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- Will the GPU become the new CPU?
- No mention of OpenCL?Oh well...Not right now, but will come soon.Not right now, but maybe will come soon.The current generation of GPUs are fantastically powerful, BUT:-Current GPUs use a technology called "stream processing," which essentially pre-loads the instructions into the processors and starts streaming data.This is unlike CPUs, where both...
- Tags: Processors, GPU, CPU, NVidia Corp., OpenCL, ATI Technologies Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-27
- AMD turbo boosts Flash Player 10.1 with ATI Stream technology
- AMD seems to be the more viable choice nowThey certainly have improved their offerings over Intel and NVIDIA, which both seem to be up in the air at the moment. Intel isn't focused on offering good mainstream performance for the dollar - they're only working on Atom and the...
- Tags: Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Macromedia Flash Player, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., AMD 785G, GPU, AMD Athlon, chipset
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion as companies end litigation war; Is it a new chip era?
- Inhell got off cheaplyProbably AMD needed the cash now because it would have gotten a lot more in a trial.This is good news for computer usersGood news all around. The cross licensing will allow advancements with a minimum of lawyer intervention.Won't matter, AMD is toastThey haven't produced a CPU worth...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, litigation, phenom, amd, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., chip
- Discussion threads 2009-11-12
- NVIDIA Inside?
- When you think about it, it doesn't."When you think about it, it makes a lot of sense."Not really."ATI has the backing of chipmaker AMD"Frankly, I think it's safer to say that AMD has the backing of ATI, considering how much they were hurt by the Core 2 and never recovered."and...
- Tags: Processors, NVidia Corp., CPU, Intel Corp., GPU
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Is Nvidia planning to add X86 compatibility to its chipsets?
- I hope soNVIDIA with x86-64 technology would be Next Big ThingTM, although I'd rather see a new architecture replace the aging x86. 64-bit is just a tack-on feature set of x86. I'd rather see something in line with IA64 from NVIDIA to shake up Intel. I'm sure...
- Tags: Processors, Video Decoding, chipset, Intel x86, CPU, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., GPU, graphics, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion
- Normally I'd say this is just another NY AG trying to run for higher officebut this seems to have legs. I hope Intel didn't do it - but if they did, they need to be repremanded.Great to see some justice against InhellI can hardly wait to see the M$...
- Tags: Video cards, Corporate law, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., antitrust, graphics
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Apple's bumper crop of fall hardware, reviewed
- Where is the love for Nvidia?A number of questions come up:Why not Nvidia chipsets anymore? Why did they go back to Intel for core logic when they slammed them in a previous tech show for power management concerns?What happened to added graphics options on the Mac Pro? Where...
- Tags: Mice, Servers, Desktops, hardware, Mini, GT 120, NVidia Corp., server, mouse, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Magic Mouse
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Is NVIDIA dead?
- RE: Is NVIDIA dead?Give me a break!Don't forget IntelThere have been rumors for some time that Intel was going to enter the discrete graphics card market, with cards designed to work with their processors and MB chipsets. Perhaps nVidia felt like the market is getting squeezed too much to...
- Tags: Games, Video cards, NVidia Corp., game, graphics, Intel Corp., mid range
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Adobe and Nvidia bring GPU computing to the masses
- What about Intel and AMD?So Adobe is quietly ignoring everyone with Intel or AMD video GPU's? Sounds like Nvidia is trying to drive sales in smaller devices this way. Exclusive deal with Adobe maybe?Adobe Flash requires ridiculous and unjustified amounts of CPUAnd it's the worst with Flash 10....
- Tags: Corporate communications, Processors, Adobe Flash, NVidia Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., CPU, video, GPU
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Nvidia: Next big supercomputer player?
- NVidia has a chanceNot all that surprisingly the concept of supercomputing on a small basis has finally filtered down to audio/video recording facilities, with the bulk of basics going to the CPU and the actual processing going to the GPU. This is a clear advancement when those of us...
- Tags: NVidia Corp., supercomputer, big supercomputer player, supercomputing, supercomputer player
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- Nvidia: Next big supercomputer player?
- Nvidia unveiled its next-generation graphics processing unit GPU architecture, dubbed Fermi, and announced a key supercomputing win with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The takeaway: Graphics and visualization are becoming key to scientific discoveries. And Nvidia could be a major player. Oak Ridge's supercomputer will be used...
- Tags: Supercomputer, NVidia Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Supercomputing, GPU, Fermi, Oak Ridge, CNET News, JMP Securities Alex Gauna, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- Build a high-performance gaming PC for under $650!
- Nice post but ..What about the Intel side of the house? I myself am not much of an AMD fan they run hot. Go $2 over budget...And get a WD Caviar Black 500GB HDD instead of the discontinued Samsung.Mostly good choices..but lately, Foxconn boards tend to have a really bad...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Microsoft Windows 7, Games, PC, DDR2-1066, high-performance, Foxconn, ASUS, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- ATI debuts Radeon HD 5870 with 'most powerful processor ever created'
- Mad Mike Magee 35th of 50 TOP Britons in IT & 5870 Diagram:Thomas Stewart Von Drashek Pat Moorhead: MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN of Nvidia, AMD/ATI today launched its RV870 architecture with the highly anticipated Radeon HD 5850 and HD 5870 graphics cards.We could spend a whole day writing about...
- Tags: processor, ATI Technologies Inc., card, Radeon HD 5870, Radeon HD, NVidia Corp., Radeon
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- Intel: 32nm is just the beginning
- Intel hasn't released its 32nm Westmere processors yet, but executives spent the first day of the Intel Developer Forum IDF talking about technology even farther down road. In his keynote, executive VP Sean Maloney gave a glimpse of a desktop running Sandy Bridge, the new microarchitecture that comes after Westmere,...
- Tags: Graphics, Intel Corp., Chip, GPU, Westmere, Sandy Bridge, Process Technology, Larrabee, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- Details on HP's Ion-powered netbook, Windows XP not dead yet
- Almost nine months to the day after Nvidia announced its Ion Platform, the first real netbook to make use of the technology has finally shipped. HP announced the Mini 311, an 11.6-inch netbook that pairs Intel's Atom processor with Ion, which is based on the GeForce 9400M GPU. Ion should...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows XP, NVidia Corp., Netbook, HP Mini 311, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-09-15
- Intel domination of microprcessor markets reaches a new 4 year high
- Many may claim otherwise, but they build the bestCPU for running the x86 command set. They should be gaining share in a market where people buy based on the best bang for the buck. Now if only the EC could grasp that concept.They need competition though.Competition keeps innovation...
- Tags: Processors, Current pricing, Key-Word, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., CPU
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- Hardware 2.0 - Open mic session
- Dell Studio XPSI know you bought a Studio XPS 13 a while back and only did an initial review. My question is re the heat issue everyone seems to be complaining about. I have a SXPS 16 and from observation this system does get really hot under certain conditions and...
- Tags: Processors, hardware, microphone, CPU, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- Next-gen AMD Radeon GPU powers six 30" displays
- But will it Fold?My version of "Can it Play Crysis"What were they thinking?It takes 7680x4320 for UHDTV. This is what they should have shot for. It's such a shame to far just short of it. Oh well they can fix it when they double it because to be...
- Tags: Games, TVs, Monitors & displays, AMD Radeon GPU, GPU, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- OTOY's Jules Urbach: Cloud computing 'threatens' game consoles, Blu-ray, PCs [interview]
- Cloud computing can't possibly handle streaming a Blu-ray movie or Adobe Photoshop, can it? Jules Urbach says it's not only possible, but scalable as a business. Urbach, founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based OTOY, is working with AMD to pair that company's supercomputers with...
- Tags: Cloud Computing, Console, PC, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Game Console, Blu-ray, OTOY, Jules Urbach, Games, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-09-11
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