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CPU developers pushing Moore’s Law

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Randall Newton

A roundup of news from CPU manufacturers, courtesy of the Jon Peddie Research newsletter TechWatch. [Editor’s Note: This is a ...

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Graphics Add-in Board shipments increase modest 0.2% from last quarter

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Randall Newton

The most recent quarterly update from Jon Peddie Research shows AIB volume down from a year earlier. Overall shipments of ...

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Nvidia losing graphics market share to AMD, Intel

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Randall Newton

Jon Peddie Research says first quarter 2011 graphics chip shipments up 10%, PC shipments down 5%. Graphics chip specialist Nvidia ...

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Dell upgrades workstation line

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Randall Newton

Two new mobiles and a rackable come with optional Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition CPUs Dell has announced three new ...

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Nvidia positions Quadro 400 to seduce AutoCAD users

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Randall Newton

The real competition for this entry-level professional graphics card is not something from AMD but Nvidia’s game-card line. By Alex ...

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Like how workstation prices are dropping? Thank AMD

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Randall Newton

It may come as a surprise that the company with the tiny market share in workstation CPUs and GPUs is ...

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MacBook Pro and iPad 2: a wowser and a whimper from Apple

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Randall Newton

iPad 2 was really a 1.5, while Thunderbolt and no Nvidia makes the MacBook Pro update more interesting. It was ...

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Graphics add-in board market revenue drops in 2010

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Randall Newton

Over 18 million graphics boards sold in the quarter failed to prevent decline. Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s research ...

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2007: ATI, NVIDIA Reach for High Performance Computing Status

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Randall Newton

An early introduction to general purpose computing on graphics processing units, as envisioned in 2007 by Nvidia and AMD. Originally ...

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Impatient progress: Abu Dhabi hopes to build its own future

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Kathleen Maher

The oil-rich Emirates seek opportunities in manufacturing, aerospace, building and infrastructure. Kathleen Maher reports from the new center of investment. ...