NVIDIA shows signs ... [2008 - 2017]

[trinibwoy]

http://www.slashgear.com/tegra-2-serious-issues-delaying-notion-ink-icd-compal-tablets-0179993/

Bad news if you’ve been avoiding iPad hype and holding out for a tablet based on NVIDIA’s second-gen Tegra chipset. We’ve just heard from a trusted source that all projects based on the new Tegra chip have been delayed, and that none are expected to arrive on the market before late August 2010. The issue – which is said to include a combination of hardware and software technical problems, as well as stability and Flash availability...

Unsurprisingly Nvidia claims everything is "on track".

 

[Tahir2]

That is very bad news, NVIDIA were relying on Tegra2 for some big business.

I hope it is not another case of counting of premature product announcements from NVIDIA. Already had to deal with that with Fermi - don't think the consumers are that picky and NVIDIA can still do fairly well with GTX 480 in the long term, but OEM's relying on Tegra2 to launch their products (and millions staked on it) are not going to be so forgiving.

 

[neliz]

Watch this Stanford video (yeah, this is 7 years old) but what changed over the years?

 

[Squilliam]

Watch this Stanford video (yeah, this is 7 years old) but what changed over the years?

Wasn't this just before the Geforce FX line released?

 

[swaaye]

The FX series may have been ugly compared to its competition, but it outsold it anyway. And they cranked out NV35 and NV40 quite quickly and pulled ahead from ATI clearly in featureset and often in performance.

 

[Silent_Buddha]

The FX series may have been ugly compared to its competition, but it outsold it anyway. And they cranked out NV35 and NV40 quite quickly and pulled ahead from ATI clearly in featureset and often in performance.

Nvidia had huge consumer and fan support at the time. 3dfx had recently died and ATI was still untrusted by many despite R9700 pro doing well in reviews. Even the dustbuster fan wasn't as much a killer as it would be today considering many enthusiasts were still using loud Delta 60 mm fans for cooling. Backlash to loud cases and loud video cards was only just starting. Throw in Carmack continuing to endorse the 5800 FX over the R9700 pro and it was bound to still sell well.

Regards,
SB

 

[swaaye]

ATI's OpenGL was a wreck in 9700 days. It took a few more years to get that up to par and it was an issue back then when Doom3 engine was somewhat popular.

 

[Lightman]

Yes, I remember at some point (Cat 5.x or 6.x) ATI completely abandoned older OpenGL code base and went with from scratch implementation. That's when I've started to appreciate OpenGL on ATi.

 

[Sontin]

New Macbook pros with new nVdia GPUs and the latest IGP(!): http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/

 

[Kaotik]

New Macbook pros with new nVdia GPUs and the latest IGP(!): http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/

You need to read more carefully, all of them have Intel HD gfx, and in addition nV GT2xx-gen GPUs (excluding the smallest, Core2 based which has only GT2xx-gen GPU, no Intel's integrated)

 

[Sontin]

You need to read more carefully, all of them have Intel HD gfx, and in addition nV GT2xx-gen GPUs (excluding the smallest, Core2 based which has only GT2xx-gen GPU, no Intel's integrated)

No, the 13" pro has a IGP from nVidia and it's not the 9400m:

More powerful NVIDIA graphics.

The 13-inch MacBook Pro features the new NVIDIA GeForce 320M integrated graphics processor with 48 processing cores — three times as many as before. The result? The fastest integrated graphics on the market and a performance boost of up to 80 percent over the previous generation.3 That makes a huge difference when you’re using 3D games and graphics-intensive applications. And when you’re not, you’ll benefit from a new energy-efficient architecture that uses up to 40 percent less power for everyday tasks like writing email and surfing the web. It’s so efficient, in fact, that you can now get up to 10 hours of battery life on a single charge.4

 

[trinibwoy]

http://www.appleinsider.com/article...ially_for_apples_new_13_inch_macbook_pro.html

An Nvidia spokesperson told AppleInsider Tuesday that the new 320M was made especially for Apple, and is the successor to the GeForce 9400M, introduced in 2008. The 320M is an integrated graphics chipset for notebooks based on Intel's Core 2 Duo line of processors.

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/performance.html

The 13-inch MacBook Pro features the new NVIDIA GeForce 320M integrated graphics processor with 48 processing cores

Where the hell did that come from? I guess when Apple is involved secrets are kept.

No, the 13" pro has a IGP from nVidia and it's not the 9400m:

Yeah that's what he's saying. That the only one using the IGP is the 13" C2D model (for obvious reasons).

 

[pcchen]

That's technically not an IGP because it's not with the chipset (or more correctly, it connected to the CPU's PCI express rather than DMI).

 

[Sontin]

That's technically not an IGP because it's not with the chipset (or more correctly, it connected to the CPU's PCI express rather than DMI).

It should be nVidia's MCP89 - their last chipset. It's in production.

 

[trinibwoy]

That's technically not an IGP because it's not with the chipset (or more correctly, it connected to the CPU's PCI express rather than DMI).

What do you mean? It's a C2D with a FSB just as always. No DMI or PCIe involved.

 

[pcchen]

What do you mean? It's a C2D with a FSB just as always. No DMI or PCIe involved.

I was replying to Sontin's comment about Macbook Pro. They all use Core i5 or i7 (except the 13" ones, which Kaotik already mentioned)

 

[trinibwoy]

I was replying to Sontin's comment about Macbook Pro. They all use Core i5 or i7.

Oh but they don't. The 13" model uses a C2D.

The new 13-inch MacBook Pro features advanced NVIDIA integrated graphics technology along with Intel Core 2 Duo processors that are faster than ever before.

[edit] bah, ninja edit! but yes we're all saying the same thing.

 

[neliz]

It should be nVidia's MCP89 - their last chipset. It's in production.

How old is that? wasn't that supposed to debut in Q1 2009?

 

[pcchen]

How old is that? wasn't that supposed to debut in Q1 2009?

They are for Q1 2010. When they were sort of "announced" there were three different devices, including one for Lynnfield and Bloomfield, another one for Core 2, and another one for mobile oriented design. However, the Core i5/i7 device is apparently canceled because Intel refused to license DMI and QPI to NVIDIA.

 

[XMAN26]

They are for Q1 2010. When they were sort of "announced" there were three different devices, including one for Lynnfield and Bloomfield, another one for Core 2, and another one for mobile oriented design. However, the Core i5/i7 device is apparently canceled because Intel refused to license DMI and QPI to NVIDIA.

So that court case was settled? Who won it as last I knew they were in court over that.