Nvidia launches new 3D Vision glasses and entry-level GPU

Mar 17, 01:25

Nvidia recently launched a new 3D Vision bundle priced US$149, lower than US$199 of the previous 3D Vision bundle, to boost demand for 3D applications, according to the company.

Integrated mobile processors to challenge standalone application processors, says Petrov Group (part 2)

Mar 16, 12:19

Recently several handset IC companies have announced integrated mobile processors – products that integrate baseband processor and application processor together with graphics...

Standalone application processors are wining in mobility markets, says Petrov Group (part 1)

Mar 8, 15:40

Several years ago there was a widely accepted expectation that application mobile processors would be fully integrated with baseband processors on a single chip. However, today we...

TSMC sales target for 2011 unchanged, says paper

Newswatch - Mar 8, 15:00

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has reiterated that its target of 20% growth in 2011 sales, and earnings-before-tax growth of 20% on a long-term basis remain unchanged,...

Nvidia may see GPU market share impacted in first half 2011

Mar 8, 01:35

Nvidia may see its GPU market share impacted in the first half of 2011 as the company lost GPU orders for Apple's MacBook Pro notebook to AMD, according to sources from notebook pl...

Nvidia to unveil dual-GPU GeForce GTX 590 in mid-March

Feb 25, 14:44

Nvidia is expected to unveil its dual-GPU GeForce GTX 590 graphics card in mid-March 2011 at the earliest and AMD will release its Radeon HD 6990 a month later. Competition between...

Samsung places about 1-1.5 million Tegra 2 orders for new Galaxy Tab

Feb 15, 02:10

Korea-based brand vendor Samsung Electronics has placed orders to Nvidia for about 1-1.5 million Tegra 2 processors and will be used for its new 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet PC,...

PC graphics shipments down 7.8% on year in 4Q10, says JPR

Feb 1, 16:09

Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has announced estimated graphics chip shipments and suppliers' market share for the fourth quarter of 2010.

More handset makers to launch dual-core models

Jan 27, 01:20

Most major handset makers all plan to launch dual-core smartphones in 2011 as Nvidia, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics, Texas Instruments (TI) and Broadcom have come out with dual-core...

Nvidia, TSMC ship one-billionth GeForce GPU

Jan 13, 17:02

Nvidia and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) on January 13 celebrated the shipment of the one-billionth GeForce graphics processor designed by Nvidia and manufactured...

Intel announces new patent cross license agreement with Nvidia

Jan 11, 10:44

Intel has announced that it has entered into a new comprehensive long-term patent cross license agreement with Nvidia. The companies have also resolved pending litigation in Chancery...

CES 2011: Nvidia announces new phones powered by dual-core Tegra 2 CPU

Jan 6, 10:57

Nvidia has announced that its Tegra 2 dual-core CPU is now ready to power the so-called super phone category.

TSMC reportedly sees Nvidia orders increase by 60%

Jan 6, 01:35

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) reportedly has seen its Nvidia orders increase by 60% mainly because of strong demand for Tegra 2 processors. TSMC declined to comment...

CES 2011: Nvidia to ship at least 15 million Tegra series processors in 2011

Jan 6, 01:30

Nvidia, with orders from tablet PCs, smartphones and car electronics, is expected to have already landed orders for about 15 million Tegra-based processors in 2011. Tegra will become...

AMD global market share expected to rise to 15% for notebooks, 25% for all platforms in 2011

Dec 22, 16:06

Mainly because AMD's Fusion series APUs to be launched in early 2011 have strong graphics capabilities and high performance/cost ratios, AMD is expected to see its global market share...

Nvidia seeing popularity grow in tablet PC market

Dec 14, 02:00

Nvidia's Tegra 2 platform has recently become a new spotlight in the tablet PC market as most of the tablet PC vendors including Acer, Asustek Computer, Toshiba and Samsung Electronics...

AMD set to launch Radeon HD 6970/6950 in the third week of December

Dec 9, 02:20

As Nvidia has launched its latest GeForce GTX 570 GPU as well as reduced the price of its 400 series GPUs, AMD is set to launch its new Radeon HD 6970 and 6950 GPUs in the third week...

Nvidia introduces NVS business graphics solutions

Dec 2, 16:50

Nvidia has announced the immediate availability of the Nvidia NVS 300 business graphics solution, a graphics processor designed for the enterprise that delivers visual fidelity across...

Nvidia Tegra 2 processor expected to be a focus at CES 2011

Nov 17, 16:54

Nvidia's ARM-based Tegra 2 processor is expected to be a focus at CES 2011, as several PC and handset vendors are set to showcase tablet PCs using the processor, according to sources...

AMD not expected to suffer much from delay of Radeon HD 6990, say sources

Nov 16, 01:35

Although the launch of AMD's new dual-core Radeon HD 6990 GPU (Antilles) was delayed until the first quarter of 2011, sources from graphics card makers believe the issue is unlikely...

Nvidia announces GeForce GTX 580

Nov 10, 16:22

Nvidia has announced the latest consumer GPU based on the Fermi architecture, the GeForce GTX 580, which has been re-engineered from the transistor-level up to deliver increased power...

Nvidia claims Tesla GPUs power the fastest supercomputer

Oct 29, 12:00

Tianhe-1A, a new supercomputer revealed at HPC 2010 China, has set a new performance record of 2.507 petaflops, as measured by the LINPACK benchmark, making it the fastest system...

Jon Peddie Research announces 3Q10 PC graphics shipments

Oct 29, 11:25

Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has announced its estimated graphics chip shipments and supplier's market share for the third quarter of 2010.

Nvidia Tegra 2 adopted by Asustek for Eee Pad and smartphones

Oct 27, 01:05

Nvidia has landed orders for its Tegra 2 processor from Asustek Computer, with total shipments estimated at at least 200,000-300,000 chips, according to industry sources.

Nvidia lowers prices for GeForce GTX 460, 470, say Taiwan graphics card makers

Oct 22, 01:45

Nvidia on October 21 announced price cuts for three GeForce GTX 460 GPUs of 12.6-15.1%, and for 470 chips of 25.8%, according to Taiwan-based card makers.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 expected to perform 20% faster than 480

Oct 21, 01:40

Nvidia is preparing to launch its GF110-based GeForce GTX 580 by the end of November or early December 2010 with performance 20% faster than its current GeForce GTX 480, according...

MSI launches GeForce GT 430-based graphics cards

Oct 12, 15:48

Micro-Star International (MSI) has launched Nvidia GeForce GT 430-based N430GT graphics cards supporting MSI's exclusive GPU and memory voltage adjusting technology.

There is room for superphone, says Nvidia CEO

Oct 7, 13:53

During an exclusive press conference for Taiwan media, Nvidia president and CEO Huang Jen-hsun indicated that there is room in the market for so-called superphones. The Motorola Droid...

Nvidia president denies shift of orders for Tegra from TSMC to Globalfoundries

Oct 6, 16:28

During an exclusive press conference for Taiwan media, Nvidia president and CEO Huang Jen-hsun has denied rumors that Nvidia may shift foundry orders for its Tegra processors from...

Nvidia announces new Fermi-based Quadro graphics solutions

Oct 5, 16:31

Nvidia has announced the expansion of its Quadro professional graphics solutions based on the Fermi architecture. The mid-range Quadro 2000 with 192 CUDA processing cores and the...

AMD to debut Radeon HD 6000-series in October

Oct 1, 15:17

Facing the upcoming Nvidia's Fermi-series GPUs and its entry-level GeForce GT 430, aiming for an October launch, AMD has decided to announce its latest generation Radeon HD 6000-series...