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Got space for a tiny PC? Check out ViewSonic's 20cm VOT 132 nettop
ViewSonic have today launched the VOT 132 nettop, a tiny PC small and light enough to clip onto the back of your flatscreen TV. At just 20cm tall and 500g in weight, it features Nvidia's low-power Ion GeForce 9300 graphics…
Could 3D Blu-ray be ready by summer 2010? Nvidia think so
Nvidia's PR manager for the UK and Northern Europe, Ben Berraondo, has announced that 3D Blu-ray movies may be availalbe from as early as summer 2010. Berraondo confirmed that after months of heated talks, the Blu-ray Association had finally settled…
Apple and NVIDIA to split?
Apple and NVIDIA may be parting company so soon after the two teamed up. There seems to have been an issue in the renegotiations of the partnership after overheating materials in MacBooks led to failures of the GeForce 8400M and 8600M GPUs. That meant that Jobs Inc had to extend the warranty of their units to three years and that’s not the kind of thing that makes any manufacturer happy.
Apple has apparently described NVIDIA’s attitude as arrogant and if the two can’t work it out then we could see the latter’s chips disappear from iMacs almost immediately and from the rest of the range within three to four years.
Seems a bit of a shame given the level of NVIDIA’s technology and the way that Apple has carved itself a niche at the graphics end of the market but the Cupertino crew has always prided itself on quality of product and, when the chips are down, there’s little choice in the matter.
(via Electronista)
RUMOUR: Mac minis and iMacs get a refresh on 24th March
According to all rumour road maps that seemed to be going to plan for last year, we were supposed to be on the receiving end of some new iMacs in November and a Mac Mini by MacWorld. We got neither. However, according to two separate sites, Jobs, Schiller & Sons is planning an event for 24th March.
Even money says we’ll be seeing new iMacs…
Nvidia reveals Ion Platform which could bring high-definition and high powered gaming to netbooks
Nvidia has unveiled its Ion Platform, based upon the GeForce 9400, claiming that if it were to be put into an Intel Atom-based netbook it could allow high definition footage and high-powered games to run with ease.
Nvidia reckons that the GeForce 9400 offers up to ten times the performance of the integrated graphics solution that comes with the Atom chip, featuring 16 processing cores and 52 GLOPS of processing power. Therein lies the problem, though: Intel’s Atom comes with its own integrated graphics, so separating it and allowing other manufacturers to sell their own GPUs along with the main processor is going to require some lobbying of Intel…
Tech company in 'not bringing out a netbook' shocker
Well, this is a turn-up for the books. NVidia and VIA are NOT, repeat NOT, bringing out a netbook. In a world where brands are getting resurrected solely for the netbook market, it’s notable when a technology company decides that it’s not going to release its own pint-size laptop with no cd drive.
Originally, it was hoped that the two companies would produce a netbook featuring a mobile version of the VIA Nano chip, rather than the industry-standard Intel Atom chip. Those plans are now on hold, as are plans to build MIDs using the chips. Nvidia and VIA’s plans to build desktop machines together are, you’ll no doubt be pleased to hear, firmly intact.
NVidia and VIA (via TrustedReviews)
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rock intros Pegasus 520 notebook: world's first sporting nVidia 9650M GT
rock has announced its new Pegasus 520 notebook, claiming it as the world’s first portable to use nVidia’s 9650M GT graphics processor.
Sporting a 15.4-inch widescreen display, this notebook packs a performance punch that’s great for intensive applications like showing high definition movies and gaming.
Nvidia's new Tegra processors could power advanced range of mobile devices
Nvidia has announced a new line of processors which could be used in a new generation of advanced mobile devices.
Tegra processors will power Mobile Internet Devices (MID) which Nvidia defines as having screens of between four and twelve inches, a touchscreen and/or a keyboard, connection for a games controller or a wireless high-speed Internet connection.
NVIDIA slyly reveals the new 9600 GSO: low end graphics card for the masses
NVIDIA normally likes to make a big fan fare of its new graphics card announcements, using words like ‘ultimate visual computing experience’ and ‘visual computing revolution’. But this rousing lingo is reserved for its top end models; the ones designed for people who build PCs costing nearly as much a small family hatchback.
The poor old 9600 GSO gets no such honour; NVIDIA just made do by dumping the details on its website and pretending like it had no idea how it all got there. In spite of that though, this could be a pretty important card for the PC gaming market…
Liquid perfection for your PC: the super cool motorcycle case mod
This motorcycle isn’t just cool, it’s liquid cool. Yes, those mesmeric, green cylinders at the back of this PC case mega-mod…
