GPUs
Introspect this week introduced its M5512 GDDR7 memory test system, which is designed for testing GDDR7 memory controllers, physical interface, and GDDR7 SGRAM chips. The tool will enable memory and processor manufacturers to verify that their products perform as specified by the standard. One of the crucial phases of a processor design bring up is testing its standard interfaces, such as PCIe, DisplayPort, or GDDR is to ensure that they behave as specified both logically and electrically and achieve designated performance. Introspect's M5512 GDDR7 memory test system is designed to do just that: test new GDDR7 memory devices, troubleshoot protocol issues, assess signal integrity, and conduct comprehensive memory read/write stress tests. The product will be quite useful for designers of GPUs/SoCs, graphics cards, PCs, network equipment...
NVIDIA Releases 337.50 Beta Driver, Touts Significant Performance Improvements
Kicking off what will undoubtedly be a busy week in the world of video cards, NVIDIA has started the week with a new GeForce driver release over on their...
50 by Ryan Smith on 4/7/2014AMD Launches FirePro W9100
Kicking off this week is the 2014 NAB Show, the National Association of Broadcasters’ annual trade show for broadcast content and technology. The NAB Show is often a launch...
20 by Ryan Smith on 4/7/2014AMD’s Next Teaser: The Mystery Briefcase
After taking a week off, AMD is back once more with another teaser for their forthcoming dual-GPU product. This should, we assume, be the final such teaser, meaning we’re...
47 by Ryan Smith on 4/2/2014AMD Announces FirePro W9100
In what’s proving to be a busy week for GPU news, AMD has just wrapped up their webcast announcing their next flagship FirePro product. Dubbed the FirePro W9100, AMD’s...
32 by Ryan Smith on 3/26/2014NVIDIA Updates GPU Roadmap; Unveils Pascal Architecture For 2016
In something of a surprise move, NVIDIA took to the stage today at GTC to announce a new roadmap for their GPU families. With today’s announcement comes news of...
68 by Ryan Smith on 3/26/2014NVIDIA Announces GeForce GTX Titan Z: Dual-GPU GK110 For $3000
Today at GTC NVIDIA announced their next GTX Titan family card. Dubbed the GTX Titan Z (no idea yet on why it’s Z), the card is NVIDIA's obligatory entry...
65 by Ryan Smith on 3/25/2014NVIDIA GTC 2014 Keynote Live Blog
We're live from NVIDIA's 2014 GPU Technology Conference. Jen-Hsun's keynote will begin at 9:00AM PT/12:00PM ET, check back here for live updates!
50 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/25/2014Best Video Cards: March 2014
We’re back once again with our regular guide to desktop video cards, this time for March of 2014. Since our last update in January 2014, we’ve seen some significant shifts...
53 by Ryan Smith on 3/24/2014Microsoft Announces DirectX 12: Low Level Graphics Programming Comes To DirectX
With GDC 2014 having drawn to a close, we have finally seen what is easily the most exciting piece of news for PC gamers. As previously teased by Microsoft...
105 by Ryan Smith on 3/24/2014GDC 2014: NVIDIA, AMD Announce New Game Dev Partnerships - Crytek, Epic, & More
With GDC 2014 taking place this week in San Francisco, there are a number of gaming related announcements occurring over the next couple of days. These announcements in turn...
13 by Ryan Smith on 3/19/2014AMD Teases Dual-GPU Video Card Once Again
Following last week’s dual-GPU teaser, AMD’s marketing department is back with another teaser for their forthcoming product. This time they’ve sent along a bottle of water and two cans of...
22 by Ryan Smith on 3/19/2014Khronos Announces WebCL 1.0, SYCL 1.2, and EGL 1.5 Specifications
Following Monday’s announcement of OpenGL ES 3.1, Khronos is back again with a slate of new standards announcements. Unlike Monday’s focus on OpenGL ES, the bulk of these announcements...
7 by Ryan Smith on 3/19/2014Imagination Announces PowerVR Wizard GPU Family: Rogue Learns Ray Tracing
Taking place this week in San Francisco is 2014 Game Developers Conference. Though not necessarily a hardware show, in years past we have seen gaming-related product announcements in both...
45 by Ryan Smith on 3/18/2014Evaluating AMD's TrueAudio and Mantle Technologies with Thief
Scheduled for release today is the 1.3/AMD patch for Thief, Square Enix’s recently released stealth action game. Following last month’s Battlefield 4 patch, Thief is the second big push...
75 by Ryan Smith on 3/18/2014Khronos Announces OpenGL ES 3.1
Coinciding with a mobile-heavy CES 2014, back in January Khronos put out a short announcement stating that they were nearing the release of a new version of OpenGL ES...
17 by Ryan Smith on 3/17/2014NVIDIA Announces Spring 2014 GeForce Game Bundles
Coinciding with this week’s launch of the GeForce 800M series, NVIDIA is back in the saddle with another set of bundles to help promote GeForce video card and laptop...
28 by Ryan Smith on 3/14/2014AMD Teases Forthcoming Dual-GPU Video Card
It looks like AMD is starting up another one of their tongue-in-cheek video card marketing campaigns, if the latest package to arrive on my doorstep is any indication. In an...
35 by Ryan Smith on 3/13/2014CeBIT 2014: Sapphire Shows Two R9 290X 8GB GDDR5 GPUs
Back when the 8800GT was launched, 512MB of video memory is all we needed. To have 2GB, 3GB or 4GB on a video card seemed like overkill. Fast forward...
26 by Ian Cutress on 3/13/2014NVIDIA Announces Legacy Support Plans For D3D10 Generation GPUs
All good things must come to an end, and for NVIDIA’s Direct3D 10 generation GPUs that end is just about here. NVIDIA has posted a document to their support...
33 by Ryan Smith on 3/12/2014NVIDIA’s GeForce 800M Lineup for Laptops and Battery Boost
Last month NVIDIA launched the first of many Maxwell parts to come with the desktop GTX 750 and GTX 750 Ti, which brought a new architecture to NVIDIA’s parts...
91 by Jarred Walton on 3/12/2014