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Jon Peddie to speak at the GPU Technology Conference today

May 16th 2012

Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference is entering it's 2nd day today at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. You can follow the happenings at GTC HERE where you will be able to view a re-cap of Jen-Hsun's keynote along with press releases and updates from the show.

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EDITORIAL : How big is your monitor?  And how many do you have?

Techwatch May 11th 2012

There’s a lot of assumptions running around in this PC industry, based on hearsay and tidbits of data. We just finished running some tests on Nvidia’s new dual-GPU AIB, the GTX 690 (see p. 11). Nvidia wasn’t very happy with our first results, and told us we were being CPU-bound by doing the tests at HD. Aside from the counter-intuitive comments (after all, isn’t that exactly what a GPU is supposed to do—eliminate CPU limitations?), it also raises the question about what the potential buyers of this $999 AIB have on their desks. I suppose it is reasonable to …

The new sneaker net has no shoes.

Let’s face it, it’s been more than 30 years since ethernet claimed the vast mainstream of the networking business, and still there are network nightmares. Vista set our office back for weeks as we tried to get all the computers calmed down and willing to talk to one another …Click here to read this blog entry

Calling all old pixel pushers

I’m proud to say that I have been elected president of the Siggraph Pioneers for 2011 and 2012.My first act in this role is to invite new members to the organization.If you’ve been involved with computer graphics for the past 20 years or more you’re eligible, and you should …Click here to read this blog entry

Intel is set to announce Q4 2010 earnings later today

Industry analysts eagerly await Intel's Q4 2010 report with estimates ranging from $11 billion to $11.5 billion. There was robust worldwide demand for Atom in Q3 and Q4 with Sandy Bridge in the wings. Click here to read this news article

Nvidia looks good

Nvidia like many companies in the past two years has gone through some dramatic and bruising changes. How a company comes out of those events is the key to predicting their future.I’m not going to review the past, if you don’t know it, you probably aren't reading this.Here’s what …Click here to read this blog entry

The tablet bubble – a billion dollar lemmings race

Or ... a bunch of teenagers drinking and driving The impact and influence of Apple on the rest of the PC and mobile phone industry is astonishing. Many of the CES tablets this year represent the herd-like knee-jerk reactions to Apple’s product introductions by industry veterans. As a result …Click here to read this blog entry