Recent content by IdaGno

this must be newspeak for gets thrown under the bus

One big clue about how badly Nvidia lost is in the FTC settlement, under Section I. F., Other Definitions. It defines, "Compatible x86 Microprocessor" as, in part iii. as "that is substantially binary compatible with an Intel x86 Microprocessor WITHOUT using non-native execution such as...

thinking is hard! - Barbie

In case anyone missed it - John Carmack re Larrabee. http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=532

Morrowind - what's the deal w/that game engine? PC HW review sites don't use it as a reference game any more & I've always wondered how it scales, if at all, on late model HW & where the hang up is/was, CPU or GPU. My suspicion is that it's more CPU than GPU bound, but ya never know. As a...

I'm sorry, but debating console HW is like debating wooden vs aluminum crutches. It's all crippleware, no matter how ya slice it. :evil:

meanwhile... Monica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 18 March 2008] Nvidia reportedly was in talks with VIA Technologies about a possible acquisition, but no deal was made due to the high price named by VIA, according to sources at motherboard makers...

donwanna derail the thread, but...assuming you are correct re nVidia's long-term viability, or perhaps more correctly, lack thereof, & assuming further that they are not bought by Intel & that they are restrained from buying AMD - the x86 license issue - I wonder if nVidia might find a home for...

Yup. The last time I was ever a hardware fanboy. Made the Dukenuke'emforever thing seem substantial. Wiki has a pretty good Glaze3D article.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/12/21/chrysler-ceo-says-company_n_77829.html Will AMD ever be so forthcoming:?:

dead man walking - Hector Ruiz on CNBC's After The Bell July 17, 2007 http://moneycentral.msn.com/video/default.aspx