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Intel and AMD revealed their first-quarter earnings last week and there were also some interesting tidbits in the conference calls. So given the lack of noteworthy news today, let's quickly analyse all of this along with the new CPU rumours that are swirling around the web.
Firmware 2.30 has been released for the PS3, bringing with it heavily anticipated support for DTS-HD MA lossless audio decoding in Blu-ray films. Long viewed by A/V enthusiasts as the most conspicuous absence in the PlayStation's otherwise impressive media capabilities...
We missed a couple of news-worthy tidbits in recent days and weeks, so here's a quick news post with links to each of these things and a tiny bit of individual analysis. First on the list: 3DFX releases the Voodoo Graphics 3D accelerator! Oh right, let's skip that one then...
Stanford University, with assistance from AMD, have released a version of the Folding@Home client application for discrete R6-family ATI GPUs, from R600 all the way to RV670.
AMD has just confirmed that they will layoff 10% of their workforce amid lower than expected Q1 sales in all categories; they now expect revenue of $1.5B while analysts were forecasting $1.62B. Lower sales will also reduce fab utilization and thus gross margins, further compounding losses.
TransGaming has just released SwiftShader 2.0, an highly optimized software rasterizer that supports DX9 and Shader Model 2.0 and scales with multi-core processors. It can run (albeit slowly) many modern games and it makes a dual-core Penryn perform similarly to the GeForce FX5600/5700 in 3DMark05.
VIA released a new single-chip chipset for the Ultra Mobile market on April 1st - it sports a DX9 IGP, a 64-bit DDR2 memory controller and the usual I/O capabilities. TDP is 3.5 to 5W, and the specs hint at why VIA is interested in NVIDIA's MCP79. In related news,…
AMD has announced the general availability of its latest FireGL professional graphics product, the V7700. Slotting in underneath the 1GiB and 2GiB R600-based V8600 and V8650, the 512MiB V7700 is based on their RV670 GPU.
If Intel isn't your bag, you should probably take a look at the new B3-based brains behind Spider, the AMD enthusiast platform. These new Phenoms, when paired with a nice 790FX mainboard and one or two HD 3xxx Radeons, means that Spider doesn't look half bad for the gamer.
TSMC unveiled their 40nm process yesterday, and seem to have confused a bunch of people in the process. So let's try to quickly set the record straight and see how this ties in with our earlier reports on TSMC's roadmap.
Rage3D have taken a look at the PC version of Assassin's Creed, a game I've been into for a long time on 360, to check out what's new when you run the game under Vista SP1. You'll remember that SP1 brings D3D10.1 support. Alex checks to see if the two are related somehow.
IBM announced Monday that the semiconductor research alliance led by the firm had successfully demonstrated significant process advancement through the incorporation of high-k/metal gate (HKMG) in test silicon at its East Fishkill fab. Anticipated originally for the 45nm node...
STMicroelectronics and NXP have decided to 'merge' their wireless business by creating a joint venture. As Bolaji Ojo at EETimes.com poiints out though, it's really more of an acquisition. And a much smarter one than the proposed merger of ST, NXP and Infineon.
Introduced by Toshiba last September, the Cell-based SpursEngine co-processor has begun shipment in the form of a single lane PCI Express add-in board.
Icera Semiconductor, the UK-based semiconductor startup which has secured the most funding in Europe, has just announced that they were merging with Canada-based Sirific. The two companies worked on 3G baseband and RF technology respectively. Why is Beyond3D reporting this? Read on to find out...
David Kanter at Real World Technologies just published his usual brand of excellent architecture analysis for Intel's upcoming Nehalem processor - there aren't many changes, but it's still well worth the read. At the same time, DT says an A1 Nehalem system at IDF is running at an impressive 3.2GHz.
All the Silverthorne information you'll ever want is now available in articles from The Tech Report and AnandTech - but while the coverage is decent in terms of architecture, they both miss the mark completely in terms of market dynamics. And in other news, Montalvo looks like it's in big trouble...
Rumours are swirling around the web that NVIDIA's upcoming MCP79 chipset will be compatible with VIA's Isaiah processor. The deal makes perfect sense, so the real question is: will MCP79 or MCP78 also be compatible with Montalvo's upcoming processor? Meanwhile, Intel's G45/P45 seem to be delayed...
A few months ago we published an article on IDT's DisplayPort efforts and the standard in general, and today IDT has unveiled its new PanelPort product line. We took the opportunity to ask a few technical questions on DisplayPort and got encouraging news on the cost benefits of Direct Drive.
According to HKEPC & Digitimes, AMD will launch the 128-bit HD3830 for $119-129 in April/May with 320SPs/16 TMUs/16 ROPs; so the cost saving lies in its memory controller redundancy and lower PCB costs. It's basically a HD3690 but won't be limited to China. At the same time, The Inq claims that...