Pics of ATI 5970 Dual-GPU video card leak

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Some information and pics of an upcoming video card from ATI have been leaked, it's called the 5970 with dual GPUs on one card. The card in the leaked images has an 8-pin and a 6-pin power connector to give it enough juice.

The card is a whopping 13.5-inches long, which means that many cases won’t be able to fit the card inside thanks to its length. Apparently, AMD already forced the site to remove the performance specs listed. Read more

Posted on Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

NVIDIA Unveils Fermi Next Generation CUDA GPU Architecture

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NVIDIA introduced its next generation CUDA GPU architecture, codenamed Fermi. An entirely new ground-up design, the Fermi architecture is the foundation for the world’s first computational graphics processing units (GPUs), delivering breakthroughs in both graphics and GPU computing.

"NVIDIA and the Fermi team have taken a giant step towards making GPUs attractive for a broader class of programs,” said Dave Patterson, director Parallel Computing Research Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley and co-author of Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach. “I believe history will record Fermi as a significant milestone." Read more

Posted on Thu, 1 Oct 2009 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

The iPhone 3GS GPU: 2x Better Than The Pre

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Okay, time to get a little technical. When it comes to how well a smartphone runs graphics-intensive applications and games the graphics processor (or GPU) is what really matters. Ever since Anandtech (the same folks who held the 3GS speed test) did their in-depth analysis of the 3GS hardware we've thought that the new iPhone held a lower-end SGX 520 GPU.

The 520 would make the 3GS substantially less powerful than the Palm Pre, which sports a 530 model. Apple fans can breath easily, though. AppleInsider just reported that Anandtech is changing its tune on just what sort of hardware the the 3GS has under the hood. Apparently one of their commenters heard an Apple engineer from WWDC mention that the 3GS packs the much beefier SGX 535, and not the 520.

Posted on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:55:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

iPhone 3G S rumored to have PowerVR SGX GPU for OpenGL ES 2.0

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You think because the new iPhone 3G S is official that the rumors about the new iPhone 2009 would be over. Well there are more rumors as not everything about the new iPhone 3G on speed is known yet.
AppleInsider makes the case around information from their sources that the new iPhone 3G S has the PowerVR SGX graphics processor core that can run OpenGL ES 2.0. Read more

Posted on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

AMD Shows Off Worlds First DirectX 11 GPU

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AMD has unveiled the world's first DirectX 11 GPU at Computex. According to AMD the new GPU demonstrates the significantly improved computing experience set to debut at the end of 2009. That is the time frame when Windows 7 is set to launch as well.

AMD says that games and other applications will get a lot better with DirectX 11 offering features like tessellation and compute shader for more realism and better graphics. AMD says that its DirectX 11 demonstration will also help fuel developer demand, as hardware will allow for the development of games taking advantage of DX11. Read more

Posted on Wed, 3 Jun 2009 07:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

DisplayLink Provides New High Performance GPUs to Samsung

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DisplayLink has announced that it is providing its new line of higher performance USB GPUs to Samsung for use in the new Samsung line of LapFit notebook companion monitors. The new displays use the DisplayLink DL-125, DL-165, and DL-195 GPUs to allow for easy addition of external monitors via docking stations and other devices.

The new series of GPUs offers multiple video outputs including DVI and analog as well as LVDS, DisplayPort, and HDMI. All of the video outputs support 32-bit color and full screen HD video playback. The different GPU models support different resolutions. Read more

Posted on Wed, 20 May 2009 06:19:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Display Link Releases Linux Driver Code for USB GPU

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I mentioned last week that DisplayLink has announced that it had sold more than a million USB GPUs. The company has now announced that it is offering its library of software to enable the creation of Linux drivers for USB GPUs.

The company is providing the library under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2 agreement. The software will allow the creation of drivers to make DisplayLink GPUs work on Linux notebooks, desktops, and servers. Read more

Posted on Mon, 18 May 2009 07:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

AMD Unveils First 1GHz GPU

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AMD has announced that it is the first GPU maker to deliver a GPU running at 1GHz. AMD's HD 4890 is the video card that the GPU is part of and to reach the high speeds the GPU is factory overclocked and air-cooled.

The new card uses GDDR5 RAM and can deliver 1.6 TereaFLOPS of processing power thanks to the high clock speed. AMD claims that is 50% more than NVIDIAS single GPU solution can deliver. Read more

Posted on Thu, 14 May 2009 10:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

DisplayLink Sells More than a Million USB GPUs

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DisplayLink is celebrating the success of its certified products with the announcement that it has sold more than one million USB graphics chips since the debut of the system. The DisplayLink DL-120 and DL-160 make it possible for people to connect USB video cards to their computers and add more displays.

The USB GPUs are used in all sorts of products from the USB connected monitors from Acer, Samsung, and other companies to the small displays from Buffalo and other providers. A number of universal docking stations use Display Link tech as well including offerings from HP, Kensington, and Sony. Read more

Posted on Wed, 13 May 2009 11:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

AMD Drops GPU Prices

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Yesterday there were lots of rumors circulating around that AMD was going to drop the price on some of the more popular ATI video cards that are on the market. Late yesterday evening AMD's Jay Marsden dropped us a note to say that the rumors were indeed true.

AMD has dropped the price of the GPU in the Radeon HD 4800 series. Pricing hasn’t yet been updated by all ATI partners, but on Newegg.com some of the video cards already reflect the new pricing. The MSI HD Radeon 4850 now sells for $154.99 with a $30 mail-in rebate bringing the total cost to $124.99. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Mar 2009 07:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

AMD Launches 40nm HD 4860 and HD 4830 Mobile GPUs

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AMD has announced the launch of the world's first 40nm GPUs. The new products are for uses in notebook computers and are the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860 and HD 4830. The GPUs support DirectX 10.1 and theater-quality HD multimedia.

The HD 4860 will first be seen in the Asus K notebook that is coming soon. AMD says that the smaller 40nm process allows it to deliver more graphics power in a smaller die size making discrete GPUs available for smaller computers than could previously be supported. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Mar 2009 06:34:40 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Sony PS4 rumored to get Intel Larrabee GPU

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The last time we published something about the Sony PS4 was in 2006. Amidst the disappointing sales of the Sony PS3 it is kind of weird to think about the next generation Sony Playstation. As Sony always claims the PS3 has a 10 year life span the Sony PS4 should still be a couple more years away.
Ars Technica pulls our attention to the Sony PS4 with a rumor about Intel having been able to sell Sony on the Larrabee GPU for the PS4. Read more

Posted on Sat, 7 Feb 2009 02:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q708 and X305-Q706 feature 3 NVIDA GPUs

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NVIDIA and Toshiba announce the first gaming laptops running 3 NVIDIA GPUs. Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q708 and X305-Q706 feature the new highly integrated GeForce 9400M graphics processing unit (GPU) along with a pair of NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS power gaming GPUs.

The unique design featuring three NVIDIA GPUs enables the Qosmio X305-Q708 and X305-Q706 laptops to deliver scorching gaming performance by combining the horsepower of two discrete GeForce 9800M GTS GPUs with NVIDIA SLI technology, and allows the option of switching to a quiet operation mode with NVIDIA Hybrid SLI technology.

In Hybrid SLI operation, the powerful 9800M GTS GPUs are powered down and graphics operation is transferred to the GeForce 9400M GPU. As a result, Toshiba Qosmio laptops are able to deliver huge gaming performance at high resolutions, while enabling a quiet state when powering other types of Windows Vista applications. Read more

Posted on Thu, 6 Nov 2008 10:44:28 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

GPU Business Doing Well in Tough Economy

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Jon Peddie Research released its latest facts on the GPU industry today. JPR says that in Q3 2008 over 111 million GPUs were shipped. During the same quarter of 2007 91 million GPUs shipped and in Q2 2008 94 million GPUs shipped.

In desktop GPUs Intel slid to 32.6% of the market while Intel maintained its top spot with 43.9% of the market, AMD climbed to 20.3% of the market and overall desktop GPUs grew 4.7%. In notebook, GPUs Intel held the top spot with 56.2% of the market, NVIDIA dropped to 32.6%, and AMD climbed to 20.3% of the market. Read more

Posted on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

NVIDIA Offers Details on 9400M GPU

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Yesterday Apple announced its new MacBook computers and one of the biggest changes was the ousting of Intel's integrated graphics and NVIDIA taking over with its new GeForce 9400M GPU. NVIDIA has released more details on the GPU and promises a five times increase in performance compared to integrated graphics.

The 9400M has 16 parallel processing cores and can deliver 54 GFLOPs of processing power to make it the most integrated GPU on the market according to NVIDIA. In addition to 5x the power of Intel's Centrino technology for graphics, NVIDIA also says that the GPU uses less power enabling users to watch a complete HD movie on a single charge. Read more

Posted on Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:15:51 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

New AMD Fusion Rumors point to RV710 GPU Core

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AMD has been talking about the AMD Fusion since 2006. The AMD Fusion will have both the CPU and GPU on the same die, but in different cores.
Rumors have been circulating for a while now on the details of the CPU and GPU chip. A new rumor appeared in Asia on HKEPC claiming that the AMD Fusion codename Shift will be featuring a RV710 architecture. Read more

Posted on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:21:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New NVIDIA Quadro Fx Notebook GPUs announced

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NVIDIA announces the introduction of a new series of NVIDIA Quadro FX mobile GPUs, featuring an NVIDIA CUDA Parallel Computing Processor.
Workstation manufacturers such as Dell, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, HP and Lenovo are now offering the new series of Quadro FX mobile GPUs across a wide range of professional notebook workstations.

Highlighting the flagship product of the series is the Quadro FX 3700M, with 128 CUDA Parallel Computing Processor cores, which offers an unprecedented 1 GB of dedicated graphics memory for graphics-performance hungry industries such as oil and gas exploration, mechanical design and digital content creation. Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:39:34 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

NVIDIA informs about faulty GPUs, takes one-time Charge from $150m to $200m

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NVIDIA announced a new financial outlook that includes information about issues with previous generation GPU and MCP products in notebooks.

The issues are big enough that NVIDIA plans to take a one-time charge from $150 million to $200 million to cover anticipated warranty, repair, return, replacement and other costs and expenses. Read more

Posted on Thu, 3 Jul 2008 01:02:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series is World's first TeraFLOPS GPU

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Today AMD officially announced the new HD 4800 series GPUs. The new HD 4850 and HD 4870 were already revealed this week, when Diamond apparently unveiled their 4800 series card too early.

AMD says the ATI Radeon HD 4850 is the first TeraFLOPS graphics card available. Additionally the HD 4870 based cards feature GDDR5 memory. Read more

Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

NVIDIA Sneaks a new 9800 GTX+ GPU into the Mix

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NVIDIA announced a new GPU today called the GeForce 9800 GTX+ that promise a new price/performance bar in the GeForce family. The 9800 GTX+ uses the G92-based 9800 GTX and offers more value for gamers. The 9800 GTX+ will sell for $229 and the original 9800 GTX will move to $199.

The GTX+ will have a processor clock of 1836MHz and a graphics clock of 738 MHz. The card will also support PhysX, CUDA, and Folding@Home. Both 2-way and 3-way SLI are supported. NVIDIA says that the driver to enable PhysX on GeForce cards is coming in July. Read more

Posted on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:40:02 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

NVIDIA GTX 200 Series GPUs Introduced

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Today NVIDIA has launched its latest video cards based on the new GTX 200 series GPUs. The two cards announced are the GTX 260 and the GTX 280. The GTX 280 is the new NVIDIA flagship processor and powers the fastest video card to ever wear the NVIDIA brand.

Features of the GTX 280 and GTX 260 GPUs include second generation unified architecture to deliver 50% performance gains over the previous 8800 Ultra GPU with 240 enhanced processor cores. Both the GTX 280 and GTX 260 cards are capable of 3-way SLI. The cards also feature PureVideo HD technology and NVIDIA’s CUDA technology. Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:09:34 CDT | by Shane McGlaun