GPUs
SK hynix and TSMC announced early on Friday that they had signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on developing the next-generation HBM4 memory and advanced packaging technology. The initiative is designed to speed up the adoption of HBM4 memory and solidify SK hynix's and TSMC's leading positions in high-bandwidth memory and advanced processor applications. The primary focus of SK hynix's and TSMC's initial efforts will be to enhance the performance of the HBM4 stack's base die, which (if we put it very simply) acts like an ultra-wide interface between memory devices and host processors. With HBM4, SK hynix plans to use one of TSMC's advanced logic process technologies to build base dies to pack additional features and I/O pins within the confines of existing...
NVIDIA 344.48 WHQL Drivers Available; DSR Added To Fermi & Kepler
NVIDIA just released their latest driver updates today, bringing us up to version 344.48. These are WHQL certified drivers, and they're also Game Ready for several upcoming titles. NVIDIA...
41 by Jarred Walton on 10/22/2014
AMD Q3 FY 2014 Quarterly Earnings Analysis - 7 Percent Workforce To Be Cut
This afternoon, AMD released their financial results for the third quarter, which ended September 27, 2014. While revenue was down slightly from Q2, the net income was positive for...
81 by Brett Howse on 10/16/2014
Video Card Tuesday: $370 R9 290X & Borderlands: TPS Now Shipping
Following up on last week’s Radeon pricing observations, it looks like there has been one final shift in Radeon R9 290 series pricing. While R9 290 has held steady...
82 by Ryan Smith on 10/14/2014
AMD Appoints Dr. Lisa Su as President & CEO, Rory Read Steps Down
As part of AMD’s broader restructuring efforts, back in June the company announced a business reorganization that would see the company organized into two major groups, the Computing and...
39 by Ryan Smith on 10/8/2014
The AnandTech Guide to Video Card Overclocking Software
Video card overclocking has become a very popular topic amongst gamers and PC enthusiasts these days. With the release of next generation games around the corner and the growing...
59 by Michael Wilding on 10/8/2014
MSI GT72 Dominator Pro: Performance Preview
NVIDIA just launched their new GTX 980M/GTX 970M GPUs, and unfortunately we were unable to get a notebook in time for testing… which just changed a few hours ago...
53 by Jarred Walton on 10/8/2014
AMD Radeon R9 290 Series Prices Finally Begin To Fall
With the launch of NVIDIA’s Maxwell-powered GeForce GTX 900 series last month, it was immediately obvious that NVIDIA had been able to deal a swift blow to AMD’s product...
69 by Ryan Smith on 10/7/2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M and GTX 970M: Mobile to the Maxwell
Every year NVIDIA launches quite a few new products; some are better than others, but they're all interesting. This fall, the big news is Maxwell 2.0, aka GM204. Initially...
68 by Jarred Walton on 10/7/2014
Benchmarked - Metro: Last Light Redux
Last month 4A Games released updated versions of the two earlier games in the Metro series, Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux. The games have both been...
29 by Jarred Walton on 10/2/2014
AMD Releases Catalyst 14.9 Drivers
It seems like it's been a long time since we've seen a WHQL driver release from AMD… and it has been. The previous WHQL driver dates back to April...
36 by Jarred Walton on 9/29/2014
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 Review: Featuring EVGA
Last week we took a look at NVIDIA’s newest consumer flagship video card, the GeForce GTX 980. Today in the second part of our series on the GTX 900...
155 by Ryan Smith on 9/26/2014
PayPal Announces Bitcoin Support
It's been a long time in coming, but PayPal announced in a blog post today that they have partnered with BitPay, Coinbase, and GoCoin to allow merchants to accept...
36 by Jarred Walton on 9/23/2014
NVIDIA Announces SLI LED Bridges
For those that just can't get enough bling in their cases, NVIDIA today announced the availability of SLI LED bridges, available for the time being exclusively through the NVIDIA...
41 by Jarred Walton on 9/23/2014
Chipworks Disassembles Apple's A8 SoC: GX6450, 4MB L3 Cache & More
One of the more enjoyable rituals with Apple’s annual iPhone launch is the decapping, deconstruction, and photographing of the processor die at the heart of Apple’s newest SoC. ...
65 by Ryan Smith on 9/23/2014
DisplayPort Alternate Mode for USB Type-C Announced - Video, Power, & Data All Over Type-C
Earlier this month the USB Implementers Forum announced the new USB Power Delivery 2.0 specification. Long awaited, the Power Deliver 2.0 specification defined new standards for power delivery to...
117 by Ryan Smith on 9/22/2014
NVIDIA 344.11 & 344.16 Drivers Available
In the crazy rush to wrap up the GeForce GTX 980 review in time for the NDA lift yesterday, news of the first R343 driver release may have been...
39 by Jarred Walton on 9/19/2014
Short Bytes: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 in 1000 Words
To call the launch of NVIDIA's Maxwell GM204 part impressive is something of an understatement. You can read our full coverage of the GTX 980 for the complete story...
41 by Jarred Walton on 9/19/2014
Microsoft Details Direct3D 11.3 & 12 New Rendering Features
Back at GDC 2014 in March, Microsoft and its hardware partners first announced the next full iteration of the Direct3D API. Now on to version 12, this latest version...
24 by Ryan Smith on 9/18/2014_carousel.jpg)
NVIDIA GameWorks: More Effects with Less Effort
While NVIDIA's hardware is the big start of the day, the software that we run on the hardware is becoming increasingly important. It's one thing to create the world's...
22 by Jarred Walton on 9/18/2014
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Review: Maxwell Mark 2
At the start of this year we saw the first half of the Maxwell architecture in the form of the GeForce GTX 750 and GTX 750 Ti. Based on...
274 by Ryan Smith on 9/18/2014
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