AMD Edges Into Ultraportable Market

Ultraportables or ultrabooks as they’re called these days, are all the rage at the moment, but until now they’ve only been available with Intel processors. Now AMD has refined its portable chips so that they consume less power and produce less heat. AMD now combines CPU and GPU on a single chip to make an [...]

Samsung Galaxy Tab WiFi cheated on graphics

Just recently the WiFi only version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab went on sale. Samsung Galaxy Tab WiFi is similar to the 3G model, with some notable differences. The company did not publicize these changes but a number of users are already going on the record with their discoveries. First, the new WiFi version sports [...]

The New NVIDIA Tegra 3 to be released at MWC

NVIDIA is in its final stages of finishing up the Tegra 3 and soon enough, at the end of the year, Tegra 4 will be released as well. According to a developer, the Tegra 4 will be a Cortex A9 quad core with either the GeForce 8/9 for the GPU and the CUDA technology. Tegra [...]

Nvidia Tegra 2 Flash Demo

At Nvidia Press Conference Nvidia Tegra2 was demoed. New LG Optimus Phone was test run with this flash accelerator processor and compared to standard handset. Phone manufacturers finally understand the importance of multitasking. We clearly see the benefits of GPU accelerator in flash as game in the LG Optimus Phone with Tegra 2 move smoothly [...]

Fermi might come in January

If to believe the sources which claims that, next year in January, Fermi graphic card will be available for sale. Nvidia committed to ship Fermi in January. Fermi is the GPU which is going to stand in competition with the ATI’s Radeon 5000.

Though the launch was in early November but it was postponed to January which is due to the reason that A2 chip revision was not good enough for volume production so A3 is about to ship to partners soon. The sources also say that it wont be launch during CES 2010.

New Atom N450 to be released in January 2010 – $20 more than Atom N270

Graphics and chipset all in a tiny chip! This is what Atom N450 is all about which will hit the market on January 3rd 2010. Being priced at $64 at its launch, it will cost $20 more than the now aging Atom N270, but the money is worth it. Why? Because it includes a GPU too!

Netbook manufacturers are very much excited because it contains two chips in one design and is about the same size as N270 processor. Although there won’t be much improvement in battery life.

Intel also has plans to launch many new products along with launching the Atom N450 officially.

Acer Ferrari One to feature ATi Radeon HD 4670 GPU!

Acer Ferrari One (quick look) is a netbook with a lot of muscle power inside. Its XGP port caught a lot of attention when it is first unveiled. According to CNET, the XGP interface can be used to plug-in a dock that has the ATi Mobility Radeon HD 4670 GPU which has the capability of pushing a mighty 2048×1536 pixels on its external display. The dock also adds 6 USB 2.0 ports.

So, if you think that its dual-core chip along with its internal ATi GPU was not enough, you can further have the boost by just plugging in an external GPU, which the Acer calls, DynaVivid Graphics Dock. This dock weighs 650gm and will be available for $199 in the month of November.

Clarksfield 45nm quad-core and Arrandale 32nm dual-core now 45nm graphics Core i7 says Intel

Now its just 45nm graphics Core i7. Yes, the Clarksfield 45nm quad-core and Arrandale 32nm dual-core is called with 45nm graphics Core i7, says the Intel. It will surely create a loads of mess and confusion in the mobile market, as some of the Core i7 parts will have four cores and some only two. [...]

NVidia launches ION LE – no support for DirectX 10?!

ION LE has been introduced by NVidia which is actually a low-end version of their ION platform. LE stands for the entry level. This version of the ION is specially detailed for Windows XP on netbooks and nettops, contrary to other versions of normal ION’s.

As said by one of its officials, “ION LE is SKU of the ION GPU that is identical to “ION, except it only supports DX9. This product is designed specifically for Windows XP on Netbooks and Nettops and we are going to offer LE SKU just for OEM market. “Speaking of ION, there was news early last month about ION 2 hitting us before the end of the year.”

Is NVidia smoking weed? Unveiling a GPU which does not supports DirectX 10

Acer Veriton N260G nettop updated – Now comes with Atom 280 processor

Acer has unveiled an updated version of the its Veriton N260G nettop by equipping it with the latest Atom N280 CPU. Earlier, this Acer Nettop came with Intel Atom 230/330 CPU. Unfortunately, they have taken away the powerful NVIDIA Ion GPU and it now comes with Intel’s GN40 chipset with GMA X4500 graphics.

The Acer Veriton N260G nettop comes equipped with a 160GB HDD, 2 GB RAM, 6 USB ports, HDMI as-well-as VGA port. It is available in Europe (including UK) at a fair price of £188.12 ($302)