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Windows 7 Hits a New Low

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:35:00 -0700

...in processor speeds. One industrious forum user over at The Windows Club has achieved a working Windows 7 installation on a late 90s system. It's like slapping 5.1 surround on an 8-track.

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Nvidia's Tegra Is the Muscle Behind Microsoft's Zune HD

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:40:00 -0700

Microsoft's upcoming Zune HD media player is powered by Nvidia's Tegra computing platform, a source confirmed Friday.

Nvidia: Future Chips Will Enhance Video on Mobile Devices

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:50:17 -0700

Nvidia hopes to develop chips that enable applications like image recognition and image search on mobile devices like smartphones.

nVidia 200M GPUs: 'Twice the Power, Half the Battery Drain'

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:00:00 -0700

nVidia announces new GPUs that will appear in laptops soon--and that will offer twice the power of last-gen GPUs. Are they too good to be true?

Intel Gives Integrated Graphics Another Chance

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:40:09 -0700

While Intel readies two chips with integrated graphics, these won't be the company's first chips to offer such capabilities.

Nvidia Overcomes Bad Graphics Chips

Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:40:09 -0700

Despite a high-profile struggle with weak packaging material, Nvidia says its laptop graphics business was not affected.

AMD Plans DirectX 11 GPUs This Year

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:00:13 -0700

AMD plans to deliver its first graphics processor with support for Microsoft's new DirectX 11 graphics API later this year, it said Wednesday at Computex.

Nvidia Plans to Produce Tegra II in 2010

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:40:15 -0700

Nvidia plans to produce an updated version of its Tegra computing platform next year.

Nvidia CEO Takes a Shot at Intel's Mobile Chips

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:40:09 -0700

Nvidia's Jen-Hsun Huang took a shot at Intel's latest mobile chips Monday, saying an Atom paired with an Nvidia GPU is more powerful.

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Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:40:09 -0700

New Atom Platform Will Cut off Graphics Players Says Intel

Tue, 26 May 2009 05:40:33 -0700

Intel's next generation Atom platform will cut out graphics chip vendors, as it integrates graphics into the CPU

Appro Pulls CPUs, GPUs Together for Server Cluster

Mon, 18 May 2009 11:30:16 -0700

Appro on Monday introduced a cluster of servers that brings together Intel CPUs and Nvidia GPUs.

Leadtek to Show External SpursEngine Processing Device

Tue, 12 May 2009 13:30:15 -0700

Leadtek will show a prototype external video processor that uses the SpursEngine chip and works with laptop PCs.

Intel Grants $12M in Multicore Graphics Research

Tue, 12 May 2009 10:30:17 -0700

Intel said it was investing $12 million over five years to Saarland University in Germany to research graphics technologies.

Nvidia Looks to Mobile Chips for Growth

Thu, 07 May 2009 17:20:15 -0700

Nvidia saw its revenue drop by 42 percent during the first quarter of its 2010 fiscal year.

Apple Snapping up Chip Designers

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:40:00 -0700

It has hired two former CTOs of graphics products from AMD, and has almost 20 lower-level chip design jobs open

Nvidia’s PhysX Technology Brings GPU Accelerated Physics to Upcoming Games

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:01:00 -0700

Nvidia announced three anticipated games will be making use of their hyped PhysX technology: Dark Void, Terminator Salvation, and Darkest of Days. The PhysX engine is incredibly scalable, already running on every major gaming platform, including Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, PC, and even iPhone.

Win 7, Snow Leopard Could Give Graphics Chip a Spark

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:00:14 -0700

Apple's Snow Leopard and Microsoft's Windows 7 could stimulate the demand for PCs and graphics chips.

ATI Launches Radeon HD 4770 Graphics

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:01:00 -0700

With boards based on the chip expected to cost about $99, the 4770 could be an ideal option if you're interested in light gaming and multimedia playback.

HP Still Getting Heat on Nvidia Graphics Chips

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:50:18 -0700

Some customers are being charged for repairs to laptops

'How to Build a PC,' the Interactive Geek Tech Video

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:19:00 -0700

Anyone can show you how to build a PC from scratch. We're going to let you pick your path through PC construction through the use of an interactive YouTube video!