration technology as well as the company’s ...

23. Alienware relaunches flagship ALX desktop with 4 GHz quad-core processor

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... consider the upgrades rather cosmetic. The differences come down to an overclocked Core 2 Extreme QX9770 processor that runs at 4 GHz (200 MHz more than in the Dell), the option of Nvidia graphics chips ...

24. Biostar launches a nForce 750-based motherboard

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... deliver multi-GPU benefits when combined with an Nvidia discrete GPU. More here at Digitimes.  ...

25. Nvidia launches 15360 x 2560 pixel Quadro card

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Nvidia has a Microsoft-like market share in the workstation market and judging by this latest announcement, the company has no intentions of giving up share anytime soon. The new Quadro FX 4700 X2 is ...

26. Gateway launches new FX enthusiast notebooks

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... than what the average notebooks are going for. On the high-end, Gateway is now offering the 172X model in its 17” P-series lineup, which comes with a 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo T8300 CPU, Nvidia’s 8800M GTS graphics ...

27. ASRock launches nForce 750a chipset motherboard

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ASRock has launched the AMD-based K10N750SLI-WiFi motherboard which adopts Nvidia's chipset and AMD's PSI (power state indicator) technology to improve the energy efficiency by disabling extra phases ...

28. Asustek launches new AMD and Nvidia graphics cards

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Asustek Computer recently unveiled three new graphics cards based on Nvidia and AMD GPUs (graphics processing units), the EN9800GTX/HTDP/512M, EAH3850X2/HTDI/1G and EAH3650 SILENT/HTDI/1G.The EN9800GTX ...

29. AMD launches first FireGL graphics card with DisplayPort

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... DisplayPort. Performance-wise, this new card is going against Nvidia’s Quadro FX 3700 and 4600. The 7700 is priced at $1099, which compares to street prices of about $800 - $900 for the 3700 and $1400 ...

30. G.Skill launches energy-efficient 16GB DDR2-800 and 2GB DDR3-1800 kits

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... platform (AMD 790FX, 780G, 690G, nForce 590, 570). Nvidia’s nForce 680i and 780i support up to 8 GB of memory, so your choice here is limited. What makes this kit “energy-efficient” is the operating voltage. ...

31. Alienware relaunches Area-51 desktop with 9800 GX2

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Miami (FL) – With today’s lifting of Nvidia’s 9800 GX2 NDA, system builders are announcing desktops powered by the dual-processor graphics card.  Alienware, known for their expensive and beefy, computers, ...

32. British PC manufacturer launches water cooling for Intel’s Skulltrail

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... most interesting ones was that two nForce 100 chips from Nvidia are dissipating more heat than the ESB2 Southbridge itself, creating two thermal hot spots on the lower side of the motherboard. Heatpipe ...

33. Biostar launches GeForce 9-based card

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Biostar Microtech International has announced the V9603GT52 graphics card featuring Nvidia's GeForce 9600 GT GPU. The 9600 GT offers 64 stream processors and a 256-bit frame buffer. More here at Digitimes.  ...

34. Asustek launches overclocked AMD and Nvidia graphics cards

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Asustek Computer has introduced a pair of overclocked AMD and Nvidia graphics cards aimed a gamers who want to squeeze every last bit of performance. The ATI Radeon 3850-based EAH3850 TOP/HTDI/512M offers ...

35. Wrap-up: All stories and slideshows from CES 2008

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    ... graphics/mobo company you’ve never heard of HD DVD vs. Blu-ray: The battle of the CES booths Hybrid SLI to promote motherboard/graphics card bundling in new Nvidia Additive ...

36. MSI launches nForce 780i and 750i motherboards

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Micro-Star International (MSI) has launched the P7N Diamond and P7N SLI Platinum motherboards to support 45 nm Intel processors. The P7N Diamond utilizes the nForce 780i chipset with support for 3-way ...

37. Gigabyte launches GeForce 8800 GT card

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Gigabyte United has announced the launch of the GV-NX88T512HP, based on Nvidia's GeForce 8800 GT GPU. The GV-NX88T512HP features 512 MB GDDR3 memory, 112 stream processors and support for HDCP to provide ...

38. Leadtek launches high-end graphics card for enthusiast market

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Leadtek Research has announced the launch of new high-end graphics cards to gaming enthusiasts, the WinFast PX8800 GT 256 MB. Based on 65 nm technology and powered by the Nvidia GeForce 8800GT GPU, the ...

39. Nvidia launches GeForce 8M series GPUs for notebooks

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Nvidia revealed its GeForce 8800M notebook GPUs (graphics processing units), which will soon be in products that will be available for order from notebook makers. Supporting both DirectX 10 and DirectX ...

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

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... to show performance data Price per performance: what it really means It was almost two weeks ago that Nvidia launched its G92 based GeForce 8800GT graphics boards into the midrange segment. On the same ...

41. GeForce 8800GT cards may face channel supply issues

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Earlier this week, Nvidia introduced the GeForce 8800GT targeting the mid-range enthusiast segment. The performance and the relatively moderate price tag are enticing. However, the problem is that these ...

42. Linspire launches Freespire 2.0 Linux

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... as support for ATI, Nvidia, and Wi-Fi applications. It also has a built-in plugin for Linspire's own CNR Service, a destination for users to access thousands of open source applications, from video ...

43. TG Daily Special: Leaving Redmond, WA in 24 hours

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... without any special drivers on almost every video card.  I had to do this on one of my computers (with a brand new NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX, by the way - the card was too new for the build's Nvidia ...

44. Eurocom launches monster laptop with 600 GB of HD capacity

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... Intel Core 2 Extreme processor and two Nvidia GeForce Go 7950 GTX graphics cards in SLI mode. If that isn't enough the drives can be Raided out in 0, 1 or 5 modes. There's even an internal HDTV ...

45. AMD launches toolkit for mobile games

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... be available next year.   ATI was a pioneer in developing advanced graphics chips for cell phones.  Nvidia has since also gotten in the market.  The battle to increase visual power on cell ...

46. Shuttle launches quad-core SFF workstations

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... designers, also can be built to include any of ATI's or Nvidia's top level graphics cards, such as the ATI FireGL and the Nvidia Quadro line. The new 3700w line is available now, with prices starting ...

47. Nvidia scores dramatic gain in graphics chip market share

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Despite its recent accounting woes, Nvidia may have just completed one of the most successful quarters in the firm's history. According to a report released by Jon Peddie Research (JPR) today, the company ...

48. AMD launches 4x4 platform Quad FX

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... (Asus L1N64-SLI), a new chipset (Nvidia 680a) and new processors. Comparable to an Opteron dual-socket platform, AMD will offer three new Athlon 64 FX processors for Quad FX: The FX-70 (2.6 GHz), FX-72 ...

49. Sony launches Playstation 3 in the U.S.

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    ... $600, integrates the first Cell processor that consumers actually can buy, Nvidia "Reality Synthesizer" graphics engine, Toshiba's Emotion Engine, 256 MB GDDR3 graphics memory, 256 MB XDR memory, a 60 ...

50. AMD launches "stream processor" accelerator board

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... calculations. BionicFX, for example, was one of the first developers to use Nvidia 6800 graphics for audio processing; more recently, Stanford's Folding@Home research team announced that it would enable ...