NVIDIA
Production of chips using leading-edge process technologies requires more compute power than ever. To address requirements of 2nm nodes and beyond, NVIDIA is rolling out its cuLitho software library that uses the company's DGX H100 systems based on H100 GPUs and promises to increase performance available to mask shops within a reasonable amount of consumed power by 40 times. Modern process technologies push wafer fab equipment to its limits and often require finer resolution than is physically possible, which is where computational lithography comes into play. The primary purpose of computational lithography is to enhance the achievable resolution in photolithography processes without modifying the tools. To do so, CL employs algorithms that simulate the production process, incorporating crucial data from ASML's equipment and shuttle (test...
Sandy Bridge Buyer’s Guide
Almost a half-year after the launch of the second-generation Core processors, Intel’s newest CPUs remain dominant in the mid- to high-end desktop computing markets. Since the January release of...
90 by Zach Throckmorton on 6/17/2011
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Review: The Sleekest Honeycomb Tablet
I remember standing in the audience of Samsung's CTIA press conference as it announced, for the first time ever, pricing and availability of its unreleased Galaxy Tab 10.1 and...
108 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/13/2011
Discrete HTPC GPU Shootout
The popularity of Intel's HD Graphics amongst HTPC enthusiasts and the success of the AMD APUs seem to indicate that the days of the discrete HTPC GPU are numbered...
70 by Ganesh T S on 6/12/2011
Acer Moves Forward in Time
Acer's popular TimelineX line of notebooks has undergone a refresh to Sandy Bridge and brought a healthy number of upgrades to the hardware with them, including a major (and...
38 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/9/2011
WarFactory Sentinel: Gaming on a Grand
Getting the monster gaming machines from boutiques in house for testing is often at least interesting if for no other reason than to see just how fast a computer...
37 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/8/2011
Windows 8 Running on ARM, NVIDIA Kal-El Notebook Demoed
Microsoft just showed Windows 8 running on three different ARM platforms: a single-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon, a dual-core TI OMAP 4430 and a quad-core NVIDIA Kal-El notebook. The same interface...
20 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/1/2011
Windows 8 on AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, Qualcomm & TI: Let the Race Begin
I'm in the audience of Microsoft's Partner Preview for Computex 2011, basically an event to give a sneak peak of the future of Windows to press and MS partners...
32 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/1/2011
CyberPowerPC Gamer Xtreme FTW: Performance at Any Cost
It's time for another break from the Computex 2011 coverage, this time with an extreme system review. There seems to be an interesting cottage industry between custom desktop boutiques in...
32 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/1/2011
NVIDIA's Kal-El Glowball Shows off Dynamic Lighting & Quad-Core Physics on a Tablet
I've warned both Qualcomm and TI that the danger they have to face in the SoC space going forward isn't just NVIDIA engineering, but NVIDIA marketing. Although too aggressive...
53 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/29/2011
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M: High-End Mobile Graphics with Optimus
Our collective wishes have been granted by the fine folks at NVIDIA: you can now buy a notebook with high-end graphics that supports Optimus and thus is capable of...
11 by Dustin Sklavos on 5/29/2011
Computex 2011: NVIDIA Announces Wired 3D Vision Glasses
Technically Computex 2011 doesn’t start for another day, but already companies are announcing new hardware right ahead of the event in order to try to beat the rush. NVIDIA...
15 by Ryan Smith on 5/29/2011
NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 560: The Top To Bottom Factory Overclock
NVIDIA’s GF104 and GF114 GPUs have been a solid success for the company so far. 10 months after GF104 launched the GTX 460 series, NVIDIA has slowly been supplementing...
66 by Ryan Smith on 5/17/2011
CyberPower's X6-9300 and MSI's GT680R: Fighting for Your Mobile Gaming Dollar
Choosing a laptop can be a pretty confusing experience, because even if you have a good idea of what features and components you’d like, finding a laptop with them...
44 by Jarred Walton on 5/13/2011
NVIDIA to Acquire Icera, Adds Software Baseband to its Portfolio
Late last year Intel announced the intention to acquire Infineon’s Wireless Solutions business, highlighting an important trend in the application processor space: those determined to lead in the smartphone/tablet...
18 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/9/2011
Dell Precision T1600: Workstation Class
We've spent a lot of time dissecting boutique gaming desktops, but there's another class of hardware that we only rarely get to discuss. Today that changes with the first...
29 by Dustin Sklavos on 5/2/2011
Toshiba Satellite M645: The Steady March of Progress
Toshiba has spent the last half a decade carving out an interesting niche as a notebook manufacturer, with many consumer-grade notebooks that are ostensibly budget offerings but often feature...
35 by Dustin Sklavos on 4/29/2011
NVIDIA Synergy to Bring Optimus to Desktops
We first encountered NVIDIA’s Optimus Technology in February of last year. It has done wonders for laptop battery life on midrange systems, where manufacturers no longer need to worry...
34 by Kristian Vättö on 4/27/2011
Nettop and Mini-ITX Buyer’s Guide
Most of our Buyer's Guides focus on full desktop builds, but what about something a little smaller? Perhaps you're looking for an inexpensive yet sufficiently powerful system to function...
101 by Zach Throckmorton on 4/22/2011
ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Review
ASUS was at the forefront of the netbook revolution thanks to its close partnerships with Intel and Microsoft. ASUS has been all but absent from the smartphone and tablet...
128 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/21/2011
Dell XPS 15 L502x: Now with Sandy Bridge
One of our favorite mainstream notebooks last year was Dell’s XPS 15—provided you purchased the upgraded 1080p LCD. It managed to hit the market before talk of Sandy Bridge...
76 by Jarred Walton on 4/20/2011
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