By Techtree News Staff, Dec 07, 2009
Intel has announced that it will dump its plans to launch discrete GPU codenamed Larrabee. As of now, both AMD and Nvidia will be happy to hear that no consumer version of Larrabee graphics chips would be out. Intel spokesperson Nick Knupffer justified this move by stating that Larrabee's silicon and software development was lagging behind than where it was assumed to be at this point in the project. ATI's new Evergreen family of Radeon HD 5000 series graphics cards is being pointed to have destroyed Intel's plans. The all new dual-GPU on single PCB (printed circuit board) based ATI Radeon HD 5970 boasted of beastly over 5 teraFLOPS (teraFLOPS is one trillian Floating point Operations Per Second). While Intel's Larrabee was supposed to feature two teraFLOPS of performance and would never would make up to that performance at low price point. Hence, Intel decided not to launch an uncompetitive product while the counterparts are already leading. However, Intel plans to release Larrabee product as software development platform for high performance computing and graphics development segments. At the recent Intel Developer Forum 2009, a ray tracing demo over Larrabee was shown and this shows that when out, Larrabee can be used for gaming-graphics development.
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Monday, December 7, 2009
AMD Advances 3D Entertainment: Demonstrates Blu-Ray Stereoscopic 3D Playback at 2010 International CES
By AMD 12/7/2009
AMD today announced that it will demonstrate the forthcoming Blu-ray stereoscopic 3D standard at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, showcasing how consumers will soon get to enjoy high-fidelity 3D entertainment once reserved only for theaters. * A new way to enjoy Blu-ray entertainment: Expected to hit store shelves in the second half of next year, Blu-ray stereoscopic 3D combines the crisp, high-definition images the format is known for with high-quality 3D visuals that seem to jump from the screen. As a contributing member of the Blu-ray Disc Association, AMD is working closely with technology partners as the format specifications are finalized over the coming year in order to help ensure compatibility with upcoming AMD hardware. * Seeing is believing: At the upcoming 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, AMD and CyberLink will jointly preview Blu-ray stereoscopic 3D entertainment for those in attendance. AMD will be located in the Grand Lobby (GL-8 and GL-10) of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The new standard is one of many 3D technologies AMD openly supports, along with 3D DLP televisions, dual-panel and line interleaved 3D monitors, and is part of AMD’s initiative to further both the art of 3D entertainment, and its adoption in homes worldwide through close collaboration with 3D technology partners, including OEMs, software developers and content distributors. * Continuing a proud tradition of technology leadership in graphics: Stereoscopic 3D for HD gaming and multimedia joins a long list of technologies that AMD has led the way in. Most recently AMD launched its series of next-generation ATI Radeon™ graphics cards, delivering the industry’s first and only support of DirectX 11 gaming currently, and multi-display entertainment made possible by AMD’s ground-breaking ATI Eyefinity technology.
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AMD today announced that it will demonstrate the forthcoming Blu-ray stereoscopic 3D standard at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, showcasing how consumers will soon get to enjoy high-fidelity 3D entertainment once reserved only for theaters. * A new way to enjoy Blu-ray entertainment: Expected to hit store shelves in the second half of next year, Blu-ray stereoscopic 3D combines the crisp, high-definition images the format is known for with high-quality 3D visuals that seem to jump from the screen. As a contributing member of the Blu-ray Disc Association, AMD is working closely with technology partners as the format specifications are finalized over the coming year in order to help ensure compatibility with upcoming AMD hardware. * Seeing is believing: At the upcoming 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, AMD and CyberLink will jointly preview Blu-ray stereoscopic 3D entertainment for those in attendance. AMD will be located in the Grand Lobby (GL-8 and GL-10) of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The new standard is one of many 3D technologies AMD openly supports, along with 3D DLP televisions, dual-panel and line interleaved 3D monitors, and is part of AMD’s initiative to further both the art of 3D entertainment, and its adoption in homes worldwide through close collaboration with 3D technology partners, including OEMs, software developers and content distributors. * Continuing a proud tradition of technology leadership in graphics: Stereoscopic 3D for HD gaming and multimedia joins a long list of technologies that AMD has led the way in. Most recently AMD launched its series of next-generation ATI Radeon™ graphics cards, delivering the industry’s first and only support of DirectX 11 gaming currently, and multi-display entertainment made possible by AMD’s ground-breaking ATI Eyefinity technology.
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FTC Probes Nvidia, Intel Licensing Dispute
By Antone Gonsalves December 7, 2009
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating a licensing dispute between Intel and Nvidia, a maker of graphics processors. This follows up on the FTC investigating Intel business practices recently found illegal by the European Union. For more than three years, the FTC has been investigating antitrust allegations against Intel that have centered mostly around the company's business practices in competing against Advanced Micro Devices. However, Nvidia on Friday confirmed media reports that it has spoken to the FTC about Intel. "I can't comment any further," Nvidia spokesman Hector Marinez told InformationWeek. "We're referring callers to the FTC." Nvidia is battling Intel in a Delaware court over whether Nvidia's current license covers the new communications technology used in Intel's latest processors based on the Nehalem microarchitecture. The technology, known by the acronym DMI, is implemented directly in the processor; Intel plans to use it in future chips. The dispute is important because Nvidia needs access to the technology to integrate its graphics processors with Intel CPUs. Nvidia in October suspended development of chipsets for Intel processors that use DMI until the dispute is settled in court.
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The Federal Trade Commission is investigating a licensing dispute between Intel and Nvidia, a maker of graphics processors. This follows up on the FTC investigating Intel business practices recently found illegal by the European Union. For more than three years, the FTC has been investigating antitrust allegations against Intel that have centered mostly around the company's business practices in competing against Advanced Micro Devices. However, Nvidia on Friday confirmed media reports that it has spoken to the FTC about Intel. "I can't comment any further," Nvidia spokesman Hector Marinez told InformationWeek. "We're referring callers to the FTC." Nvidia is battling Intel in a Delaware court over whether Nvidia's current license covers the new communications technology used in Intel's latest processors based on the Nehalem microarchitecture. The technology, known by the acronym DMI, is implemented directly in the processor; Intel plans to use it in future chips. The dispute is important because Nvidia needs access to the technology to integrate its graphics processors with Intel CPUs. Nvidia in October suspended development of chipsets for Intel processors that use DMI until the dispute is settled in court.
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Chrome OS move heats up Microsoft-Google rivalry
By Sharon Gaudin and Juan Carlos Perez December 7, 2009
The already intense Google-Microsoft rivalry heated up considerably last month with the long-expected release of Google Inc.'s Chrome operating system to the open-source community. Analysts say that if the new Linux-based operating system catches on quickly after it becomes generally available late next year, Google's effort to convince corporate users that its hosted Google Apps offering is a viable alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s Office suite could get a huge boost. "This really is a fight to the death for Google and Microsoft," said Jim McGregor, an analyst at In-Stat. "It is a fight between business models for software, applications, advertising and the Internet."During a press conference held in mid-November to demonstrate the capabilities of the new operating system, Google officials made it clear that Chrome OS can't fully replace Windows. The new offering only runs Web-hosted applications and only supports peripherals that comply with specific hardware designs. For example, Google officials said that Chrome will support solid-state disk drives, and not hard disk drives, to ensure speedy PC start-up times.
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The already intense Google-Microsoft rivalry heated up considerably last month with the long-expected release of Google Inc.'s Chrome operating system to the open-source community. Analysts say that if the new Linux-based operating system catches on quickly after it becomes generally available late next year, Google's effort to convince corporate users that its hosted Google Apps offering is a viable alternative to Microsoft Corp.'s Office suite could get a huge boost. "This really is a fight to the death for Google and Microsoft," said Jim McGregor, an analyst at In-Stat. "It is a fight between business models for software, applications, advertising and the Internet."During a press conference held in mid-November to demonstrate the capabilities of the new operating system, Google officials made it clear that Chrome OS can't fully replace Windows. The new offering only runs Web-hosted applications and only supports peripherals that comply with specific hardware designs. For example, Google officials said that Chrome will support solid-state disk drives, and not hard disk drives, to ensure speedy PC start-up times.
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