Nvidia GTC Keynote set for May 14
Published in AI
Sunday, 26 April 2020 10:30

Nvidia GTC Keynote set for May 14


Get Amped 

Roughly two months after the original GTC 2020 schedule, Nvidia is ready to host the GTC 2020 spring keynote. The choice of words "Get Amped” in the press release gives you an idea that 7nm Ampere might get released at that time.  

Possible new Nvidia Geforce MX mobile GPU spotted
Published in Graphics


TU117 GPU with GDDR6 memory

An entry in the 3DMark database has revealed a possible new Nvidia MX mobile GPU, showing a TU117 GPU paired up with GDDR6 memory, which is the same GPU as in the recently updated Geforce GTX 1650 desktop GPU.

Huawei working on an AI GPU
Published in AI
Saturday, 11 April 2020 10:41

Huawei working on an AI GPU


As Apple settled with Imagination

Huawei, for the most part, relies on ARM IP. It  uses the ARM Cortex CPU and Mali GPU cores for its SoCs. The company has high AI aspirations with its Ascend series of chips. Now recent rumors point out that the Chinese giant is setting up a GPU research center in South Korea and focuses on AI and datacenter.

AMD second-generation RDNA GPU architecture comes in 2020
Published in Graphics


Possible refresh as well

During the Q4 2019 earnings call, AMD's president and CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, confirmed that the 2nd generation RDNA GPU architecture will launch in 2020, as well as hinting at a possible refresh of the existing product lineup in the same year.

Intel shows its DG1 discrete Xe GPU at CES 2020
Published in Graphics


Still just a dev card but it runs games

While Intel brought a lot of things to show at the CES 2020 show, the biggest surprise was the developer DG1 discrete Xe GPU, which was both showed running a game as a part of the Intel keynote as well as behind close doors to members of the press.

Microsoft gives a few more Xbox Series X details
Published in Gaming


Zen 2 CPU and next-gen RDNA GPU

After the initial world premiere of the Xbox Series X, a new console that looks a lot like an SFF PC or an HTPC, Microsoft has released a blog post which talks a bit more about the power and the hardware behind it.

Two more Intel GPU marketing people leave the company
Published in News


Chris Hook and Heather Lennon

Two more senior Graphics Marketing people are leaving Intel, Chris Hook and Heather Lennon.

Intel serious about multi-GPU
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 23 October 2019 11:02

Intel serious about multi-GPU


Portents found within the Linux kernel

Changes made by Intel in the Linux 5.5 kernel seem to indicate that Chipzilla is serious about implementing multi-GPU with its incoming graphics cards.

Control game makes ray tracing an easy sell
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 22 October 2019 20:32

Control game makes ray tracing an easy sell


Analysis:
The future of PC gaming available today

Real-time ray tracing is the biggest leap in computer graphics since programmable pixel shading on the NVIDIA GeForce 3 (NV20) in 2001. What used to be a dream for every computer graphics software developer became a reality in August of 2018 with NVIDIA's Turing architecture.

How AMD gained market share
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 03 September 2019 12:05

How AMD gained market share


Not Navi, with Polaris 570 and 580

We managed to get on top how AMD managed to gain market share in Q2 2019, and it was selling the old 570 and 580 with incredibly attractive and low pricing.