GPUs
SK hynix and TSMC announced early on Friday that they had signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on developing the next-generation HBM4 memory and advanced packaging technology. The initiative is designed to speed up the adoption of HBM4 memory and solidify SK hynix's and TSMC's leading positions in high-bandwidth memory and advanced processor applications. The primary focus of SK hynix's and TSMC's initial efforts will be to enhance the performance of the HBM4 stack's base die, which (if we put it very simply) acts like an ultra-wide interface between memory devices and host processors. With HBM4, SK hynix plans to use one of TSMC's advanced logic process technologies to build base dies to pack additional features and I/O pins within the confines of existing...
More Mainstream DX10: AMD's 2400 and 2600 Series
Following a little more than a month after the launch of R600, AMD's budget and mainstream DX10 hardware is hitting the streets.
96 by Derek Wilson on 6/28/2007AMD's UVD Debacle
Recently AMD has stated that UVD is not included in HD 2900. Here is our take on the situation.
53 by Derek Wilson on 6/4/2007ATI HD 2900XT CrossFire: Intel 975X versus Intel P35
Does the new kid on the block have what it takes to knock off the champ? We find out in our performance preview of AMD CrossFire on the P35 chipset.
29 by Gary Key on 5/16/2007ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT: Calling a Spade a Spade
Months after NVIDIA released its DX10 hardware, ATI finally has a chance to respond.
86 by Derek Wilson on 5/14/2007NVIDIA GeForce 8M: DirectX 10 Goes Mobile
Today is a relatively big day for the notebook sector, with Intel launching the Santa Rosa platform and NVIDIA creating the first DirectX 10 mobile graphics solutions. Here we...
18 by Jarred Walton on 5/9/2007New Ultra High End Price Point With GeForce 8800 Ultra
With top to bottom G8x parts, NVIDIA comes back to top itself, launching the new fastest chip around. Is it worth the price?
68 by Derek Wilson on 5/2/2007NVIDIA GeForce 8600: Full H.264 Decode Acceleration
NVIDIA brings full H.264 decode acceleration to mainstream PCs anywhere, we find out exactly how good it is.
64 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/27/20078600 GT/GTS Follow-up Performance
We have more performance tests results for the new NVIDIA 8600 GT/GTS series, as well as further analysis of its price/performance.
41 by Derek Wilson on 4/24/2007DX10 for the Masses: NVIDIA 8600 and 8500 Series Launch
NVIDIA rounds out it's 8 Series lineup with top to bottom DX10 hardware now available. The first to hit the selves is the 8600 GTS.
60 by Derek Wilson on 4/17/2007ATI TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner: AMD and Dell Bring CableCARD to PCs
We bring you a preview of the first CableCARD solution for Vista PCs. Has Vista Media Center finally caught up to set top boxes thanks to OCUR?
29 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/3/2007GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB Roundup
We are finishing out our retail roundups of GeForce 8800 hardware with a look at the 320MB GTS parts from different vendors.
24 by Derek Wilson on 3/27/2007The Future of Anti-Aliasing Settings in Question: NVIDIA Discussion
Times are changing and the fate of AA settings in NVIDIA's driver is at stake. Find out what the problem is, what's being considered and what you can...
50 by Derek Wilson on 3/15/2007Factory Overclocked 8800 Roundup
We pit multiple factory overclocked 8800 cards against each other to find out which offer the most value.
20 by Derek Wilson on 3/12/2007Performance Scaling with OCZ's 8800 GTX
OCZ has decided to augment its memory, cooling and power supply business with a high end graphics product. Today we test OCZ's graphics hardware and dive deeper into 8800...
12 by Derek Wilson on 2/16/2007Power Within Reach: NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB
NVIDIA has launched a cheaper G80 based 8800 GTS with half the RAM of the original. We explore the performance and memory size impact.
55 by Derek Wilson on 2/12/2007Coming Soon to HD DVD: Silicon Optix HD HQV
Silicon Optix has provided us with an early version of their HD HQV test. We test AMD and NVIDIA hardware to get an idea of HD image quality on...
27 by Derek Wilson on 2/8/2007HD-DVD Playback - On the Xbox 360 & on NVIDIA GPUs
As a follow up to our recent articles on HD media playback, we will now take a look at a couple HD-DVD movies using the Xbox 360 player.
51 by Derek Wilson & Manveer Wasson on 12/15/2006HD Video Playback: H.264 Blu-ray on the PC
We now have Blu-ray titles that make use of H.264 encoding in order to put our hardware to the test.
86 by Derek Wilson on 12/11/2006Splinter Cell: Double Agent: A Performance Analysis
The newest addition to the Splinter Cell series has recently been released for the PC. We'll take a look at the game and see how it runs on several...
28 by Josh Venning on 12/8/2006NVIDIA and ATI HDCP Compatible Graphics Cards Roundup
Today we have a hefty roundup of NVIDIA and ATI cards which all have HDCP capability. We'll talk about HDCP and what it's going to mean for you, as...
48 by Josh Venning on 11/16/2006