Category: Nvidia

Motorola Xoom Android 3.0/Honeycomb Tablet Impresses at CES 2011

Motorola Xoom Android 3.0/Honeycomb Tablet Impresses at CES 2011

So, on the last day of CES 2011, I finally made it over to the Motorola booth, as I just had to try out the new Motorola Xoom tablet powered by Google’s Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) which eventually topped the polls and was named the best gadget at CES 2011. It is indeed a crush-worthy device. The [...]

ARM: The Democratization of the CPU

ARM: The Democratization of the CPU

ARM is the democratization of the CPU outside the Wintel paradigm. ARM has become the CPU of choice for mobile devices, and as the demarcation between mobile and immobile gets further eroded by devices like the iPad and Chrome OS, the ARM architecture has become the most viable x86 killer that has ever existed.

Nvidia is Coming, Guns a Blazin’ – Fermi GPUs Almost Here

Nvidia is Coming, Guns a Blazin’ – Fermi GPUs Almost Here

As read on Twitter.   “Fun Fact of the Week: GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce GTX 470 will be the names of the first two GPUs shipped based on our new GF100 chip!” If you want to know more about the Fermi based Nvidia GPU cards coming out.  Gizmodo has a decent post.

Asus Ramps up for Nvidia ION 2 Releases

Asus Ramps up for Nvidia ION 2 Releases

Over at Engadget, there was a quick mention of the Nvidia ION 2 platform.  Asus Atom N450-based Eees are expected to drop to the mid $400 range once N27-/280 Netbooks are phased out.  A tablet swivel model (T101MT) may also release that could be based off of the ION 2 platform.  The Inquirer mentioned some rumors [...]