Volkswagen, Bosch, and Nvidia team up to bring autonomous cars one step closer
The Volkswagen Group of America has teamed up with Bosch, Continental, Nvidia, and Aquantia to form the Networking for Autonomous Vehicles (NAV) Alliance. The partners are pooling their resources and expertise to help make autonomous cars a reality by improving the Ethernet network used to transfer data.
Nvidia hands out $3,000 Titan V graphics cards for free to A.I. researchers
During the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang randomly selected 20 from more than 500 attendees to receive a signed, limited-edition "CEO Edition" version of its $3,000 Titan X graphics card packing 32GB of memory.
Nvidia’s ‘infinite resolution’ patent could change gaming forever
In a patent filing released today, Nvidia describes a technology that could fundamentally alter the way your games look, feel, and perform. Nvidia calls it "infinite resolution," and it's effectively a clever way of using vector graphics to replace static textures in games.
Microsoft puts GitHub in its cart. Will it suffer same fate as Skype and Nokia?
Microsoft's big purchase overshadows Apple's WWDC event, we take a loving look at a brightly colored laptop line from yesteryear, and Nvidia channels George Jetson to pump up the robot revolution.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 11 Series’ arrival is uncertain after Computex remark
Two pieces of information indicate that the launch of Nvidia's GeForce GTX 11 Series may not happen until the back of 2018. CEO Jensen Huang said new cards may not appear for "a long time now" while the company has apparently pulled out of any GTX 11 Series talk during the Hot Chips show in August.
Nvidia could reboot its game bundle with ‘The Crew 2’ and GTX 1080s
Nvidia is set to start giving away free games with its graphics cards once again by offering the upcoming open-world racer, The Crew 2, to gamers looking to upgrade to its top-of-the-line 10-series graphics cards. New GTX 1080 and 1080 Ti purchases will come with a free copy of the upcoming game.
Nvidia’s mini supercomputer is the fastest single computer humanity has built
Nvidia built a new server platform known as HGX-2 that combines 16 Tesla V100 graphics cards in a single housing. What's extra clever though, is that it allows them all to work as a cohesive unit, making it more powerful than 300 CPU-driven servers when it comes to A.I. and high-level data processing.
Nvidia set to begin construction of 750,000-square-foot Voyager campus
Nvidia is set to expand its Santa Clara, California headquarters by starting construction on a 750,000-square-foot building called Voyager next month. Voyager shares a similar dramatic sculptural roof as the recently completed Endeavor, and both buildings will be home to more than 5,000 employees.
The latest Asus gaming monitor will be insanely expensive
Hot on the heels of Acer's $2,000 Predator X27 desktop monitor, a similar model manufactured by Asus for the same price will ship in June. Both are based on Nvidia's G-Sync HDR reference design focusing on high brightness levels, high contrast ratios, high refresh rates, and a wider color palate.
Razer claims ‘world’s smallest’ with its 2018-edition Blade 15 gaming laptop
Razer refreshed its Blade-branded laptop for 2018 with a six-core eighth-generation Intel Core i7 processor and a pair of Max-Q discrete graphics chips from Nvidia. You will find five configurations starting at $1,899. The company also released a new external graphics card enclosure, the Razer Core X.
Nvidia may release the GTX 1180 Founders Edition in July
Nvidia may debut its next-generation GTX 1180 and 1170 graphics cards in July. The new rumors suggest that just as with the past two generations, Nvidia will begin its roll out of new graphics cards with the Founders Editions, with third-party alternatives expected to arrive in the months that follow.
Nvidia saw a revenue spike from sales of graphics cards to crypto miners
Nvidia made hundreds of millions of dollars selling graphics cards to cryptocurrency miners in the last quarter alone. This would seem to counter previous claims made by the company that miners were one of its smallest sales segments and that it was putting gamers first when it came to stock and pricing.
Lenovo’s new IdeaPad laptops tickle your gaming fancy without breaking the bank
Lenovo refreshed its IdeaPad laptop family with three new units: The 330, the 330S, and the 530S. They're based on Intel CPUs and discrete Nvidia GeForce graphics on some units. Lenovo is aiming to provide high performance for a low cost to meet the needs of customers on a budget, starting at $249.
Nvidia graphics cards may be back in stock, but they’re disappearing quick
Nvidia refreshed its batch of GeForce GTX 10 Series Founders Edition graphics cards, but they're quickly selling out as expected. As of this publication, customers already depleted Nvidia's supply of GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, GTX 1070 Ti, and GTX 1060 graphics cards. The other two will likely be gone soon.
Amid heated controversy, Nvidia shuts GeForce Partner Program
Nvidia said on Friday that after just two months, the company is shutting down its GeForce Partner Program due to mistruths, conjecture, and rumors. The program was launched to bring transparency to gamers shopping for a new desktop or laptop, but unnamed sources came forth to paint a different picture.
AMD, Nvidia graphics could double in performance with new ‘stacked’ tech
TSMC revealed a new technology called wafer-on-wafer that crams two processor wafers together like a silicon-based cookie. This method could double the performance of AMD and Nvidia graphics cards, stacking two chips on a single card, at the very least. The resulting product could be a gaming beast.
AMD preps 7nm chips in wake of Intel Cannon Lake delays
AMD plans to launch its 7nm Zen 2 CPUs in 2019 and is already sampling the new line of die-shrunk hardware ahead of its planned debut. If those dates hold fast, it would give the red team a big advantage over Intel, as that chip giant is only expecting to launch its 10nm Cannon Lake CPUs in early 2019.
Who’s to blame for the GPU pricing crisis? Everyone
Whether you're been looking for a reasonably priced GTX 1070 or hoped to find an AMD Vega card for sale, you've probably been stumped for much of the last year. You're not alone. Graphics cards have been outrageously expensive for a long time. As it turns out, there’s plenty of blame to go around.
Using this A.I.-based healing brush, repairing an image is no biggie
Have an old, damaged portrait with a tear right over the eye, or a recent digital shot with annoying powerlines in the background? Researchers at Nvidia recently developed a tool for repairing an image using A.I. to fill in those missing pixels, a tool that could be a serious boost in some types of edits.
AMD indirectly blasts Nvidia’s GeForce Partners Program in open letter
After allegations surfaced on Nvidia's anti-competitive and restrictive GeForce Partners Program, AMD penned an open letter blasting its rivals. AMD highlighted freedom as part of its philosophy, stating that freedom of choice is a staple of PC gaming, and that freedom will also extend to AMD's partners.
HP’s mainstream Pavilion PCs refreshed with latest AMD Ryzen, Intel Core CPUs
HP refreshed its entire family of Pavilion-branded devices spanning its 2-in-1s, laptops, and tower desktops. The devices now support new eighth-generation Intel Core and second-generation AMD Ryzen processors, depending on the model. You'll also find plenty of discrete graphics options, too.
Recent data suggests that GPU supply might be stabilizing and prices falling
The price of midrange graphics cards like the RX 580 and GTX 1070 have exploded following a renewed interest in cryptocurrency mining. Nvidia is not happy with this new trend and has requested retailers take action to curb it.
Origin PC’s latest notebook packs Intel’s Core i7-8750H CPU, Nvidia Max-Q GPU
Origin PC introduced two new laptops: the EVO15-S and the NT-15. Both rely on Intel's just-revealed Core i7-8750H CPU and Nvidia "Max-Q" GPUs.
How Nvidia is helping autonomous cars simulate their way to safety
Better computer-generated graphics is helping self-driving cars learn to maneuver life-like roads under simulated conditions.
Nvidia CEO: cryptocurrency mining “is not our business”
NVIDIA’s GPU is the single largest distributed supercomputer in the world, which is why it’s so popular with the Ethereum blockchain.
Nvidia’s next gaming cards could be the GTX 11 Series, pack GDDR6 memory
The latest rumor surrounding Nvidia's upcoming graphics cards for gamers is that they will be the GTX 11 Series, not the GTX 20 Series.
When diagnosis time means life or death, NVIDIA’s advanced AI can save lives
By leveraging GPUs, doctors can use machine learning and artificial intelligence to speed up disease diagnosis and create better scans of the human body.
Nvidia’s GTC keynote was big on business, but ignored gamers and miners
Both gamers and miners have been anxiously awaiting Nvidia's announcement of the next generation of GPUs. But at the company's keynote at GTC today, they chose to ignore the situation entirely.
Nvidia hits the brakes on public autonomous tests after fatal Uber crash
Nvidia put a halt on testing autonomous vehicle technology on public roads after Uber's deadly incident in Arizona.
Nvidia shows off the world’s largest GPU at its GTC conference
Nvidia's Graphics Technology Conference keynote just wrapped, and the two hour plus talk covered a lot of interesting topics -- if you're a graphical engineer.
Here’s how you can watch Nvidia’s GTC 2018 keynote kicking off at 9 a.m. today
Want to watch Nvidia's keynote at GTC 2018? We have the link to the stream plus a little speculation about what the company will reveal.
Nvidia ‘confident’ monitors using its G-Sync HDR tech will arrive in April
Nvidia confirmed that it's "confident" desktop displays based on its G-Sync HDR reference design will arrive by the end of April.
Microsoft and Nvidia are using ray tracing to make graphics more realistic
PC graphics are getting a real shot in the arm as Microsoft and Nvidia are introducing ray tracing technology, which has long made CGI more realistic.
Leak shows cryptocurrency mining card with surprising Nvidia chip
A recent leak shows that Inno3D is gearing up to launch a graphics card dedicated to cryptocurrency mining that's based on the GTX 1080 Ti.