Tag archive: Nvidia

Customers in North America can now pre-order the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet, the first-ever tablet to come loaded with the Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor. In the US, pre-orders are available from Best Buy, B&H, GameStop, and Tiger Direct. For Canadian customers, Future Shop and NCIX are accepting pre-orders. The Transformer Prime tablet ships with Google's Android 3.2 Honeycomb, but can be upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice… Read More

Yesterday, we got a good look at the new Asus Transformer Prime, which will be the first tablet to implement the new Tegra 3 processor. A sequel to the massively successful Tegra 2, which powers almost every tablet and a lot of phones, the Tegra 3 can actually support two dual-core processors, effectively making it a quad-core processor.  Well, kind of. It actually has a fifth low-power core in there too, meaning it's actually a… Read More

Just when you thought it was safe to buy a dual-core Android phone, rumors of an upcoming quad-core phone surface. Pocketnow has some information about a yet unannounced HTC device that is rumored to be powered by an Nvidia quad-core processor. The Tegra 3 powered phone is being called the HTC Edge, and as of right now is expected to be released in the first half of 2012. Besides the four 1.5GHz cores under the hood, the Edge has some pretty… Read More

Announced earlier today, Nvidia revealed the second generation of its 3D Vision wireless glasses kit. Compared to the previous model, the 3D Vision 2 glasses have 20 percent large lenses allowing for a wider viewing area. In addition, the new version of the glasses offer a higher color fidelity due to a more efficient design when it comes to blocking out external light. The previous version was designed from hard, black plastic that would dig… Read More

Intel chips are the brains of most desktop and laptop computers, but the company has not yet been able to produce a successful processor for the mobile phone or tablet market. Today, Intel announced that an Android phone powered by an Intel chip will be on the market in early 2012, and all future builds of Android will be optimized for Intel silicon. Android will be designed from the kernel up to optimize performance on Intel chips. The official… Read More

If this rumor isn't true, we'd like Microsoft to file it under “to do.” Speaking with reporters, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said that he believes Windows Phone 7 apps will be able to run on Windows 8, Microsoft's upcoming PC and tablet operating system. The prediction came with a host of other statements by the outspoken CEO, according to CNET.  The fact that Microsoft hasn't yet announced this capability, if… Read More

Billing it as the “world's first true gaming laptop”—a claim some might refute—boutique PC maker Razer has taken the wraps off the Razer Blade, sporting a fast second-generation Intel Core i7 processor, Nvidia GeForce graphics, a high-res 17-inch display, and a full aluminum chassis that lends the rig surprising portability—especially compared to most gaming notebooks on the market. Many high-performance notebooks come in over… Read More

Samsung and Nvidia have announced they're extending their technology partnership from tablets to smartphones, today announcing the Galaxy R smartphone, a new entry in Samsung's well-regarded Galaxy line that will sports a 4.19-inch display, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and the same dual-core Nvidia Tegra processor that powers Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1. The addition of the Tegra chip should make the Galaxy R smartphone plenty fast… Read More

Toshiba is upping the ante in entertainment notebooks, announcing its new Qosmio F755 3D notebook sports auto-stereoscopic display technology that enables users to experience 3D content without those awkward, bulky 3D glasses. Moreover, users will be able to display 3D and 2D content at the same time on the same display. “The Qosmio F755 3D laptop is not just a breakthrough in mobile entertainment, but a great example of… Read More

One of the ironies of computing is that while consumers and everyday business users see the costs of new systems constantly coming down, gamers are always at the painful end of the hardware equation. They want—nay, need—great designs and top-performing components, but that has always meant spending a bunch of money. And if you're a gamer on a budget—let's say a student—those choices get even more difficult.… Read More

Making good on reports earlier this month, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba plans to launch its own smartphone operating system at an event in Beijing next week, with decided going on sale in August. Apparently dubbed the “Ali-phone,” the device will apparently sport an Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core processor and will feature a home-grown Alibaba smartphone operating system with integrated access to some of Alibaba's most popular… Read More

As of this week, we know that Amazon is tentatively set to launch its tablet in October. That along with a few other details are all we know about the device, which makes us wary seeing as it’s already being heralded as the most able tablet to take on the iPad. Before we cast our hopes on an Amazon tablet to deliver a little variety to the tablet market, it’s best we review what we do and don’t know about the coming device. How many? Almost as… Read More

Chipmaker AMD has been riding a wave of success against rival Nvidia recently, with its Radeon graphics systems enjoying solid performance advantages over Nvidia offerings at similar price points. Now, AMD is lashing out in the mobile graphics arena, countering Nvidia's recently-announced GeForce GTX 580M mobile graphics chip with its own AMD Radeon HD 6990M mobile graphics controller. And the company holds no punches, touting the system… Read More

Computer maker Acer has been pumping out the new systems lately, with new desktops and TimelineX notebooks debuting in just the last week. Now Acer is looking to prove it can cater to the high end of the notebook market too, announcing the latest members of its Aspire Ethos notebook line will be available this week in the U.S. and Canada. The systems sport either a 15.6- or 18.4-inch display, Intel Core i7 processors, and a removable touchpad… Read More

Hewlett-Packard isn't the only computer maker rolling out new systems today: Toshiba is also smartly out of the gates with no fewer than eleven new systems of its own, ranging from entry-level and mid-range models in its Satellite line to high-end big-screened monsters at the high end designed to appeal to high-def and 3D entertainment fans. Many of the new Satellite systems are available with a choice of either second-generation Intel… Read More