NVIDIA Announces Parallel Nsight 1.5 & CUDA Toolkit 3.2
Not to outdone by Intel’s IDF and AMD’s counter-meeting this week, NVIDIA’s GPU Computing group has their own announcement this week ahead of their GPU Technology Conference next week.
Next week NVIDIA will be releasing the first major update to their GPGPU programming toolchain since the Fermi-based Tesla series launched earlier this year. Specifically, they will be releasing Parallel Nsight 1.5, and version 3.2 of the CUDA Toolkit.
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Intel's Sandy Bridge Architecture Exposed
Today, that all changes. Read on for our full analysis of Intel's Sandy Bridge microarchitecture.
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Moorestown Preview: OpenPeak Tablet Benchmarked and Impressions
In IDF’s technology showcase, we got a chance to catch up with OpenPeak, makers of the OpenTablet 7, a 7” Android tablet running atop the Moorestown Atom Z6xx SoC. The OpenTablet 7 is a reference design created for ODMs to rebrand and customize as they want. It will be on sale later this year as an AT&T branded product bundled with their 3G connectivity and also serves as the basis for Cisco’s Cius business-centric videoconferencing tablet.
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AMD Benchmarks Zacate APU, 2x Faster GPU Performance than Core i5
It's tradition for AMD to have an off-site meeting place during IDF week and this year is no exception. I headed over to AMD's suite to talk about servers, desktops and the imminent mobile Fusion launches. We've talked about AMD's three new microprocessors in great detail before. Bulldozer is targeted at the high end desktop and server markets, due out sometime in 2011 (sampling in Q4). Llano will arrive at the end of Q2 2011 and feature multiple 32nm Phenom II derived cores paired with a very beefy AMD DX11 GPU. What I'm most excited about however is the parts that will begin shipping in Q4 2010: Zacate for mainstream notebooks (18W TDP) and Ontario for netbooks (9W TDP).
Both APUs will have a pair of low-power Bobcat cores and an AMD DX11 GPU. AMD isn't publicly confirming how many cores the GPU side will have but both will share the same die manufactured on TSMC's 40nm process. The package is extremely compact:
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Intel Demos Many Integrated Core (MIC) Cloud Raytracer
Intel is no stranger to raytracing - we've seen demonstrations such as Quake IV ported to an Intel-designed raytracer along with a number of other demos in the past. The promise of raytrace renderers over today's conventional raster engines for games and desktop 3D has always been increased realism and theoretically near linear scaling. Of course, the problem until now has been that raytracers haven't been able to maintain playable framerate at desktop resolutions.
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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Launch Roundup: Asus, EVGA, Palit, and Calibre Overclocked and Reviewed
Wrapping up our two part series about NVIDIA’s new GeForce GTS 450, we have our in-depth look in to the vendor cards. As was the case with the GTX 460, NVIDIA’s partners are coming out swinging by offering a wide variety of customized cards alongside NVIDIA’s reference design. Custom PCBs, coolers, and more; you’ll find it all here.
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IDF 2010 - Computing Solutions provider, not just Chipmaker
The Intel Developer Forum kicked off today with a keynote by Intel CEO Paul Otellini in San Francisco. Intel's focus in today's keynote has threefold. First, the change in the chipmaker's focus from being exclusively a chip company, to a much more comprehensive computing solutions provider. Second, the new three pillars of computing that Intel sees for continuing computing growth - including a comprehensive look at WiDi, and finally Sandy Bridge which Anand just covered .
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Intel Demos Sandy Bridge, Shows off Video Transcode Engine
Today marks the first day of our IDF 2010 coverage and we just left Dadi Perlmutter's keynote. Keeping up with tradition, Dadi's keynote focused on two of Intel's upcoming microprocessors.
Dadi began his architecture talk with a reference to Westmere EX. The follow-on to Nehalem EX brings the architecture down to a 32nm manufacturing process. The transistor shrink enables Intel to increase core count from 8 on Nehalem EX to 10 on Westmere EX (20 threads).
Read on for more details on Sandy Bridge.
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Boxee Box: The Inside Story, Swapping Tegra 2 for Intel CE4100
Boxee and D-Link announced the availability of the Boxee Box for pre-order on Amazon today. At CES 2010, they demonstrated the Boxee Box with the Tegra 2 SoC inside. The press release today brings the news that the Tegra 2 has been replaced by Intel’s CE4100. This is one of the first mainstream products in the market to incorporate an Intel x86 based SoC.
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Nokia Announces E7, C6-01, and C7 Smartphones
Symbian is, and will remain, most popular mobile OS for foreseeable future
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AT&T's New Androids, Windows Phone 7 Handsets, and BlackBerries Leak
AT&T appears to be serious about its claims to be the "premier" Windows Phone provider
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Carbon Nanotubes Concentrate Solar Energy Better Than Photovoltaic Cells
Nanotubes concentrate solar energy 100 times more and can be used for a variety of applications
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Lexus to Push Sportier Vehicles, Introduce More Hybrids
Lexus is looking for a change of direction
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Intel Unveils 10-Core CPU, But the Real Show-Stopper is Sandy Bridge
Chipmaker doesn't reveal launch date for the Westmere-EX
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Walmart to Launch Postpaid Wireless Service for Mobile Phones
Walmart is teaming up with T-Mobile for this new, postpaid service
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Semiconductor Nanowires Used to Develop Artificial Skin
E-skin could help patients with prosthetics feel again
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FCC Set to Announce Decision on Whether to Allow White Space Wi-Fi
Move could supercharge Wi-Fi networks from Microsoft, Google, and others
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"Halo: Reach" Rolls Out September 14, Reviews Roll In
Get ready for the Rumble Pit.
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Nokia's N-Series Chief Resigns Just Days After New CEO Announced
Anssi Vanjoki will continue in his position for another six months
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U.S. Army 3-Star General Defends Army Modernization Program
Majority of Army FCS projects have been cancelled
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