NVIDIA in wait-and-see stance on netbooks
NVIDIA is taking a cautious approach on netbooks and is unlikely to involve itself in that field anytime soon, company officials have said at the Credit Suisse technology conference. Company CFO Marv Burkett acknowledges that it could ultimately produce graphics chips and other hardware for the mini notebooks but is waiting for netbooks to "evolve" before taking any initial steps into the field, ...
published yesterday, 22 hours 42 minutes ago, macintosh-news-network
NVIDIA ships 192-shader Quadro FX 4800
NVIDIA on Tuesday switched focus to its highest-end workstation cards with the unveiling of the Quadro FX 4800. The chipset is based on the same architecture as the GeForce GTX 260 and carries 192 programmable shader cores but is tuned for 3D modeling and other pro apps: it carries a full 1.5GB of memory for higher-detailed models and textures, supports 30-bit color output and allows 32X full-sce...
published on Tuesday, the 2. December 2008, macintosh-news-network
Blank screens, distortion affecting some new MacBooks
Now that the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros have been out for a while, reports of display-related issues are emerging, which may be growing pains related to the NVIDIA graphics packages.Read More...
published on Friday, the 28. November 2008, ars-technica
Microsoft developing NVIDIA-based mobile phone - report
Microsoft will announce its entry into the smartphone arena early next year with an iPhone rival build around NVIDIA's new system-on-a-chip (SoC) for small form factor mobile devices, according to a new report.
published on Monday, the 24. November 2008, appleinsider
Microsoft building Tegra-based smartphone?
Microsoft is in the later stages of developing a phone of its own that will rely on performance to drive sales, a rumor floated by the Inquirer today claims. The Windows Mobile developer is allegedly developing a phone that would use one of NVIDIA's Tegra processors as its heart. The feature would likely involve the APX 2500 chip and theoretically give the Microsoft device 720p video playback an...
published on Monday, the 24. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
Adobe Flash 10 to be ARM-optimized in 2009
Adobe today said it would develop optimized versions of its AIR and Flash 10 apps for ARM11 and Cortex processors. The update will be part of the Open Screen Project initiative and is meant to bring both complex Internet apps as well as more advanced web video to more than desktop computers. The partnership specific to ARM includes a combination of chipmakers such as Broadcom, Freescale, NVIDIA,...
published on Monday, the 17. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
NVIDIA to cut GPU prices again?
NVIDIA is on the verge of launching even more aggressive price cuts on its graphics hardware in a bid to remain competitive with AMD, companies making third party boards reportedly claim. Following a Jon Peddie Research study showing AMD's ATI Radeon HD lineup increasing marketshare to 40 percent (obtained by Electronista), NVIDIA is said to be expanding on earlier cuts with price for the most co...
published on Friday, the 14. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
NVIDIA launches Quadro card with 4GB memory
NVIDIA on Monday established a new flagship video card for its workstation line. The Quadro FX 5800 is a major improvement over the earlier 5600 that brings 240 visual effects cores, or nearly double the old model's 128, but stands out as the first-ever video card with 4GB of onboard memory. The capacity allows for extremely large textures and geometry and also enables apps with CUDA general-pur...
published on Monday, the 10. November 2008, macintosh-news-network
New MacBook Air Improves H.264 Playback, Reduces Heat
MacRumors had previously reported that the new NVIDIA-based MacBooks and MacBook Pros showed dramatically less CPU usage when playing back H.264 content. The conclusion was that Apple had enabled the use of hardware acceleration for H.264 video play...
published on Thursday, the 6. November 2008, macrumors
Apple delays entry MacBook Air untill after Thanksgiving
Apple is apologizing to customers this week who had placed orders for its new entry-level NVIDIA-based MacBook Airs, explaining that due to an unforeseen issue, it's unlikely to deliver those systems until shortly after the Thanksgiving holiday.
published on Wednesday, the 5. November 2008, appleinsider