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Getting a sneak peek at Qualcomms new processors

(PhysOrg.com) -- A reporter over at MobileTechWorld happened upon an internal presentation, written by Qualcomm, that tells the story of its upcoming system-on-a-chip technology. It outlines four new chipsets ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

NVIDIA GPUs power world's fastest supercomputer

(PhysOrg.com) -- NVIDIA has built the worldэs fastest supercomputer using 7,000 of its graphics processor chips. With a horsepower equivalent to 175,000 laptop computers, its sustained performance is ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 29, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (29) | comments 9 | with audio podcast weblog

Software tool helps tap into the power of graphics processing

Today's computers rely on powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) to create the spectacular graphics in video games. In fact, these GPUs are now more powerful than the traditional central processing units (CPUs) - or brains ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 17, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Internet Explorer 9 previewed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft has released the preview version of Internet Explorer 9, which has HTML5 integration, background compiled Javascript, and scalable vector graphics (SVG) capability.

Technology / Software

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (11) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

Next-generation Intel products to be launched in January; Include first 32-nm Core i3, i5 processors

(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.

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (14) | comments 1 weblog

New NVIDIA Tesla GPUs Reduce Cost Of Supercomputing By A Factor Of 10

NVIDIA Corporation today unveiled the Tesla 20-series of parallel processors for the high performance computing (HPC) market, based on its new generation CUDA processor architecture, codenamed "Fermi".

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 1

NVIDIA Unveils Next Generation CUDA GPU Architecture -- Codenamed 'Fermi'

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 ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers using parallel processing computing could save thousands by using an Xbox

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by a University of Warwick researcher has demonstrated that researchers trying to model a range of processes could use the power and capabilities of a particular XBox chip as a ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (23) | comments 21

Graphics chips speed up medical imaging

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 ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Programming tools facilitate use of video game processors for defense needs

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 ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3

AMD Releases Two New HD4800 Series 40nm Mobile GPU's

(PhysOrg.com) -- AMD announced today, two new ATI Mobility Radeon HD4800 series mobile GPU's. The HD4830 and HD4860 are both built on ATI's 40nm process technology and both support DDR3, GDDR3 and GDDR5 memory, ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 weblog