NVIDIA Tegra Note
NVIDIA enters the tablet space with the NVIDIA Tegra Note. The best part of this is that NVIDIA will be managing the system updates. Likely means that users with NVIDIA mobile products end up with up...
View ArticleMobile Input to Display Latency
This Venturebeat Article posts measured numbers from Agawi. The iPhone 5 at 55ms and best Android device they measure at 114ms.
View ArticleSteamOS
SteamOSFirst of three is live. Looks like Valve is making their own Linux distro which comes with a Steam client built in. If Steam can stand on it's own merits: Valve will provide users with root by...
View ArticleNVIDIA Posts DCB Hardware Spec
Looks like NVIDIA is starting to open up some hardware docs starting with the DCB spec: ftp://download.nvidia.com/open-gpu-doc/DCB/1/DCB-4.0-Specification.html.
View ArticleAMD GPU 14 Product Showcase Livestream
Looks like this goes live at 3pm eastern timezone.
View ArticleTodays News: Steam Machine and AMD's GPU14 Event
Steam MachineNo news, they will have 300 users on prototype hardware, but no disclosure of what that hardware is.AMD's GPU14 Event4K DisplaysA 5 Gflop GPU driving a 4K display is only 67% of the...
View ArticleEstimating Good Single GPU 4K Perf/Pixel Window: 2014 to 2015
Qualifing my "4K is for SLI for now" comment.Roughly 7.4 Gflops are necessary at 4K to match the PS4's perf/pixel at 1080p. Process scaling looks good for a while longer (even if cost/area increases),...
View ArticleWhere is the Real Steam Machine?
The PISTON Console from Xi3 certainly is NOT it, that box doesn't pass the sniff test. From Xi3's press release: $1000 and 384 graphics cores. Lets run the numbers (PS4 cores from wikipedia),Xi3: $1000...
View ArticleAMD Released Hardware Docs
AMD has released the hardware docs for GCN (GPU registers, command buffer commands, ISA, etc). Docs are up at www.x.org/docs/AMD.
View ArticleSteam Machines - Prototype Details
Steam Machines - Prototype Details"The 300 prototype units will ship with the following components: GPU: some units with NVidia Titan, some GTX780, some GTX760, and some GTX660CPU: some boxes with...
View ArticleSteam Developer Days
Steam Developer Days : 2014 Jan 15-16 "Steam Dev Days is a two-day game developer’s conference where professionals can meet in a relaxed, off the record environment. Developers will share their design...
View ArticleiPad Air
Anandtech : The iPad Air ReviewInteresting read. Same chip in iPhone 5s and iPad Air, similar throughput. Except the Air has over 4x the pixels, so for surface shading at native resolution, the Air is...
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