When AMD and Nvidia introduced their new AIBs in Q4 2020, they sold out immediately. No one anticipated the demand and attributed it to bots. Gamers complained that once again, they got left out. The suspicion was crypto-miners were the cause of the shortage. We think there is some truth, and proof in that suspicion. The waves of Cryptocurrency mining … Read more
AMD gains in market share
The RTX 3060 Ti debuted at $399, and Nvidia claimed it to be 40% faster on average than its predecessor, the GeForce RTX 2060 Super. The RTX 3060 Ti Founder’s Edition is a tremendous addition to the GeForce RTX 30 Series, but we couldn’t match Nvidia’s performance claims in all cases. We came close in game-only FPS tests—35%. The new … Read more
Lots of performance and not too expensive
FLOPS, TOPS, and pops compute accelerators
FLOPS, TOPS, and pops compute accelerators
(Source: Bradley Hook, Pixels) Nvidia introduced its virtual client concept called Grid in 2008. The idea was to employ powerful GPU-based AIBs in an internet server (the cloud) and stream pixels over the internet to a local client machine that probably lacked the graphics power to run the desired application. Then in 2013, Nvidia extended its Arm-based shield platform … Read more
Nvidia had a huge jump in market share to 78%
Venerable pioneer graphics AIB company still delivering
Strong murmurs and rumors out of China indicate Zhaoxin might introduce a dGPU. How did they manage to do that? Well, it starts back in the late-1980s with the founding of Via Technologies. In 1987, Cher Wang, heir to the Formosa Plastics Group, set up the company to supply motherboard chipsets and components but almost from the very start, the … Read more
The Radeon 5500 XT put AMD back in the running in having a solid midrange AIB
Nvidia significantly increases market share in the quarter
