Advanced Micro Devices next generation Graphic Card with GDDR5 memory.
by Frank J 05.25.2008
AMD announced that its next-generation ATI Radeon graphics cards will be the first commercial implementation of GDDR5 memory. According to AMD, the new memory will allow for faster, smaller, and cheaper graphics cards. The GDDR5 has 5x higher data rates than that of GDDR3 and 4x that of GDDR4. The GDDR5 is capable of delivering an astonishing amount of bandwidth over a narrower memory interface, which delivers superior performance delivered from smaller, more cost-effective chips. The GDDR5 memory provides other benefits that include increased accuracy in calculations by way of new error detection mechanisms and more power-efficient graphics cards, according to AMD.
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Monday, May 26, 2008
Nvidia has two CPU lines
Meet the Tegra APX and CSX
By Charlie Demerjian: Sunday, 25 May 2008
NVIDIA IS GOING to release two types of CPUs in the near future. On June 3rd, according to the slides from this week's reviewers day. Luckily as they forgot to invite us, they forgot to NDA us as well so we can tell you all about the Tegra APX 2500 and CSX 600/650 while others can only fume. Awwwww. ARM11 based system on a chip. This one is aimed at handheld devices in the same way that Atom is. The chip itself comes in a 144mm2 package, not die, and can do 720p encode and decode at 14MBps. It supports the same last gen features as much of the current GeForce line, can do AA and AF, and will support OpenGL ES 2.0. The big brother CSX 600 and 650 is aimed at larger machines with screens between handhelds and real laptops. It runs Wince, not XP or Me II because it is not x86, and in general makes you question why they bothered. The chip itself has 256K of L2 cache and can be die stacked to keep the footprint small.
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By Charlie Demerjian: Sunday, 25 May 2008
NVIDIA IS GOING to release two types of CPUs in the near future. On June 3rd, according to the slides from this week's reviewers day. Luckily as they forgot to invite us, they forgot to NDA us as well so we can tell you all about the Tegra APX 2500 and CSX 600/650 while others can only fume. Awwwww. ARM11 based system on a chip. This one is aimed at handheld devices in the same way that Atom is. The chip itself comes in a 144mm2 package, not die, and can do 720p encode and decode at 14MBps. It supports the same last gen features as much of the current GeForce line, can do AA and AF, and will support OpenGL ES 2.0. The big brother CSX 600 and 650 is aimed at larger machines with screens between handhelds and real laptops. It runs Wince, not XP or Me II because it is not x86, and in general makes you question why they bothered. The chip itself has 256K of L2 cache and can be die stacked to keep the footprint small.
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Via set to fight Intel in microprocessor arena
By Tom Abate Monday, May 26, 2008
Several years ago, a tiny Taiwanese chipmaker created a family of microprocessors that could run Windows software using less electricity than it takes to light a compact fluorescent bulb. Now, Via Technologies of Taipei must defend its beachhead against Intel Corp., which is about to release its own energy-efficient processor, called Atom. In the United States, Via processors are being used to extend the battery life of ultra-small laptop PCs like the Hewlett-Packard Mini. Overseas, Via chips run no-name PCs that can be powered by car batteries and serve as the "mainframe computer" for a poor village.
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Several years ago, a tiny Taiwanese chipmaker created a family of microprocessors that could run Windows software using less electricity than it takes to light a compact fluorescent bulb. Now, Via Technologies of Taipei must defend its beachhead against Intel Corp., which is about to release its own energy-efficient processor, called Atom. In the United States, Via processors are being used to extend the battery life of ultra-small laptop PCs like the Hewlett-Packard Mini. Overseas, Via chips run no-name PCs that can be powered by car batteries and serve as the "mainframe computer" for a poor village.
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