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    Lenovo beefs up the IdeaPad  Nov 23, 2009
    6in widescreen (1,366 x 768pixels) with LED backlight, a fast nVidia GeForce GT 240M 1GB graphics processor and an integrated subwoofer with support for Dolby Home Theatre surround sound. While the built-in OneKey Theatre feature enhances Blu-ray or DVD movies by automatically adjusting the picture and audio to offer a cinema-like experience. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    'The huge benefit is the cancer will not be passed on'  Nov 22, 2009
    The huge benefit is the cancer will not be passed on. The huge benefit is the cancer will not be passed on. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Coates slams govt over Olympics funding  Nov 22, 2009
    November 22, 2009 - 8:09PM. Australian Olympic chief John Coates has slammed the Federal Sports Minister Kate Ellis, claiming she has "gone missing" since the release of the Crawford report which rejects calls for increased Olympic sports funding. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)

    Goodnight from the museum  Nov 22, 2009
    November 22, 2009 - 1:21PM. From prehistoric times. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Fiji military seizes TV, radio licences  Nov 21, 2009
    November 21, 2009 - 4:09PM. The Fiji military regime's seizure of broadcast licences is a "very bad signal" for international investment and freedom of speech in the Pacific nation, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Modern Warfare 2 PC  Nov 21, 2009
    2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better supported Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better DirectX: Microsoft DirectX 9. 0c Hard Drive: 12GB of free hard drive space Sound: 100% DirectX 9. (IGN PC Games)

    Times newspaper outlines all-you-can-eat model  Nov 20, 2009
    The Times Newspaper Moves To Charging For Online News Reading. NEWSPAPER publishers have given the first indication of how they plan to charge people for reading news online with one of the world's best-known newspapers, The Times of London, to offer an ''all-you-can-eat'' package to readers. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    ASUS launches NVIDIA 3D vision notebook  Nov 20, 2009
    The latest ASUS G51J notebooks, equipped with NVIDIA 3D vision, offer users a truly immersive gaming and multimedia experience, bridging the gap between virtual and reality. NVIDIA is excited about the worlds first 3D Vision notebook coming from ASUS, said Phil Eisler, General Manager of 3D Vision business unit at NVIDIA ... The G51J notebook sports an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M with 1GB DDR3 video memory, and a pair of 3D Vision active-shutter glasses coupled with a wide-range... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    A digital hub for the family  Nov 19, 2009
    The hardware specification includes an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E7500, 4GB of memory, 500GB hard disk and an nVidia GeForce G210M graphics processor. The machine runs on Windows 7 Home Premium edition. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Star Trek D-A-C on PSN & PC  Nov 14, 2009
    Now available for download, game offers all-new single player Survival mode, more ships and pick-ups, maps and NVIDIA 3D stereoscopic compatibility for PC players ... Star Trek: D-A-C features NVIDIA 3D Vision compatibility, allowing equipped PC players to engage in intense stereoscopic 3D battles ... Players with an NVIDIA GeForce GPU in their PC can experience dynamic NVIDIA PhysX effects including blazing explosions and reactive debris. (IGN PC Games)

    After AMD: Intel's Next Big Battle  Nov 13, 2009
    A host of chipmakers, including Qualcomm (), Texas Instruments (), Freescale (), and Nvidia (), license ARM technology to create chips for handhelds, phones, and other mobile devices. ARM-based chips are valued because they consume less power than the x86-based chips, which are made by Intel and AMD and power most of the world's computers and servers, the machines that run corporate networks. (BusinessWeek)

    Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion, settle disputes  Nov 13, 2009
    Among Intel's adversaries are graphics chip maker Nvidia Corp and New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo ... COURT AGAINST NVIDIA If the FTC goes ahead with its complaint, Intel will have to address broader questions on its business practices that go beyond its dealings with AMD. "If they (FTC) were going to file a lawsuit, they're going to file a lawsuit. It will have no impact," John Briggs, antitrust attorney with Axinn Veltrop Harkrider LLP said of the AMD settlement ... Graphics chip maker... (India Times, India)

    Infy partners Nvidia  Nov 13, 2009
    Infosys partners with Nvidia, to set up technology centre- Software-Infotech-The Economic Times ... Infosys partners with Nvidia, to set up technology centre11 Nov 2009, 1918 hrs IST, PTI ... BANGALORE: Software major Infosys Technologies and Nvidia, world leader in visual technologies and inventor of Graphics Processing Unit,(GPU) on Wednesday announced a partnership to develop Nvidia Cuda (Compute Unified Device Architecture) Technology-enabled software solutions. (India Times)

    Black Market Gear  Nov 12, 2009
    BFG - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 Graphics Card - $259 ... That gap has been increasingly narrowed as time goes on, but most still agree that the PC edition of multi-platform games still reign supreme in the graphics department, something made possible by cards like the NVIDIA GeForce BFG GTX 285 ... Standard features include Graphics Plus technology, NVIDIA PhysX gaming effects, 1GB of GDDR3 memory, and NVIDIA Forceware. (IGN Gear)

    NVIDIA CEO Loves Apple  Nov 11, 2009
    IGN: NVIDIA CEO is an Apple Fanboy ... NVIDIA CEO is an Apple Fanboy ... November 10, 2009 - On Sunday, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang make a trek down to Dubai to present a speech at the American University of Dubai, where afterwards he took time to sit down and speak with media members to discuss various NVIDIA topics. (IGN Gear)

    TSMC: 40-nm yields will improve  Nov 10, 2009
    AMD, Nvidia and others are impacted. In response to the reports, TSMC officials said: ''The 40-nm yield didn't drop as reported. (EETimes)

    How I survived a Zune HD, and even came to like it  Nov 10, 2009
    My review model came from Nvidia, giddy to have its new ARM-based Tegra designed into such a high-profile device. Unconsciously I gave Microsoft credit for designing this sliver of a system packed with capabilities and doing it on a processor relatively new to Redmond's engineers. (EETimes)

    Creative Tech's survival hinges on China, ZiiLABS' SoC  Nov 10, 2009
    This market, however, is already crowded with fiercely competitive solutions from companies such as Texas Instruments, Samsung, Nvidia, Marvell and Qualcomm. Leow remains unfazed. (EETimes)

    Nvidia takes cartoon shots at Intel  Nov 7, 2009
    carries only this explanation along with Nvidia's (NASDAQ:NVDA) logo: "Intel's Insides is intended to be a parody of events occurring within the semiconductor sector, with particular focus on its largest, and most-commented-upon competitor.". Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) was sued by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday, accusing the computer company of violating state and federal antitrust laws. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)

    Analysts: TSMC still faces 40-nm problems  Nov 7, 2009
    However, during a conference call on Thursday, graphics chip maker Nvidia Corp. discussed 40-nm capacity and yield constraints at its foundry partner--TSMC. ... Nvidia, in contrast, has been vocal about the yield problems ... Overnight, Nvidia discussed 40-nm capacity constraints at its foundry supplier TSMC,'' said Barclays Capital analyst C.J. Muse. (EETimes)

    Nvidia pokes fun at Intel with cartoon website  Nov 7, 2009
    The site carries the Nvidia Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif. logo and Nvidia has confirmed to EE Times that , is endorsed by Nvidia ... An Nvidia spokesperson said: "Yes, Intel's Insides is an Nvidia sanctioned site." The site says of itself that "it is intended to be a parody of events occurring within the semiconductor sector, with particular focus on its largest and most-commented-upon competitor.". (EETimes)

    Market Winners & Losers: International Game Technology, AIG  Nov 7, 2009
    NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) The computer technology providers shares rose 7. 2% after seeing its profit surge in the third quarter. (Fox News)

    Cisco Sends Stocks Soaring  Nov 7, 2009
    After the close, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) kept the good mood going, rising 5 percent on. The Nasdaq surged 49 to 2105, the Sgained 20 to 1066, and the Dow soared 203 to 10,005. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    nVidia's CEO Admits Supply Chain Problems  Nov 7, 2009
    After reporting solid numbers for the quarter, nVidia's CEO addresses a number of key issues facing the graphics chip supplier ... nVidia had to tout following its bang out quarterly earnings report today ... On an earnings call with analysts, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said nVidia saw "healthy market demand across the board," especially its bread and butter GPU business, which was up 25 percent for the quarter. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Dolan Media buys 85 percent stake in DiscoverReady  Nov 7, 2009
    Nvidia says profit jumps 74 percent in 3Q. Graphics chip maker Nvidia Corp. said consumer demand is healthy and improving as it reported a 74 percent jump in third-quarter profit. (Fresno Bee -- Business)

    Analyst Says nVidia's Looking to Enter x86 Market  Nov 6, 2009
    An analyst report has resurrected a rumor that's repeatedly died and is reborn like a phoenix -- that GPU vendor nVidia is looking to enter the x86 market. Such rumors are repeatedly shot down by the vendor, but then again, the landscape has also changed for nVidia in recent months ... nVidia focuses on graphics processing units (GPUs) but does have its own CPU business in the form of , a processor that combines its GPU technology with the ARM CPU it has licensed. (HardwareCentral)

    Tech Products We Should Have Had By Now  Nov 6, 2009
    Last January, Nvidia unveiled 3D Vision, a 3D gaming and movie-viewing kit for GeForce 8800GT, 9600GT, and 200 Series and higher GPUs and 120Hz LCD monitors and Mitsubishi DLP HDTVs ... Nvidia's archrival AMD hasn't felt the need to offer 3Dware ... Those of us with fond memories of the Psion Series 5 and HP Jornada 720 had our hopes raised at June's Computex, where half of Taiwan seemed to be buzzing about smaller, less expensive alternatives to today's already compact $300 to $400 netbook PCs... (HardwareCentral)

    Designer debuts OMAP boards for Android  Nov 6, 2009
    "There are a bunch of interesting Android platforms out there from Freescale, Marvell, Nvidia and others, so we may come out with more of these designs in the new year," said J. Daniell Hebert, chief executive of Moto. The relatively small design firm is not selling the boards directly, but using them to attract contract design business. (EETimes)

    EE Times' Top 10 women in microelectronics  Nov 6, 2009
    Prior to joining Atheros, she served as vice president and general manager of the Portable Navigation Products group at Nvidia Corp. from 2006, and as vice president of the company's Business Licensing program from 2005. Late 2002, Au was named president and CEO of Triscend Corp., a fabless semiconductor company developing field-configurable System-on-Chip (CSoC) devices and customizable microcontrollers. (EETimes)

    Is Nvidia devising x86 processor?  Nov 4, 2009
    com - Is Nvidia devising x86 processor ... Is Nvidia devising x86 processor ... -- The rumors have once again surfaced that Nvidia Corp. may enter the x86-based microprocessor market. (EETimes)

    Force Unleashed: Sith Re...  Nov 2, 2009
    0 support Video Card (ATI): Radeon HD 2900 Video Card (Nvidia): Geforce 8800 Media Required: 8X DVD-ROM drive Windows XP/Vista compatible mouse and keyboard or Microsoft Xbox 360 Wired Controller ... 8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 5200+ 512 MB 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Video Card (ATI): Radeon HD 4870 Video Card (Nvidia): Geforce 9800 GT Memory: 2 GB RAM NOTICE: Some 3D accelerator cards with the chipset listed here may not be compatible with the 3D acceleration features utilized by Star... (IGN PC Games)

    Infinity Ward Pulls PSA Vid  Nov 2, 2009
    2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better supported Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better DirectX: Microsoft DirectX 9. 0c Hard Drive: 12GB of free hard drive space Sound: 100% DirectX 9. (IGN PC Games)

    Dragon Age Pre-load Deal  Oct 31, 2009
    8Ghz or greater RAM: 1GB or more Video: ATI Radeon X850 128MB or greater NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater DVD ROM (Physical copy) 20 GB HD space Windows Vista: OS: Windows Vista with SP1 CPU: Intel Core 2 (or equivalent) running at 1 ... 5 GB or more Video: ATI Radeon X1550 256MB or greater NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256MB or greater DVD ROM (Physical copy) 20 GB HD space ... 4Ghz Processor or equivalent RAM: 4 GB (Vista) or 2 GB (XP) Video: ATI 3850 512 MB or greater NVIDIA 8800GTS 512 MB or... (IGN PC Games)

    * TSMC records strong net profit in third quarter  Oct 30, 2009
    In other words, TSMC may land more orders for PC graphics chips from US graphics makers Nvidia Corp and ATI, which made up about 5 percent of TSMCs overall revenue, Pelayo said. Gross margin is expected to rise to between 47 percent and 48. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Why Lenovo still lags in consumer PCs (and how it plans to fix that)  Oct 28, 2009
    Unlike HP or Dell, Lenovo hasn't been able to catch up, despite introducing models that were the envy of competitors, such as the first Nvidia Ion-powered netbook, Lenovo remains locked out of the top five in this fast-growing market, too, according to IDC.. In a media presentation Monday announcing six new consumer PCs, Liu Jun, president of Lenovo's consumer PC business, said Lenovo was in a good position to deliver lower-priced computers than its rivals due to its proximity to Chinese-based... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)

    Health Reform Fight Entangled In Outcome Of 3 State Elections  Oct 27, 2009
    eIBD Investor's Business Daily Digital Edition. Access recent eIBD issues easily. (Investors Business Daily)

    Shattered Horizon - Release Date and Pre-order Offer Revealed  Oct 27, 2009
    Shattered Horizon, Futuremark, first-person shooter, FPS, pre-order, zero gravity, multiplayer, PC, video game, space, DirectX10, NVIDIA TWIMTBP ... Shattered Horizon is rated Teen by the ESRB. The game carries the NVIDIA: The Way It's Meant To Be Played seal. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Enjoy unlimited performance with ASUS UL ...  Oct 26, 2009
    It features a high definition LCD display with a 16:9 aspect ratio and graphics powered by a dedicated NVIDIA GeForce G 210M graphics card with 512MB VRAM.. The two specially designed Altec Lansing speakers supported by SRS Premium Sound provide a wider frequency range for pitch perfect sound quality. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    3-D TVs Lag, But 3-D PCs Ready To Brag  Oct 24, 2009
    "The adoption of 3-D on the PC will be widespread in 2010," said Andrew Fear, senior product manager of consumer 3-D products at graphics chipmaker Nvidia (). In June, Nvidia released 3D Vision ... Nvidia has sold "tens of thousands of 3D Vision units," Fear said. (Investors Business Daily)

    US may file complaint against Intel  Oct 24, 2009
    Earlier this month, Nvidia said in a statement that it would stop investment in chipsets for use alongside Intel's new generation of microprocessors ... In May, Nvidia's Chief Executive Jen-Hsun Huang took issue with Intel's practice of bundling chips together ... He said Intel sells its Atom microprocessor by itself for $45, but it will sell Atom for $25 if it is purchased in combination with other Intel chips that compete with Nvidia products. (India Times)

    Modern Warfare 2 Specs  Oct 24, 2009
    Graphics: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better ... 2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better supported Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better DirectX: Microsoft DirectX 9. (IGN PC Games)

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Call of Pripyat Hands-On  Oct 24, 2009
    0 compatible card / nVIDIA GeForce 5700 / ATI Radeon 9600 ... 0c compatible card / nVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX / ATI Radeon HD 4850. (IGN PC Games)

    TDVision Systems Wins Prestigious TV Innovations Award for Stereoscopic Video Codec  Oct 23, 2009
    TDVision Systems has generated massive interest in the past weeks starting with it's presentation of GPU accelerated 2D+Delta coding system at the nVidia GPU conference and continuing across the globe to the 3D International Fair held in Tandem with the Korean Electronics Show. About TDVision. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    ARM CTO: power surge could create 'dark silicon'  Oct 23, 2009
    Muller showed a Foxconn system using an Nvidia Tegra processor to run Adobe Flash 10 video, a key missing piece of the software stack for such systems to date ... Foxconn's Mobinnova netbook uses the Nvidia Tegra processor to run Adobe Flash 10 video, one of many thin-and-light ODM designs for mini-notebooks using an ARM processor on display at the event. (EETimes)

    Windows 7: Boost or Bust for Microsoft?  Oct 23, 2009
    Win 7 minimums for any reasonable speed are a dual core, 4gb ram, and a 3d video card, Nvidia G6 or better or equivalent. And very few XP systems had that during XP's heyday. (CBS News)

    Fallen Earth Review  Oct 23, 2009
    4 GHz RAM: 1 GB for XP, 2 GB for Vista Video Card*: nVidia 6000 series/ATI Radeon R520 (X1300) RAM (dedicated): 128 MB *Note: Integrated video cards such as Intel and SiS will NOT run this game ... 0 GHz RAM: 2 GB for XP, 3 GB for Vista Video Card*: nVidia 7000 series/ ATI Radeon R520 (X1600) RAM (dedicated): 256 MB. (IGN PC Games)

    Acer debuts 3-D laptop for gaming, movies  Oct 22, 2009
    Nvidia, a leading maker of graphics cards, sells a $200 3-D kit. TV manufacturers are also excited about 3-D, and are trying to create discs and players that can bring 3-D movies into the living room. (MSNBC -- Technology)

    Apple redesigns laptops, reveals new mouse  Oct 22, 2009
    Internal components, including the Nvidia GeForce 9400, are either the same, or very similar to, current models. Some features found in the 13-inch MacBook Pro that you won't find in this new MacBook include the SD card slot and backlit keyboard. (CNN -- Tech)

    Yahoo to Allow Users to Opt Out of Custom Ads  Oct 22, 2009
    Now, Nvidia customers have a third option: cloud-based GPU rendering. Pre-installed with one of the first 3D widescreens, the Acer Aspire AS5738DG comes with a pair of 3D glasses to match. (Yahoo News -- Internet and WWW)

    Acer Goes 3D With New Win 7 Laptop  Oct 21, 2009
    Nvidia offers a product for PCs called 3D Vision, a hardware and software package that brings 3D images to desktops. Acer's laptop weighs a hefty 6. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    A daily dose of postings from The Chronicle's technology blog (sfgate.com...  Oct 21, 2009
    0 ports, FireWire 800, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M integrated graphics and a SuperDrive. The $799 Mac mini features a 2. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)

    HP Launches Windows 7 Desktops and Notebooks  Oct 21, 2009
    25-inch optical drives and a choice of NVIDIA and ATI graphics cards ... But if you need more graphics horsepower than the stock integrated graphics, HP offers the NVIDIA GeForce G210 HDMI PCIe x16 graphics card or ATI Radeon HD 4350 HDMI PCIe x16 graphics card as factory upgrades. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Graphics detail  Oct 21, 2009
    It was cutting-edge stuff and getting a computer that was the size of a small automobile to render out simulations of a twister was pretty groundbreaking then," said Mr Kerris. Speed is keyAt the heart of what the GPU does is speed, according to Dominick Spina, product manager for Nvidia, the company that invented the technology. The Terminator T-1000 liquid metal shape shifter still wows audiences "This is a big leap and the amount of data that can be crunched, analysed and documented can be... (BBC News -- Technology)

    Cnet editors' choice awards  Oct 20, 2009
    The overclocked Core i7 860, a fast Nvidia graphics card, and a solid selection of features all around make it easy for us to recommend this system to anyone looking for a capable gaming desktop. HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Marvell Takes on Intel, nVidia  Oct 20, 2009
    These chips put the company in a competitive position with Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Qualcomm and nVidia and other companies with an Atom and/or ARM initiative. Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) is one of only a few ARM licensees with an from ARM, meaning it can not only modify the core design of the processor, it can add to it. (Datamation)

    Fallout 3 (Game of the Y...  Oct 17, 2009
    0c compliant video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6800 or better/ATI X850 or better) ... 0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI 3800 series). (IGN PC Games)

    New Software Could Smooth Supercomputing Speed Bumps  Oct 17, 2009
    Now, this is changing as AMD, NVIDIA and their customers (primarily computer- and game system makers) throw their support behind a standard way of writing software called the Open Computing Language , which works across both GPU brands ... are hoping that OpenCL can help them write software that can run on GPUs made either by AMD or NVIDIA. Using a computer equipped with both a CPU and an AMD GPU, the Virginia Tech researchers were able to compute and visualize biomolecular electrostatic surface... (Scientific American)

    Mid-tier IT cos on prowl again; look to hire up to 30K  Oct 17, 2009
    Those on the lookout for trained hands are companies like GlobalLogic India, Aricent, MindTree, CPA Global, Sapient, Symphony Services, Citrix, Adobe, Persistent Solutions, nVidia, Amazon, Agilent and Vertex. Customers are stretching their dollars, and outsourcing helps them do that. (India Times)

    Full Story »  Oct 15, 2009
    Nintendo Crowns Nvidia Chipset for Next-Gen DS Handheld by PC World: Yahoo ... Nintendo Crowns Nvidia Chipset for Next-Gen DS Handheld ... Nintendo next-gen DS video games handheld may sport an Nvidia Tegra chip, in today's second 'confidentially sourced' bit of speculative news. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    Alienware M15x  Oct 14, 2009
    6 screen; Intel Core i7; Nvidia GeForce GTS 260M; 2 MP webcam; DDR3 1333MHz; 250GB hard drive ... Under the hood, the M15x is probably about the most powerful performance laptop available for purchase today, with features like an Nvidia GeForce GTS 260M video card and the fastest CPU around, the Intel Core i7. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    nVidia's Chipsets Business Under Siege  Oct 13, 2009
    The Earth moved under nVidia's feet and the chipset company is feeling shaken ... nVidia has enjoyed a nice business in selling integrated chipsets for both AMD and Intel motherboards, but the company is about to lose a tidy chunk of income due to shifts in the landscapes at both CPU companies ... Its chipset business, which is nVidia's media and communications processor (MCP) line, accounted for $708 million in fiscal year 2008. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Video Conferencing: Why Isn't It More Successful?  Oct 10, 2009
    I ve recently been in a number of meetings (mostly at NVIDIA) where the Polycom CX5000 http://blog ... NVIDIA is a graphics company and you would think they d use a High Definition system like Cisco, Tandberg or HP but they don t, they use this little Polycom. (Datamation)

    nVidia's Chipset Business Headed for Chop  Oct 10, 2009
    nVidia has enjoyed a nice business in selling integrated chipsets for both AMD and Intel motherboards, but the company is about to lose a tidy chunk of income due to shifts in the landscapes at both CPU companies. Its chipset business, which is nVidia's media and communications processor (MCP) line, accounted for $708 million in fiscal year 2008 ... Losing that kind of revenue would hurt any company, least of all one under siege like nVidia, which is feeling heat from AMD in its main business,... (HardwareCentral)

    Nvidia won't build chipsets for Intel's Nehalem  Oct 9, 2009
    SAN FRANCISCO Graphics chip vendor Nvidia Corp. has halted development of chipsets for next-generation Intel processors that feature the direct media interface (DMI) bus, pending the outcome of current litigation between the two companies, Nvidia said Thursday (Oct ... Jon Peddie, principal of Jon Peddie Research, downplayed the significance of Nvidia's statment, saying Nvidia has never said that it would build chipsets for Intel's DMI architecture ... in February filed a suit against Nvidia... (EETimes)

    Getting smart  Oct 7, 2009
    Jen-Hsun Huang, Nvidia co-founder ... The "smartphone-personal computer boundary will get fuzzy," predicts Jen-Hsun Huang, co-founder and chief executive of chipmaker Nvidia. (BBC News -- Technology)

    New ASUS Gaming and Multimedia Notebooks  Oct 7, 2009
    Both sporting a 16-inch high definition display, the ASUS G60J features graphics powered by an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M graphics card, as well as immersive audio reproduction for discerning gamers, and the ASUS M60J is equipped with an NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M graphics card and high capacity storage for endless multimedia entertainment ... It delivers stunning 3D performance via an Intel Core i7 processor* and a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M graphics card with 1GB VRAM, together... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    Dell Rolls Out Laser Printer and Vostro Desktop  Oct 6, 2009
    The includes the newest Intel processors the Core i5 or the (optional) Core i7 and discrete video graphics from Nvidia and ATI. The systems also feature pre-installed video conferencing software, dual-display support and multi-touch technology (think remote collaboration possibilities), which plays into the Windows 7 optimization capabilities such as pinch-to-zoom and tap-and-drag scrolling. Do note that you ll need to buy a touch-screen monitor and a Webcam to take advantage of that technology. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Nvidia Corp.  Oct 2, 2009
    Nvidia shares fell after a JPMorgan analyst downgraded the chip maker from neutral to underweight, saying chipset sales may suffer ... and are customers, but Intel says Nvidia does not have the right to make chipsets for its new processors, while AMD is starting to make chipsets. (Boston Globe)

    nVidia's New 'Fermi': 'Supercomputing in a GPU'  Oct 2, 2009
    nVidia's New 'Fermi': 'Supercomputing in a GPU ... -- nVidia kicked off its today with the formal introduction of its next generation in graphics architecture, codenamed "Fermi," that CEO Jen-Hsun Huang called "the soul of a supercomputer in the body of a GPU." ... In fact, Huang told the gamers in the audience, nVidia's (NASDAQ: NVDA) primary audience for most of its career, that they would have to wait for details on new graphics boards. (Datamation)

    Updated: Nvidia announces next-gen graphics chip  Oct 2, 2009
    Nvidia Corp. previewed at its developer conference here Wednesday (Sept ... Oak Ridge National Laboratory announced plans for a new supercomputer that will use the Fermi chips, accelerating Nvidia's initiative to use graphics processors as multicore general-purpose CPUs ... Fermi will be the basis for all Nvidia's future graphics processors. (EETimes)

    IDF 09: More speed on the go  Oct 2, 2009
    Intels push into the graphics domain, currently dominated by nVidia and AMD (through the acquisition of ATI), will only begin when the release of its Larrabee architecture, the companys graphics-centric co-processors. The Larrabee silicon will also eventually be built into the chip but its first appearance will be as a discrete graphics card. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Gaming Tech Aids Scientists Building Virtual Synthetic Chromatophore  Oct 1, 2009
    This projection would be several years longer if not for the researchers' ability to crunch numbers on "Lincoln," a supercomputer at the University of Illinois's National Center for Supercomputing Applications powered by 384 NVIDIA Corp. GPUs running in parallel (which means they split up the workload) in concert with Lincoln's 1,536 central processing units (CPUs) ... GPUs became a popular tool in the 1990s for speeding up computer graphics, but these processors could only understand programs... (Scientific American)

    NSF commissions supercomputer to visualize ever-larger data sets  Sep 30, 2009
    In addition, the system will also have at its computational disposal 128 Nvidia Quadroplex 2200 S4 cards, with each card holding four Quadro FX 5800 GPUs with 122,880 Cuda processor cores. On the software side, TACC plans to offer a collection of open-source and commercial-visualization and data-analysis tools, as well as a framework for easily incorporating such software into end-user projects. (FCW.com)

    Larrabee Appears at IDF, Barely  Sep 24, 2009
    There was in fact a lot of interest in Larrabee going into this IDF as people wanted to see what Intel would bring to bear against established veterans nVidia and ATI/AMD. The demo was a ray traced version of the game "Enemy Territory: Quake Wars," featuring the image of a ship at a dock. The only animation showed ocean waves and an occasional aircraft flying overhead. (HardwareCentral)

    Intel demos Larrabee, security acceleration at IDF  Sep 24, 2009
    Intel would not say when it plans to release Larrabee which is expected compete with graphics chips from AMD and Nvidia. When Larrabee was described , Intel said it could ship in 2009. (EETimes)

    AMD Changes the Game with ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series DirectX® 11-Compliant Graphics Cards, Harnessing the Most Powerful Processor Ever Created1  Sep 23, 2009
    66-Beta2_090819a-087204E-ATI driver or Nvidia GeForce GTX295 2x896MB DDR3 594e/1296sc/1026m, Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 1GB GDDR3 648e/1476sc/1242m, Nvidia GeForce GTX 275 896MB GDDR3 633e/1404sc/1134m, 190. 38 WHQL driver. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    To Wii or Not to Wii  Sep 18, 2009
    The arrival of Windows 7 alongside cheap computing kit from Intel, Nvidia, and AMD. And bottom line, a breadth of gaming experiences you just can't get on the Wii. Call me antediluvian, call me shortsighted. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    Zune HD Launch Guide  Sep 17, 2009
    GPU: NVIDIA Tegra chipset with 8 independent processors. Data Capacity: 16GB/32GB. (IGN Gear)

    Automakers, Tech Try to Dial Up Smart Cars  Sep 17, 2009
    In the coming months, Volkswagen () is expected to unveil a 3-D navigation system, developed with Google and chipmaker nVidia (), that uses online road and weather data to help drivers anticipate real-time traffic conditions and find alternate routes. Why is the auto industry behind. (BusinessWeek)

    Zune HD's First 7 Games  Sep 17, 2009
    Well, it's hard to blame you since Microsoft hasn't done much to promote the 3D Nvidia graphics chip inside the Zune HD. And none of these initial games give you any indication that the Zune HD can handle more than a budget-level Game Boy Advance game. With everything Microsoft has done right with the Xbox 360, it is hard to believe it would drop the ball with the Zune HD launch by offering such sub-standard games. (IGN Wireless Games)

    Microsoft's New Zune: A Good Gaming Device?  Sep 16, 2009
    In fact, with its great display, motion sensing, and a speedy Nvidia () Tegra processor, the Zune HD could be the best handheld game platform out there. Microsoft promises games, including Project Gotham Racing from Microsoft Game Studios. (BusinessWeek)

    Dragon Age Prequel Novel  Sep 16, 2009
    8Ghz or greater RAM: 1GB or more Video: ATI Radeon X850 128MB or greater NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB or greater DVD ROM (Physical copy) 20 GB HD space Windows Vista: OS: Windows Vista with SP1 CPU: Intel Core 2 (or equivalent) running at 1 ... 5 GB or more Video: ATI Radeon X1550 256MB or greater NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256MB or greater DVD ROM (Physical copy) 20 GB HD space ... 4Ghz Processor or equivalen 00004000 t RAM: 4 GB (Vista) or 2 GB (XP) Video: ATI 3850 512 MB or greater NVIDIA 8800GTS... (IGN PC Games)

    Zune HD Outshines Apple's iPod with an OLED Display  Sep 16, 2009
    It features an NVIDIA Tegra HD processor, HD radio capabilities, and new software tools like the Quickplay menu that gives consumers one-touch access to favorites, last played, and most recently added items to streamline content searches. "With today's announcement, the Zune business is growing into a comprehensive entertainment service that's no longer tied to any one screen or device," said Enrique Rodriguez, corporate vice president of the TV, video and music business at Microsoft. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    HP’s Got Your Hardware Right Here  Sep 16, 2009
    3-inch BrightView display and offers a choice of Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) Core 2 Duo or AMD (NSYE: AMD) Neo dual-core processors and nVidia or ATI graphics card ... 6-inch widescreen display and relies on nVidia Ion hardware for its graphics. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    AMD Touts New Chip Branding Strategy  Sep 16, 2009
    It won't apply to a mixed system that might feature an nVidia (NAQSDAQ: NVDA) graphics card paired with an AMD CPU or an Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) CPU with ATI graphics card. A change in how PCs are sold is long overdue, said Jon Peddie, president and founder of. (Datamation)

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