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  Nvidia has expanded its GeForce range in the Indian market with the GTX 560 GPU, which is based on Nvidia’s Fermi architecture. The graphics card supports number of technologies like Nvidia PhysX, 3D Vision, SLI and Surround and sits well along its GTX 560 Ti sibling. Priced from Rs.12,399, the GPU comes with a [...]

  Nvidia just acknowledged the acquisition of England-based Icera who specializes in baseband and RF processors for smartphones and tablets. Nvidia already makes Tegra application processors but with the new acquisition, which cost Nvidia $367 million in cash, will help the company to double its revenue opportunity and also enable its OEM customers reduce the [...]

  Professionals looking for a proper graphics solution to deal with CAD/CAM applications can take a look at the new Nvidia Quadro 400 GPU. Priced at a modest Rs.10,140, the new professional GPU claims to be 5X faster than high-end gaming-centric graphic cards and has a 10X improvement while running CAD apps. Coming with 512MB [...]

  Nvidia has announced GeForce GTX 590 that is touted as the world’s fastest and quietest graphics card. The 11-inch GTX 590 is a dual slot card based on dual Fermi-class GPUs that packs in some serious power. The GPU is packed with 1024 Nvidia CUDA architecture cores and 3GB GDDR5 memory that helps to [...]

  Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti is now available in India that sits nicely under sub-10k price tag. Going for an exact 9,490, the GTX 550 Ti is Nvidia’s latest in the Fermi line that is designed to perform while consuming minimal power. When it comes to DirectX11, the 1GB GTX 550 Ti boasts world’s [...]

  If you’re concerned of getting a Sony Ericsson Android phone just to enjoy PlayStation games, Nvidia has confirmed that their Tegra-based Android devices will be able to do the same as well. Later this year, Tegra-based phones and tablet will get PlayStation Suite that will allow users to play original PlayStation games on their [...]

  It was almost clear when the first evidence of I9103 trickled onto the web but Nvidia has now confirmed that the Tegra 2 running Samsung phone is in fact Galaxy S II. Samsung originally announced the Galaxy S II at MWC with its own Exynos 4210 processor but will apparently launch the Tegra 2 [...]

  Don’t know what game will play well on your new Tegra device? Well, Nvidia has got you covered with their all new Tegra Zone app that can be downloaded from the Google Android Market. The app shows off the Tegra-optimized games along with the game screenshots and reviews but the purchase of those games [...]

  Galaxy S II’s unveiling at the Mobile World Congress confirmed that Samsung’s latest Android device will sport their in-house Exynos 4210 or Orion dual-core applications processor. However, a test upload on GLBenchmark’s database reveals a new Samsung device is under development running Tegra 2. The phone goes by the model number GT-I9103, which in [...]

  Tegra 2-powered devices may rule this year’s Mobile World Congress but the day isn’t far enough where this dual-core baby will be obsolete. At the MWC, Nvidia showcased its next-generation Tegra platform which is dubbed as Project Kal-El. The chip will be the world’s first quad-core mobile processor and was demonstrated in an Android [...]

  So Tegra 2 3D display is not the only thing Nvidia is preparing in the Tegra lineup. The leaked slide that shows the Tegra roadmap reveals Nvidia is developing Tegra 3. Tegra 3 will be a power horse that will bring smartphones and tablets close to PC performance with its quad-core Cortex A9 that [...]

  The rumored Tegra 3 might not happen at this year’s MWC as Nvidia has been caught with some other plan. In a leaked slide acquired by TechEye, Nvidia will apparently announce Tegra processors supporting 3D display. The processor will be based on the same dual-core Cortex A9 but will be overclocked to 1.2GHz and [...]

  Nvidia and TSMC have a reason to celebrate as the companies have managed to ship more than 1 billion GeForce graphics processors. Nvidia handles the design of GeForce chips whereas TSMC manufactures it. All it took for Nvidia is 12 years to achieve this milestone and according to Jen-Hsun, Nvidia CEO the complexity of [...]

  Looks like Intel and Nvidia have buried the hatchet to enter into a new multi-year cross licensing deal. Starting January 18, 2011 both the companies will enter into a comprehensive 6-year agreement that will allow both the companies to use each other’s’ patents and also resolve all the pending litigations and other disputes. To [...]

  Nvidia’s small partnership to bring GPU to the cars last year has taken a giant leap in 2011 as BMW and Tesla Motors have announced their association with Nvidia to integrate the Nvidia technology. Termed as the Ultimate Driving Machine the integration of Nvidia’s GPU will allow BMW’s iDrive to bring topnotch in-car navigation [...]