Everyone has known that NVIDIA’s Fermi release date was March 26th, but until today, the specs and prices were not confirmed. VR-Zone has an official picture of the GTX 480, along with prices and numbers for both the 480 and 470. More »

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Apple’s iPad is shipping on April 3rd, but Microsoft leaked its Courier tablet many months ago. Today, Engadget got an exclusive rendered demonstration of the device. More »

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At CeBIT, a retail box of the soon to be released NVIDIA GTX 480 “Fermi” graphics card indicates that a minimum 600 watt power supply is needed. Good thing I have a reliable 750 watt PSU from Corsair. Who said that PC gaming was cheap? More »

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NVIDIA is hosting a “Special ‘Must See’ Presentation” on March 26th at PAX East 2010. Via Twitter, the company has announced that its top-end GTX 480 and GTX 470 graphics cards will be available on March 26th. More »

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“The year of 3D TV and movies” means that the technology will spill over to other devices too, including gaming and LCD displays. Acer’s GD235HZ is a 3D monitor that has a lightning fast 120Hz refresh rate that hardcore gamers will dig. More »

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The latest Hexxeh Flow build of Google’s open source ChromiumOS has nVidia Ion graphics support. Google’s netbook, which is supposed to be out in the winter, will ship with its own version of Chrome OS. Let the speculation begin as to whether or not the machine will have advanced features like nVidia’s Tegra chipset. More »

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Smartphones are not the only commodities being demoed at Mobile World Congress. Along with tablets, manufacturers like Acer are showing off netbooks: the 532G uses nVidia’s Ion 2 graphics, which is optimized for full 1080p HD video. More »

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An Indian start-up company has set its cross-hairs on Apple’s iPad. The Notion Ink Adam tablet runs Android and has a multi-touch Pixel Qi display, which could equal Apple’s multi-touch technology. More »

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Originally scheduled for a November 2009 launch, nVidia has pushed back the release of its “Fermi” Graphics Processing Unit until March. Hard at work, the company has supposedly been ironing out kinks before it is ready to unleash Fermi. Already trailing ATi in the ultra high performance sector, nVidia desperately needs this GPU to be everything that it is promising. With already stiff competition in the integrated graphics department from Intel (whose 4500M dominates all Intel based budget and consumer laptops and some desktops) and AMD’s Fushion (ATi), nVidia must strike back against arch rival ATi in the mid to upper tier markets. More »

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According to the BBC, netbooks, which have been so successful during a year when the recession has slowed down much of the technology market, are on their way to being replaced by full-sized, budget notebooks and smartphones. Stuart Miles (Pocket Lint) believes that, ‘”Technology has advanced so much that it’s outmanoeuvred itself…You wouldn’t go for something so basic anymore.”‘ More »

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Before you spend $300-400 or more for a premium netbook featuring a current single-core Intel Atom CPU, I suggest that you wait until Q1 2010, when Intel’s upcoming Atom refreshes will start appearing in newer, faster netbooks. Just because you do not expect a netbook to be a workstation, it does not mean that you should settle for what all current Atom based netbooks are –which, to me, are nothing more than glorified smart-phones with larger screens. More »

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Rumor has it that Nintendo’s next DS will be powered by Nvidia’s Tegra platform. I have a DS Lite and I have to admit. It sometimes seems a little underpowered, especially compared to the PSP. If the next generation system is based on the Tegra, Nintendo could easily make a high power device that will further tighten Nintendo’s majority market share. More »

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Two major announcements by graphics giant Nvidia signal a shift of focus.

First, Nvidia announced yesterday that it will be ceasing all development of new chipsets. It is mainly because of a licensing agreement with Intel. In previous Intel computers, the processor (CPU) was connected to a northbridge chip. The north bridge would communicated with the memory (RAM) and an integrated graphics processor. It was also connected to a southbridge via the front side bus (FSB) that communicated with all other parts like the graphics card, sound card, etc.

In new Core i5 and i7 based computers, the CPU took over the duty of the northbridge and the CPU communicates with the southbridge using a proprietary bus called the Digital Media Interface (DMI) bus. Previously, Nvidia had a license to make northbridge and southbridge chips that used the FSB. Now, Intel isn’t giving them a license for the new DMI. So, Nvidia can’t make chipsets for Core i5 and i7 computers. There is ongoing litigation regarding the DMI licensing problem, but it will most likely not end in Nvidia’s favor. More »

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Apple’s frustration with NVIDIA has boiled over and now Apple will be replacing them with AMD. AMD announced today upcoming Macbook Pro and iMacs will have the Radeon 4000 series graphic cards. The 4000 series supports DirectX 10.1 with OpenCL, which is now supported on Snow Leopard.

The Macbook Pro will be getting the ATI Radeon 4870, while the iMacs get the 4850. This news comes after NVIDIA graphic cards were blamed for over heating, higher failure rates and graphic issues. NVIDIA will definitely feel the loss, since Apple was one of their biggest partners. NVIDIA did say their next generation graphic cards will correct the heat issues and will once again have Apple as a partner. If things go smoothly over at AMD, Apple may never come back. More »

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ATI soundly whooped NVIDIA’s butt with their HD 4850 and 4870 the last time around, but since then, NVIDIA has had some time to get their GTX line up to snuff. Introducing the GTX 275, a high-end graphics card that sits right in between the GTX 260 and GTX 285 (I guess GTX 272.5 would’ve looked weird). Well, not if ATI has anything to say about it - More »

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