Asus’ Tegra Powered Eee Pad…under $500
January 20, 2010
The first of June could see the introduction of the Eee Pad tablet if DigiTimes‘ proven ASUS sources are correct. The device has been rumored since early December and now appears to be heading to Computex Taipei for its big reveal with a price set below $500. The tablet was already rumored to feature a multitouch display, Tegra (Tegra 2, presumably) and an OS other than Windows CE. And with a name that sounds suspiciously like a feminine hygiene product for a robot, well, we’ll let you guess at which Google OS the Eee Pad will run.
Sony’s Vaio Z…now with 4 SSD’s
January 19, 2010
Announced at CES with a “late Spring” availability, this Core i7-620M pumpin’ VAIO Z series from Sony will be hitting Europe in late March. The Z’s biggest claim to fame is its ultra-fast Quad SSD, a rather unique Sony innovation that writes data in parallel to four SSDs (up to 256GB total capacity in RAID 0) at speeds up to 6.2x faster than typical 5400 rpm laptop hard disks. Sony also fits the Z with a hybrid graphics solution that combines 1GB of NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with Intel HD graphics allowing you to automatically (or manually) switch between “speed” and “stamina” modes. The remaining specs are 6GB of DDR3 SDRAM, 802.11n WiFi, integrated optical drive, and optional VAIO Everywair 3G mobile broadband module all stuffed into this 13.1-inch laptop with 1920 x 1080 pixel LED backlit display with 210 x 23.8-32.7 x 314mm and 1.43kg footprint.
NVIDIA CEO shoots down talk of Intel-compatible x86 chip, says his home is ‘all Apple’
November 9, 2009
NVIDIA’s feud with Intel may be at an all-time high these days, but it looks like the company isn’t about to go as far as to produce its own Intel-compatible x86 chip, despite persistent rumors to the contrary. That word comes straight from NVIDIA’s always talkative CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, who flatly said “no” when asked if there was any truth to the rumors. He further went on to add NVIDIA’s focus is on visual and parallel computing, and on “getting our GPUs into the lowest power platforms we can imagine and driving mobile computing with it” — as it’s now attempting to do with Tegra. In a separate discussion after a talk in Dubai, Huang also interestingly revealed that the computers in his household are “all Apple,” but he naturally didn’t just leave it there — head on past the break for the complete, must-read quote (as reported by Shufflegazine).
Read - CNET News, “Nvidia CEO says ‘no’ to Intel-compatible chip”
Read - Shufflegazine, “NVIDIA CEO, visiting Dubai, says “I’m all Apple”
Nvidia’s 4GB Quadro FX 5800 - World’s First
November 13, 2008
“The size and complexity of data is growing at an exponential rate. The challenge for today’s professional is to make sense of the mountain of data by distilling it into a form they can comprehend, analyze and use to make impactful decisions,” said Jeff Brown, general manager, Professional Solutions, NVIDIA.
The NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 graphics will be priced at $3,499 via the company’s channel partners, which will include PNY Technologies, Elsa and Leadtek.
Specification:
• 240 CUDA Parallel Processor Cores
• 4GB Memory Size
• 102GB/s Memory Bandwidth
• 1 DisplayPort
• 189W Maximum Power Consumption
Nvidia’s GTX 280 - Price Plunge
July 5, 2008
Launched not more than a few weeks ago, Nvidia’s GTX 280 is said to be receiving a price-drop.
Why? Well, it looks like AMD’s cheap and powerful HD 4800 has them second guessing their dominance. And there’s no better way to gain a few extra enthusiasts than by dropping the price to match the competition.
The card is said to be dipping to as low as $499. Of course, this is pure speculation but it doesn’t seem to be too far fetched.
So, if you’re considering the GTX 280 it may be in your best interest to hold off for a couple of weeks.
Nvidia GeForce 9600GT delayed - No love for Valentines
January 27, 2008
We’re all excited to get our hands on one of Nvidia’s new graphics boards, but it looks like we’ll be waiting a little while longer.
Nvidia is pushing back the the release date of the new 9600GT until the week of February 21st. This is due to a voltage issue that is causing some of them to hang during certain types of operations.
Not a big deal, considering the original launch party was slated for the week of February 14th. Looks like there will be no love from Nvidia on the day that Geeks need it the most.
Nvidia 9800 - Speculation
November 30, 2007
Found on: Gamespot
“G92″ GeForce 9800 GTX specs.
- 65nm process technology at TSMC.
- Over one billion transistors.
- Second Generation Unified Shader Architecture.
- Double precsion support (FP64).
- GPGPU native.
- Over one TeraFLOPS of shader processing power.
- MADD+ADD configuration for the shader untis (2+1 FLOPS=3 FLOPS per ALU)
- Fully Scalar design.
- 512-bit memory interface.
- 1024MB GDDR4 graphics memory.
- DirectX 10.1 support.
- OpenGL 3.0 Support.
- eDRAM die for “FREE 4xAA”.
- built in Audio Chip.
- built in tesselation unit (in the graphics core”
- Improved AA and AF quality levels
Just remember not to believe everything you see on the Internets…
