Introduction
The race on the marketing of high-end video cards has lately been well-led by NVIDIA. One of great achievements was the launch of GeForce 8800 series, the world’s first DirectX 10 compliant graphics cards, the GeForce 8800 GTX / GTS based on a new G80 GPU architecture. Time has passed and ATI hasn’t been able […]
When Toshiba officially threw in the towel in the high-definition format war, eyes turned to Microsoft to see what the software giant would do about the Xbox 360’s support of HD DVD. Some expected Microsoft to quickly change gears and back Blu-ray Disc, but no such plans are in place.
“Xbox is not currently in talks […]
Introduction
The Plasma Television screen is one of the most exciting consumer electronics and Home Theater products to debut in the past decade. Plasma Screens are literally changing the shape of television, from the familiar CRT-type TV that has been around for 50 years, to a sleek, nearly flat display that can hang on a wall.
Today […]
Without starting to produce the new generation GDDR4 memory chips, Qimonda, a maker of dynamic random access memory, initiated development of memory test systems for next-generation GDDR5 memory chips. The announcement emphasizes Qimonda’s intention to start manufacturing of GDDR5 as soon as possible. Qimonda AG said it is developing GDDR3 memory test systems with Advantest, […]
The main threat for the market of add-in graphics cards’ sales volumes remain chipsets with integrated graphics cores, however, they are also the main reason for relatively high average selling prices of add-in graphics boards, according to Jon Peddie Research market tracker.
Back in the fourth quarter of 2006, about 57.6 million of desktop graphics adapters […]