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ATI ups the GPGPU ante 

ATI ups the GPGPU ante

by Charlie Demerjian  |  29 May 2009  |  Comment now
ATI today is announcing its new Stream transcoding paradigm, and unlike some others, it makes quite a bit of sense. Stream now parses workloads between the CPU and the GPU, and does things much more intelligently.
A look at the Nvidia GT300 architecture 

A look at the Nvidia GT300 architecture

by Charlie Demerjian  |  14 May 2009  |  Comment now
There's a lot of fake news going around about the upcoming GPUish chip called the GT300. Let's clear some air on this Larrabee-lite architecture.
AMD and ATI officially merge 

AMD and ATI officially merge

by Charlie Demerjian  |  7 May 2009  |  Comment now
AMD and ATI are now one, officially. Word is that there will be a sweeping reorg to be announced later today, and the two organizations will be merged.
GT300 delayed till 2010 

GT300 delayed till 2010

by Charlie Demerjian  |  6 May 2009  |  Comment now
It looks like Nvidia engineering is getting right back into its old fighting form once again. The GT300 chip is delayed until 2010, and the GT21x parts seem to be MIA.
Ubuntu 9.04 is out as promised  

Ubuntu 9.04 is out as promised

by Charlie Demerjian  |  24 Apr 2009  |  Comment now
It looks like Ubuntu for Linux release 9.04 is out. Best of all, it's free, stable, and contains no forced malware.
WD launches 2TB drive with 64MB cache  

WD launches 2TB drive with 64MB cache

by Charlie Demerjian  |  21 Apr 2009  |  Comment now
Western digital has launched a 2TB enterprise HD. If you think that's big, it has a 64M cache to back it all up too.
First maglock HDMI cable certified 

First maglock HDMI cable certified

by Charlie Demerjian  |  16 Apr 2009  |  Comment now
The HDMI licensing body just certified a rather nifty HDMI cable by the unfortunately named Torrent, Inc. It has a built in diagnostic light and locking connectors.
AMD mobile roadmaps surface  

AMD mobile roadmaps surface

by Charlie Demerjian  |  15 Apr 2009  |  Comment now
AMD has updated its laptop roadmap, but don't expect major changes in what you see until the end of 2010.
ATI ends the physics argument  

ATI ends the physics argument

by Charlie Demerjian  |  7 Apr 2009  |  Comment now
At GDC a few days ago, AMD dropped a bomb on the GPGPU world by announcing a GPU-accelerated Havok implementation.
Micro helicopters buzz tech show  

Micro helicopters buzz tech show

by Charlie Demerjian  |  5 Mar 2009  |  Comment now
CEBIT always has odd but cool things to show off, and this year one of them was a multi-rotor stable RC camera platform. There were three of them, think military drones but smaller and without the missiles.
Nvidia is trying to make an x86 chip 

Nvidia is trying to make an x86 chip

by Charlie Demerjian  |  8 Feb 2009  |  Comment now
Last August, we said that Nvidia would not introduce an x86 part at the spectacularly successful Nvision show. We also said they would have to be mighty stupid to try to make one, and guess what, we were right again.
JVC brings Times Square into the HD world 

JVC brings Times Square into the HD world

by Charlie Demerjian  |  8 Dec 2008  |  Comment now
They repainted the globe too
Medfield is the next Atom 

Medfield is the next Atom

by Charlie Demerjian  |  8 Dec 2008  |  Comment now
In its latest report on netbooks entitled 'Intel Atom: Netbook, Opportunity or threat?', UBS has some interesting information on the IALP/Atom roadmap. The outfit also does not think netbooks will be a net win for Intel.
NVIDIA update - 55nm parts ahoy! 

NVIDIA update - 55nm parts ahoy! View all Atomic Articles

by Charlie Demerjian  |  4 Dec 2008  |  Comment now
Where NVIDIA is taking its range, and what the company's done wrong.
ATI puts Stream everywhere 

ATI puts Stream everywhere View all Atomic Articles

by Charlie Demerjian  |  14 Nov 2008  |  Comment now
Free and faster than CUDA
Redhat and AMD migrate VMs across CPUs 

Redhat and AMD migrate VMs across CPUs View all Atomic Articles

by Charlie Demerjian  |  7 Nov 2008  |  Comment now
AMD and Redhat have demonstrated VM live migration across CPU architectures and CPU vendors, potentially commoditising server processors.
Google to buy Valve 

Google to buy Valve View all Atomic Articles

by Charlie Demerjian  |  18 Sep 2008  |  Comment now
A startling rumour from the Austin Game Developer's Conference.
June Vista crash numbers leak 

June Vista crash numbers leak

by Charlie Demerjian  |  16 Sep 2008  |  Comment now
Nvidia was responsible for almost half the Vista crashes reported to Microsoft in in a graphics-related crash report.
Nvidia chipsets are history 

Nvidia chipsets are history View all Atomic Articles

by Charlie Demerjian  |  4 Aug 2008  |  Comment now
Whithersoever the axe doth fall
WD makes enterprise Velociraptors 

WD makes enterprise Velociraptors View all Atomic Articles

by Charlie Demerjian  |  24 Jul 2008  |  Comment now
Goes after the SAS market
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