Nvidia's Tegra 3 mobile quad-core processor is finally official, and with it comes "PC-class performance levels," the chip maker claims. That's in addition to "better battery life and improved mobile experiences" for mobile devices like tablets and smartphones. And speaking of which, the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime is kicking off the launch as the world's first quad-core tablet with Tegra 3 inside.
Poor yields and other challenges associated with the 28nm manufacturing process have Nvidia's and AMD's add-in board (AIB) partners starting to voice concerns about next generation GPUs, specifically Kepler (Nvidia) and Southern Islands (AMD). Both chip designers are turning to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) to produce 28nm chips, and the lingering concern is that past issues may again present themselves.
Nvidia today made available its first set of WHQL-certified GeForce videocard drivers from the Release 285 family, version 285.62. This is the recommended driver for Battlefield 3, and the recommended and enhanced driver for Batman: Arkham City and Rage, Nvidia says. It also contains a fix for the driver timeouts some people reported when using the R285 beta drivers.
Nvidia’s founder and president Jen-Hsun Huang was on hand at this years AsiaD conference, and as usual, he put on quite the show. In addition to reconfirming the companies future plans for the Tegra platform, he offered up sage advice for Microsoft on 
The cool thing about stepping outside from time to time is that 3D visuals come naturally; no dorky glasses required. Inside the home sitting behind your PC is another story. Save for a select few glasses-free 3D displays, that third dimension requires donning a pair of spectacles, and with that being the case, Nvidia set out to add a bit of style (and function) to to its 3D Vision platform.
At what point does a laptop become a desktop replacement? Debate that question all you want, but no matter where you draw the line, it's safe to say AVADirect's new Clevo P180HM gaming notebook crosses right over it. The P180HM brings an 18.4-inch Full HD (1920x1080) LED backlit display to the fight, which itself is powered by two GeForce GTX 560M GPUs.
Nvidia recently shed some more light on its upcoming Tegra 3/Kal-El system-on-chip (SoC), revealing the presence of a fifth core in what was considered to be a quad-core chip until then. But unlike the Santa Clara-based graphics company, not everyone is focusing on squeezing in more and more processor cores into their mobile chips. Qualcomm, for one, has very different plans.
Rambus found itself on the hot seat when a judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Court drilled into the company for destroying documents that could have weakened its patent infringement case against Nvidia. Rambus admitted to shredding documents, but chalked it up to business as usual. Furthermore, an attorney for Rambus said they provided all the documents that were requested of them. That's when Judge Kathleen O'Malley, one of three presiding over the case, tore into Rambus.
Rage: more than a game, it’s the emotion that many gamers felt when they got their hands on iD’s long-awaited shooter. There have been a bunch of complaints leveled at the game – some of which iD claims is the fault of graphics drivers – but one thing bugging early adopters is the lack of graphics configuration options. iD left them out because Rage is supposed to automatically adjust detail levels to create the perfect blend of gameplay and “Oooh, pretty.” Unfortunately, many gamers say that’s buggered too, but Nvidia has posted a workaround to unlock those awesome, high-res visuals – and it should work for Radeon rockers, too.
Over the course of millions of years of evolution, the human race has come quite a long way. We've created mountains of sophisticated literature, skyscraping architecture, and the collected works of King Crimson. Sometimes, though, we can't help but slip into Old Ways. Which is all to say, “Ooooo, pretty picture!” That's pretty much how we felt looking at screenshots of id Software's megatexture masterwork RAGE. Sadly, the game in motion tells an entirely different story – at least, on PC.
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