http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Research presented in a paper by Morgan McGuire, assistant professor of computer science at Williams College, and co-author Dr. David Luebke of NVIDIA, introduces a new algorithm to improve computer graphics for video games. http://www.physorg.com/news180705224.html Technology Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:10:01 EST news180705224 (PhysOrg.com) -- Intel has announced it will launch over two dozen new products next month, including new processors, chipsets, and a number of wireless components. http://www.physorg.com/news180341627.html Electronics Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:30:01 EST news180341627 (PhysOrg.com) -- Research scientists in California and elsewhere are deliberately setting out to compromise the mobile phone system used by around three billion people. The system uses Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) encryption technology to prevent eavesdropping. http://www.physorg.com/news179479214.html Technology Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:50:01 EST news179479214 (AP) -- Shares of Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. jumped Monday after rival Intel Corp. scrapped plans to make a new graphics chip that would have challenged both companies. http://www.physorg.com/news179427430.html Technology Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:10:04 EST news179427430 (AP) -- This holiday season is a great time to buy a PC. There's a nice new version of Windows out, and computer manufacturers are adding interesting new technologies. Here's a guide to what's fresh in PCs, ranging from "netbooks" to super-sized "all-in-one" desktop computers. http://www.physorg.com/news179071826.html Electronics Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:20:04 EST news179071826 (PhysOrg.com) -- Advances in computerized modeling and prediction of group behavior, together with improvements in video game graphics, are making possible virtual worlds in which defense analysts can explore and predict results of many different possible military and policy actions, say computer science researchers at the University of Maryland in a commentary published in the November 27 issue of the journal Science. http://www.physorg.com/news178458781.html Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:00:01 EST news178458781 Technology designed to blast aliens in computer games is part of a new GPU (Graphics Processing Units) computer cluster that will process CSIRO research data thousands of times faster and more efficiently than a desktop PC. http://www.physorg.com/news178349922.html Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:39:27 EST news178349922 Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory, today announced that it had developed a 1-gigabit GDDR5 (product name: EDW1032BABG) that operates at a world-class high speed of 6Gbps. http://www.physorg.com/news177953610.html Technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:01 EST news177953610 (PhysOrg.com) -- Three-dimensional computer graphics is moving into museums. Works of art are being digitally archived in 3D, simplifying research into related artifacts and providing the public with fascinating three-dimensional displays. http://www.physorg.com/news176405883.html Technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:50:10 EST news176405883 STMicroelectronics, one of the world`s leading set-top-box chip makers, and ARM, announced today that ST has adopted the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor, in addition to the Mali-400 graphics processor, for its upcoming set-top-box and digital TV system-on-chip (SoC) ICs. http://www.physorg.com/news175953537.html Technology Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:20:01 EST news175953537 (PhysOrg.com) -- It`s been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. But with advances in computer graphics capabilities, more recent cognitive theory related to multimedia learning suggests that very visually complex images could actually hinder learning. http://www.physorg.com/news175857516.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:30:01 EST news175857516 (AP) -- With the launch of Windows 7 this week, PC makers are trying some new things, including laptops with touch screens. Acer Inc. is going further - introducing a laptop with a 3-D screen. http://www.physorg.com/news175370805.html Electronics Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:07:22 EST news175370805 NVIDIA Corp. today introduced its next generation CUDA GPU architecture, codenamed "Fermi". An entirely new ground-up design, the "Fermi" architecture is the foundation for the world`s first computational graphics processing units (GPUs), delivering breakthroughs in both graphics and GPU computing. http://www.physorg.com/news173631014.html Electronics Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:51:54 EST news173631014 (PhysOrg.com) -- At the IDF event, in Santa Clara, California, Intel announced the debut of their newest System-on-Chip (SoC), the Intel Atom processor CE4100. The CE4100 SoC is designed exclusively to facilitate Internet content and other services to digital TVs, Blu-ray players and other entertainment devices. http://www.physorg.com/news173104820.html Electronics Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:44:25 EST news173104820 (PhysOrg.com) -- The development of improved three-dimensional graphics in Web-based applications took a step forward recently, when programmers began building WebGL into the Mozilla Firefox nightly builds, and into WebKit, which is used in Google Chrome and Apple's Safari browser. http://www.physorg.com/news172825380.html Technology Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:03:32 EST news172825380 Beyond just jazzing up video games, one of the growing array of applications being found for the powerful graphics-oriented chips that Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices sell is in speeding up medical imaging, which can be a lifesaving benefit. http://www.physorg.com/news171278830.html Electronics Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:00:01 EST news171278830 Personal computers are complex devices. We use them every day to do so many things and quite frankly, I don't know how I got along without one back in the olden days (that's the '70s in case you were wondering). Their complexity makes all the things they do possible but it's also that same complexity that can be the source of a great deal of frustration. Everything on a computer must work and work well together. If something malfunctions, you're going to know it pretty much right away. http://www.physorg.com/news166293494.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:30:01 EST news166293494 (PhysOrg.com) -- You could turn your holiday snaps or favourite figurines into three-dimensional images with new free software developed by a researcher from Queensland University of Technology and the Australasian CRC for Interaction Design (ACID), based at QUT. http://www.physorg.com/news166347730.html Technology Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:43:26 EST news166347730 (PhysOrg.com) -- Computer graphics have come a long way since the birth of Atari Games over 30 years ago. Today, computer graphics seem very real and some day researchers will pull graphics out of your television or computer display and integrate them into real-world environments. http://www.physorg.com/news166186470.html Technology Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:55:01 EST news166186470 HP today announced the integration of the highly anticipated Six-Core AMD Opteron 2400 Series processor into its family workstations. http://www.physorg.com/news165683615.html Electronics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:14:39 EST news165683615 Samsung Electronics announced today the latest in its popular, ARM11 series of application processors, the S5P6440. Designed using Samsung`s advanced 45nm low power CMOS process technology, the S5P6440 offers a low power, high performance, and cost effective solution for consumer electronic products such as personal navigation devices. http://www.physorg.com/news165510189.html Electronics Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:10:03 EST news165510189 Video gaming computers and video game consoles available today typically contain a graphics processing unit (GPU), which is very efficient at manipulating and displaying computer graphics. However, the unit's highly parallel structure also makes it more efficient than a general-purpose central processing unit for a range of complex calculations important to defense applications. http://www.physorg.com/news165059236.html Technology Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:48:07 EST news165059236 Lenovo today announced the IdeaPad S12, the company's first 12-inch netbook. The new netbook brings users the next level in netbook computing with improved usability and performance. Enhancements include a 12.1-inch screen, a 100 percent full-size keyboard and new graphics options with the NVIDIA ION platform. http://www.physorg.com/news162572449.html Electronics Tue, 26 May 2009 16:01:21 EST news162572449 (AP) -- The Web edition of a cover story from Fortune this spring took a sharp turn from what you might expect at a 79-year-old magazine. http://www.physorg.com/news162396758.html Technology Sun, 24 May 2009 15:13:23 EST news162396758 (PhysOrg.com) -- People use the colour of your skin to judge how healthy you are, according to researchers at the University of St Andrews. http://www.physorg.com/news157823512.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:53:08 EST news157823512 (AP) -- Silicon Graphics Inc. will sell the remaining shreds of its fraying franchise to Rackable Systems Inc. for $25 million, punctuating the downfall of a former high-tech star that once dazzled investors and customers with the prowess of its fancy computers. http://www.physorg.com/news157815341.html Technology Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:36:27 EST news157815341 High Voltage studio's Matt Corso says videogame lovers that think Nintendo's family-friendly Wii consoles are for seniors and little siblings are in for a big surprise in June. http://www.physorg.com/news157355466.html Technology Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:51:36 EST news157355466 A legal battle between Intel and NVIDIA heated up on Thursday with the graphics computing specialty firm accusing the world's largest chip maker of breaching a contract. http://www.physorg.com/news157355195.html Technology Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:47:19 EST news157355195 (AP) -- Music and movies can be streamed over the Internet, so why not video games? A startup founded by technology entrepreneur Steve Perlman says it has developed a technology to deliver video games on demand, an idea that threatens to eventually take consoles out of the equation. http://www.physorg.com/news157131212.html Technology Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:41:59 EST news157131212 Computer games are being developed at an ever more rapid pace, and the technical demands are rising, not least regarding graphics boards.  At Mälardalen University in Sweden, researchers have now found a solution to a problem that often arises when new computer games are constructed, namely how you can efficiently make sure that the animated figures don`t run right through each other. http://www.physorg.com/news155567520.html Technology Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:12:10 EST news155567520