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We're here in sunny San Jose California for the return of an event that's been a long-time coming: NVIDIA's in-person GTC. The Spring 2024 event, NVIDIA's marquee event for the year, promises to be a big one for NVIDIA, as the company is due to deliver updates on its all-important datacenter accelerator products – the successor to the GH100 GPU and its Hopper architecture – along with NVIDIA's other professional/enterprise hardware, networking gear, and, of course, a slew of software stack updates. In the 5 years since NVIDIA was last able to hold a Spring GTC in person, a great deal has changed for the company. They're now the third biggest company in the world, thanks to explosive sales growth (and even further growth expectations...
The New iPad's iSight camera with 1080p HD Video Recording
The new iPad also features a 5MP rear facing iSight camera. It uses the same 5-element lens and hybrid IR filter from the iPhone 4S, the sensor is obviously...
3 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2012
Apple's A5X SoC: Quad-Core Graphics
Apple just confirmed the new iPad uses an Apple A5X SoC. Its main improvement? What Apple is calling quad-core graphics. Our guess? Dual-core Cortex A9 plus a PowerVR SGX543MP4...
15 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2012
Apple Announces the New iPad with 2048 x 1536 "Retina Display"
Apple just announced the new iPad with a "Retina Display". The screen size remains unchanged at 9.7-inches measured diagonally. The resolution is an expected 2048 x 1536, with 3.1...
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2012
Apple: We Shipped More iPads Last Quarter than Any PC Maker Shipped PCs
Here's an interesting chart Apple just threw up at its iPad event today. Apple shipped 15.4M iPads last quarter, more than any PC vendor was able to ship PCs...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2012
New 1080p Apple TV, Available March 16th for $99
Apple just announced pricing on the new 1080p Apple TV. Pre-orders start today, devices will be available starting March 16th for the same $99 price tag as the previous model
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2012
New Apple TV UI Demoed
Check out the gallery below for shots of the new UI that accompanies the new 1080p Apple TV. Previously purchased movies are synced to iCloud and are now accessible...
2 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2012
New Apple TV Now Supports 1080p
Apple just announced a new version of the Apple TV with 1080p decode support. The Apple TV OS gets a UI update and will presumably work with Apple's new...
1 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2012
Apple: iOS 5.1 Available Today, Japanese Siri Included
Apple just announced that the long awaited iOS 5.1 update will be available today. In it, Apple is enabling support for a Japanese version of Siri. More updates from...
2 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2012
Live at Apple's iPad Event
We are live and in the audience at Apple's iPad event today. Check back for updates and analysis of its announcements as they're made.
2 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/7/2012
Microsoft Demonstrates Windows to Go
Windows 8 supports installation to removable flash media via a feature called Windows to Go. Your apps, settings, and OS can all be installed to a USB stick and...
12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/29/2012
Microsoft Demos Windows 8 on 82-inch Touchscreen
Microsoft is talking a lot about the importance of touch input to the Windows 8 experience in everything from tablets to high-end desktops. To show just how far you...
23 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/29/2012
Microsoft Shows Windows 8 CP on Tegra 3, Krait, OMAP 5 & Clover Trail
Update: Despite Microsoft referring to the test platform as running on a next-generation OMAP processor, TI tells us that the Windows 8 tablet was running an OMAP 4470, not...
4 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/29/2012
The Windows 8 Copy Dialog Box
Microsoft revamped the Copy Dialog box in Windows 8. You now get useful visualizations of the progress and speed of your file copy. You can also pause/resume individual copies...
17 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/29/2012
Windows 8 Consumer Preview: The Four Corners
During Microsoft's Windows 8 Consumer Preview Event at MWC today, Microsoft demonstrated some of the new features in the CP release out today. While the Metro UI obviously lends...
60 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/29/2012
Intel Goes Higher & Lower End With Atom SoCs: Z2580 & Z2000 Announced at MWC
Intel had a few updates about its Android SoC strategy for us at MWC this week. The first is a spec revision. The Atom Z2460 we talked about in...
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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Revealed at MWC
The Galaxy Note, in 5.3" guise, has just hit the States after decent sales in Europe and Asia; and now we have a new member of the Note line...
10 by Jason Inofuentes on 2/27/2012
Samsung Fleshes Out Tab 2 Line and Unveils Galaxy Beam
We wondered what we could expect from the second iteration of the Galaxy Tab 10.1, both in specs and naming convention. To a certain degree, our fears were confirmed...
12 by Jason Inofuentes on 2/26/2012
Hands on With LG's Optimus 4X HD
We just spent some time with LG's Optimus 4X HD, one of the first NVIDIA Tegra 3 based smartphones. The device features a 4.7-inch IPS 1280 x 720 display...
5 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/26/2012
Intel at ISSCC '12: More Research into Near Threshold Voltage
At IDF last year Intel's Justin Rattner demonstrated a 32nm test chip based on Intel's original Pentium architecture that could operate near its threshold voltage. The power consumption of...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/20/2012
Intel Demonstrates dual-core Atom SoC with Integrated WiFi Transceiver
This week is the annual International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) where chip companies from all walks of life present papers documenting everything from shipping architectures to future research projects...
9 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/20/2012
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