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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...
Computex 2014: AMD Demonstrates First FreeSync Monitor Prototype
Our very own Anand Shimpi just got off of the Computex showfloor for a bit after paying a visit to AMD’s booth. Among the items AMD is showing at...
44 by Ryan Smith & Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/5/2014
Some Thoughts on Apple’s Metal API
Though it seems like Apple’s hardware divisions can hardly keep a secret these days due to the realities of mass production, the same is fortunately not true for their...
57 by Ryan Smith on 6/3/2014
ASUS Launches ROG Ares III for Water Cooling Builds
The Radeon R9 295X2, or any graphics card that comes pre-liquid cooled, comes up against a barrier. There will be a market segment that cares more about the...
13 by Ian Cutress on 6/2/2014_carousel.jpg)
GeForce Experience 2.1 Released
It has been a bit over 2 years since NVIDIA first announced GeForce Experience, and while it took them a bit longer to get off the ground than they...
7 by Ryan Smith on 6/2/2014
Best Video Cards: May 2014
We’re back once again with our monthly guide to video cards and video card industry recap, this time for May of 2014. All things considered, the month of May has...
44 by Ryan Smith on 5/29/2014
AMD Posts Mantle Whitepaper
As part of a larger Mantle promotion, AMD has posted a number of blogs on their site detailing their low level API. The blog posts themselves are unabashedly closer...
25 by Ryan Smith on 5/29/2014
NVIDIA Releases GeForce GTX Titan Z
Back in March at GTC 2014, NVIDIA announced their forthcoming flagship dual-GPU video card, the GeForce GTX Titan Z. Based on a pair of fully enabled GK110 GPUs, NVIDIA...
58 by Ryan Smith on 5/28/2014
AMD Catalyst 14.6 Beta Drivers Released, Adds New Eyefinity Functionality & More
For our second video card driver update of the week we have AMD, who is releasing their Catalyst 14.6 beta drivers today. Like NVIDIA’s driver release, this is first and...
49 by Ryan Smith on 5/27/2014
NVIDIA GeForce 337.88 WHQL Driver Now Available
Scheduled for release this week is Watch Dogs, Ubisoft’s heavily promoted open world techno thriller. As is often the case with these high profile AAA games, NVIDIA and AMD's...
17 by Ryan Smith on 5/26/2014
NVIDIA GRID Update: NVIDIA Launches GRID Test Drive for VDI Desktops
For the last several years now NVIDIA has been heavily pursuing the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) market. In NVIDIA’s continuing efforts to maintain and expand their presence in the...
16 by Ryan Smith on 5/22/2014
AMD Cuts Radeon R9 280 to $249
AMD sends word this afternoon that they’re instituting an official price cut for one of their more recently launched video cards, the Radeon R9 280. The 280, AMD’s lower...
43 by Ryan Smith on 5/13/2014
Microsoft Unbundles Kinect, $399 Xbox One Model Available Starting June 9th
In an interesting reversal of what happened last generation, Microsoft's Xbox One launched at a $100 price premium to Sony's PlayStation 4. Despite Sony building the higher performing console...
46 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/13/2014
VESA Adds Adaptive-Sync to DisplayPort 1.2a Standard; Variable Refresh Monitors Move Forward
The last half-year or so has seen the concept of variable refresh desktop monitors advance rather quickly. After sitting on the technology backburner for a number of years, the...
38 by Ryan Smith on 5/12/2014
NVIDIA Q1 FY2015 Financial Results
This afternoon NVIDIA announced their quarterly earnings for Q1 2015. Overall GAAP revenue came in at $1.1B, up 16% year over year and down 4% sequentially. Gross margin was...
68 by Brett Howse on 5/8/2014
Sapphire R9 290X Vapor-X 8GB Hits Retail: UK Only, £600
Back at CeBit 2014 we ran a news item regarding a couple of Sapphire branded AMD GPUs that used double the video memory of the standard R9 290X. It...
18 by Ian Cutress on 5/7/2014
Running an NVIDIA GTX 780 Ti Over Thunderbolt 2
A common issue for laptop users is the lack of GPU power. Even the fastest mobile GPUs, in SLI or Crossfire cannot reach the echelons of performance of a...
72 by Kristian Vättö on 5/4/2014
AMD Mantle Developer Private Beta Begins
Word comes from AMD this morning that the private beta for the Mantle developer program has begun. Up until now the Mantle SDK (not to be confused with the...
51 by Ryan Smith on 5/1/2014
Best Video Cards: April 2014
As April comes to a close we’re back once again with our monthly guide to video cards. Compared to the February/March time period and the flurry of activity coinciding with...
65 by Ryan Smith on 4/30/2014
NVIDIA Adds Watch Dogs to GeForce Game Bundles
In a surprise move today, NVIDIA has announced that they are updating their spring GeForce game bundle mid-cycle with a new game. Effective immediately, Ubisoft’s upcoming open world techno thriller...
3 by Ryan Smith on 4/29/2014
VESA and MIPI Announce Display Stream Compression Standard
For some time now the consumer electronics industry has been grappling with how to improve the performance and efficiency of display interfaces, especially in light of more recent increases...
85 by Ryan Smith on 4/22/2014
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