By Scott M. Fulton, III, March 19, 2008
There may be an actual window of opportunity for graphics chip producer NVidia to acquire some x86 CPU design expertise and production prowess. But as In-Stat's Jim McGregor told us, there are reasons why NVidia + Via wouldn't work. There are more than two CPU producers in the known universe, although it's Intel and AMD that tend to dominate any discussion of it. But what could be the world's #3 CPU producer -- a very distant third -- is once again the topic of discussion, as rumors of Via Technologies' possible acquisition by graphics chip producer NVidia were turned up from "simmer" to "high" this morning, by a report from the respected Taiwanese industry daily DigiTimes. NVidia has declined public comment on what it calls speculation, and Via Technologies denied it was a takeover target. But the discussion on the matter has many wondering whether the pairing makes any sense, especially after NVidia rival ATI's acquisition by AMD.
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
AMD gets first DisplayPort certification
by Thomas De Maesschalck March 19 2008
AMD says its Radeon HD 3400, 3600 and 3800 graphics cards and the 780G IGP chipset are the first products to receive DisplayPort certification. “Dell is pleased to see AMD achieve the first DisplayPort Certification for PC graphics with the ATI Radeon HD 3000 series and AMD 780G,” said Bruce Montag, Office of the CTO, Dell. “The VESA DisplayPort Certified Logo assures customers that DisplayPort products interoperate and provide a great digital display experience.” “AMD has been a driving force in the development of DisplayPort,” said Bill Lempesis, Executive Director, VESA. “The ATI Radeon HD 3000 series of graphics cards are the first source devices to achieve DisplayPort certification.”
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AMD says its Radeon HD 3400, 3600 and 3800 graphics cards and the 780G IGP chipset are the first products to receive DisplayPort certification. “Dell is pleased to see AMD achieve the first DisplayPort Certification for PC graphics with the ATI Radeon HD 3000 series and AMD 780G,” said Bruce Montag, Office of the CTO, Dell. “The VESA DisplayPort Certified Logo assures customers that DisplayPort products interoperate and provide a great digital display experience.” “AMD has been a driving force in the development of DisplayPort,” said Bill Lempesis, Executive Director, VESA. “The ATI Radeon HD 3000 series of graphics cards are the first source devices to achieve DisplayPort certification.”
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Windows Vista SP1 Wreaks Havoc On Some PCs, Users Complain
By Paul McDougall March 19, 2008
A day after it was released for public download, Windows Vista SP1 is drawing barbs from some computer users who say the software wrecked their systems. "I downloaded it via Windows Update, and got a bluescreen on the third part of the update," wrote "Iggy33" in a comment posted Wednesday on Microsoft's Vista team blog. Iggy33 was just one of dozens of posters complaining about Vista Service Pack 1's effect on their PCs. "What a disaster," wrote "SeppDietrich" of the update. "It exiled all my Nvidia drivers to the Bermuda Triangle." "Bikkja" said that "after installing SP1 things seem to go really slow, even though my computer shouldn't have any problems." Other troubles reported by Vista SP1 users ranged from a simple inability to download the software from Microsoft's Windows Update site to sudden spikes in memory usage. "Went from using 650 MB RAM idle to 1 Gig... I'll be switching back," said "Kurrier." It's not uncommon for major software patches to cause problems when first released. Windows XP Service Pack 1 inflicted numerous glitches on host computers when it shipped in 2002. Microsoft fixed many of the problems with subsequent patches.
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A day after it was released for public download, Windows Vista SP1 is drawing barbs from some computer users who say the software wrecked their systems. "I downloaded it via Windows Update, and got a bluescreen on the third part of the update," wrote "Iggy33" in a comment posted Wednesday on Microsoft's Vista team blog. Iggy33 was just one of dozens of posters complaining about Vista Service Pack 1's effect on their PCs. "What a disaster," wrote "SeppDietrich" of the update. "It exiled all my Nvidia drivers to the Bermuda Triangle." "Bikkja" said that "after installing SP1 things seem to go really slow, even though my computer shouldn't have any problems." Other troubles reported by Vista SP1 users ranged from a simple inability to download the software from Microsoft's Windows Update site to sudden spikes in memory usage. "Went from using 650 MB RAM idle to 1 Gig... I'll be switching back," said "Kurrier." It's not uncommon for major software patches to cause problems when first released. Windows XP Service Pack 1 inflicted numerous glitches on host computers when it shipped in 2002. Microsoft fixed many of the problems with subsequent patches.
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