First-tier motherboard makers launch GeForce GTX 460-based graphics cards

Jul 13, 16:08

Taiwan-based motherboard/graphics card makers Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) have announced their latest Nvidia GeForce GTX 460-based graphics cards.

TUL expected to ship 2.2 million graphics cards in 2010

Newswatch - Jun 28, 14:07

Shipments of graphics cards from Taiwan-based TUL (PowerColor) are expected to top 2.2 million units in 2010 compared to 1.4 million units shipped in 2009, according to industry so...

AMD announces FireStream GPU

Jun 24, 15:05

AMD has announced the launch of the AMD FireStream 9350 and 9370 GPU compute accelerators, targeting the commercial, scientific and academic research markets. With up to 2.64 teraflops...

Computex 2010: AMD in no hurry enter tablet PC market

Jun 3, 15:03

While PC players are aggressively pushing tablet PC products at Computex 2010, AMD senior vice president and general manager of Products Group Rick Bergman pointed out that the company...

Taiwan market: Vendors raise graphics card prices by 10%

Apr 29, 14:40

Graphics card players recently raised their card prices by 10% in Taiwan mainly due to rising graphics DRAM prices, according to sources from the channel.

VRAM shortage impacts second-tier notebook shipments

Apr 21, 16:37

Video RAM (VRAM) used in graphics cards is in short supply, forcing second-tier notebook makers to delay shipments, according to sources from notebook players, because the three main...

IC substrate supply may tighten in 2H10 on strong demand from PC and handset segments

Apr 6, 14:47

The supply of IC substrates is expected to become tight, or even fall short of demand, in the second half of 2010 due to strong market demand for handset and graphics card chips,...

Nvidia initial batch of GeForce GTX 400 series to have fewer cores than expected

Mar 22, 16:41

Nvidia's initial batch of GeForce GTX 480/470-based graphics cards will have fewer cores than the originally expected 512 due to low 40nm yield at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...

IC design houses brace for decreased orders from IT vendors in 2Q10

Mar 18, 11:03

Taiwan-based IC design houses have received notices from motherboard, graphics card, LCD monitor and even second-tier notebook makers indicating that their orders for IC solutions...

Second-tier makers unlikely to start mass shipping Nvidia Fermi cards until April

Feb 25, 14:06

Second-tier graphics card makers are unlikely to start mass shipments of their Nvidia GeForce GTX 480/470-based (Fermi) graphics cards until April despite that Nvidia plans to announce...

Demand for PC related chips from desktop and graphics card segments declining

Feb 25, 11:38

Taiwan-based PC related IC design houses have seen their orders from desktop PC and graphics card makers declining due to seasonality, but demand for chips from the notebook and server...

AMD readying to launch 890GX motherboard in early March 2010

Feb 24, 15:56

AMD is expected to launch its high-end 890GX IGP chipset in early March 2010 with Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) and Biostar Microtech International...

Digital Signage Expo 2010: VIA to demo dual-GPU S3 graphics card

Feb 22, 15:09

VIA Technologies has announced plans to demonstrate a dual GPU add-in-board, the S3 Graphics Chrome 5400E x2, aimed at multi-display digital signage applications at Digital Signage...

AMD launches ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics chip

Feb 9, 16:47

AMD has introduced the ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics card that fully supports DirectX 11, as well as ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology. This latest offering completes a full DirectX...

AMD releases Radeon HD 5450 graphics chips

Feb 5, 17:09

AMD has announced the introduction of the ATI Radeon HD 5450 graphics chip, the latest addition to the line-up of ATI Radeon HD 5000 series GPUs.

AMD Radeon HD 5830 issue found during validation process

Jan 27, 12:41

A last minute issue discovered during the validation of ATI Radon HD 5830-based reference boards has prompted AMD to postpone the cards from their scheduled launch on January 25 to...

DTF 2010: AMD introduces new graphics module for embedded systems

Jan 22, 16:12

AMD has introduced the ATI Radeon E4690 Mobile PCI Express module (MXM) for the graphics-intensive embedded systems at the Digitimes Tech Forum (DTF) 2010 in Taiwan.

MSI launches ATI Radeon HD 5670-based graphics card

Jan 14, 16:29

Micro-Star International (MSI) has released its R5670-PMD1G graphics card based on AMD's ATI Radeon HD 5670 GPU for mainstream markets.

Nvidia may see drop in global discrete graphics chip market share in 1Q10

Jan 14, 14:41

Nvidia is expected to see its share of the global discrete graphics chip market drop from 65% in 2009 to 60% or even lower due to strong competition from AMD, according to sources...

Asustek, Pegatron, MSI down, Gigabyte up in December 2009 revenues

Jan 11, 14:42

First-tier motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) have all announced on-month revenue drops in December 2009 with Gigabyte Technology...

Richtek files patent infringement complaint in US against AMD and graphics card makers

Stockwatch - Dec 31, 11:40

Taiwan-based IC design house Richtek has announced that it has filed a patent infringement complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) against uPI Semiconductor, AMD,...

GPU market soars over 21%, says JPR

Oct 27, 14:40

Third-quarter 2009 shipments of graphics processors jumped 21.2% over the second quarter, which was already a strong quarter, clearly signaling the holidays will be robust for PCs...

Asustek to hire more workers

Oct 22, 17:10

With high tech companies beginning to report their third quarter results, it appears that the global economy is warming slightly from its previously gloomy conditions, and recent...

Graphics card vendor Elsa shifting from graphics cards to LED lighting

Oct 13, 14:47

Taiwan-based second-tier graphics card vendor Elsa Technology has reportedly shifted the focus of its business from graphics cards to LED lighting products, according to industry...

Fierce GPU competition between AMD and Nvidia expected in 4Q09

Sep 29, 16:42

Nvidia is expected to unveil new GPUs, the GeForce GT210, GT220 and GT240 in the fourth quarter of 2009, before the arrival of its GT300 series in December, while AMD is expected...