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China Times: HTC wants to develop its own processors for low-end phones

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:18:36 -0500

Cell Phones, CPU, HTC, nVIDIA
Encroaching into the semiconductor business might not seem the most obvious move for a phone manufacturer that's trying to unify its efforts. Nevertheless, China Times reports that HTC has signed a "memorandum of cooperation" with ST-Ericsson to co-develop a new dedicated chip for low-end handsets coming...

NVIDIA adds games to Tegra 3 optimized list

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:06:46 -0600

Cell Phones, CPU, Tablets, nVIDIA
The gaming outlook on Android is looking pretty solid in the near future, especially on Tegra devices. NVIDIA has always been proactive about getting the support of developers, which even led to the creation of the Tegra Zone app to make it easier for users to find games which have been optimized for...

NVIDIA sees ARM supercomputer be more efficient than x86

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:17:11 -0600

CPU, nVIDIA
It'll be very interesting to see ARM development and implementation in the years to come.

EE Times reports NVIDIA is betting on ARM to be more efficient for supercomputers than x86: In a recent interview, Nvidia’s Sumit Gupta, director of Tesla marketing, said the only real advantage to...

Nvidia unveils 'Denver,' its first CPU for PCs

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:13:22 -0600

CPU, nVIDIA
Nvidia is developing new CPU cores based on the ARM architecture for PCs and servers that will be able to run Microsoft's upcoming Windows OS, the company said on Wednesday.