I recently wrote a small editorial about why I think Apple will try to buy nVidia’s beleaguered chipset division. The circumstantial evidence does fit this theory, but today I found myself thinking. I was not thinking that I was wrong, but that I was even more correct that I had thought. Yes there is...
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Editorials
Why Apple and nVidia are perfect for each other:
nVidia entering the software distribution market:
Well I am sure no one will be surprised by this announcement, but it seems that nVidia now wants to distribute software. Yes that is right, according to Theo Valich at TGdaily nVidia wants to distribute, not only Cuda enabled apps but also games and other software optimized for their GPUs and systems. They...
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nVidia Caught Lying Again (Say it aint so)
It would seem that Charlie Demerjian over at the Inq has found a “smoking gun” in the issue with nVidia’s desktop GPUs (the same one that nVidia denies even exists). As we have reported before nVidia is claiming there is only a small number of mobile GPUs affected. They are also claiming (here) that...
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Is Apple gearing up to buy nVidia’s chipset division?
There have been more than a few rumors in the press lately about nVidia getting out of the chipset business. Most of these revolve around the poor reception of the 790i by OEMs (many of whom are pulling boards based on this chipset). Some claim that nVidia is not killing it off but rolling...
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The Winds of SSD forced change…
Yesterday I published an editorial about storage being the bottleneck for modern systems. Today at IDF it seems the SATA-IO has announced they are updating the bandwidth available for SATA transfer from 3 Gb/s to 6 Gb/s.
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Spin the bottleneck.
The PC market today is very full of misinformation. Different companies will have you believe different things, with each company pointing the finger at the others for failings in system performance. If your games run poorly you might have your CPU manufacturer tell you it is the GPU , while the GPU maker says...
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Where are modern games going? (what are they missing?)
Yesterday I was invited to a webcast to be given by AMD today (8-14-08). The subject, “Getting the most out of your gaming experience” after receiving this I started thinking about my recent gaming experiences and what I felt was missing. I started thinking about effects, sounds and graphics. Wondering what I would want...
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nVidia posts a whopping 121 Million (that’s with an M) dollar loss.
nVidia released its Q2 fillings the other day and things look bad for the GPU giant. Blaming a costly replacement bill for failed Mobile GPUs and MCPs (which they do not even like to admit are broken) nVidia showed a first of its kind loss. Year to year revenue comparison shows nVidia down for...
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nVidia’s G92 and G94 also showing up defective (or how to have a VERY bad day)
As I opened up my morning news (several browser tabs worth) I came across a follow on to a story that I (and many of you) have been follwing. It would seem that nVidia is in the news again. But this is not good news and if accurate will be very bad indeed for...
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Death of the Third Party Chipset
With the announcement that Via is leaving the Third Party Chipset market and amidst rumors of nVidia’s imminent departure from the chipset game we wonder if there will be a time in the very near future where we are left with two platform choices. What would the market be like with only two chipsets?...
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