Three fabs are producing , expect to see in AIBs later this year Although a lot of people thought the highly parallel high bandwidth 3D memory (HBM) would be the logical heir to GDDR for graphics AIBs, its price and manufacturing costs outweigh its benefits in some cases. Therefore, to be as flexible as possible, the AIB builders need the … Read more
Giant 8k, a big rollable 4k, and calibrated HDR When it comes to displays, too much is not enough with regard to pixels and color depth. However, physical size may have a practical limit, maybe . . . As many of you know, for the Winter Olympics, and the country in general, Japan has skipped the 4k node and gone … Read more
Like a good audio system, an HDR monitor needs tuning. LG OLED UHD TVs will have automatic calibration capability with Portrait Displays' CalMAN software. At CES, LG gave private showings to demonstrate a new capability they will be offering with their UHD displays—a photometer calibration system. If you’ve bought a medium to high-end AV system you know they come with … Read more
Alternate facts or hidden value? Remember, the more you can see, the more you can do? Well when HD monitors rolled on the scene that axiom started to catch the imagination of users, and their managers (“gee, do MORE, for just the cost of a monitor, hell yeah”). The higher the K to dollar ration, the better the deal, monitor … Read more
At CES the major processor companies all claimed partnerships with car makers – the same car makers. Our friends at Intel, Nvidia, Qualcomm, and a few others are in the automotive market, and they have one thing in common—the same partners. If you can’t show at least a dozen car companies as your partners, then just go home, you’re not … Read more
The demarcation between 2017 and 2018 is nothing but an imaginative fabrication that doesn’t link, or sync up with any natural occurrence or historical event, and is merely a counting convenience. Julius Caesar’s calendar, established in AUC 708 (1 January 45 BC) is an arbitrary mess that we struggle with through with a mnemonic poem (30 days hath September,…). Think … Read more
The demarcation between 2017 and 2018 is nothing but an imaginative fabrication that doesn’t link, or sync up with any natural occurrence or historical event, and is merely a counting convenience. Julius Caesar’s calendar, established in AUC 708 (1 January 45 BC) is an arbitrary mess that we struggle with through with a mnemonic poem (30 days hath September,…). Think … Read more
Learning one size does not fit all In May 2017, Nvidia introduced its mega-chip Volta GPU on its Tesla V100 AIB. Volta, as you may know, has a dedicated neural processor in it which Nvidia calls Tensor Cores, 640 of them in fact. In 2016, Intel purchased, for $400 million, Nervana Systems who was developing both a GPU/software approach in … Read more
So maybe it’s not a huge thing, but when you’re asked to spend 8 hours listening to talks and watching PowerPoints, it’s kind of nice to have a comfortable chair to sit in.
ROI and the yellow-brick road Add-in boards for driving displays have been a major part of the PC since its introduction in 1981. Up until the advent of the integrated graphics chipset (IGP), introduced by SiS in 1997, every PC shipped had at least one graphics board. Even after the introduction of the IGP, PCs were shipped with graphics boards … Read more
Through relationships with Samsung and TSMC, Qualcomm keeps its naming conventions consistent. The Snapdragon SoC from Qualcomm made its debut in 2007, the first being apply named, S1. Incrementing to S4 by 2012, the company added some zeros and introduced the Snapdragon 200 in 2013. The expansive and extensible flagship 800 series was also introduced in 2013. Smaller versions … Read more
Qualcomm ships more GPU than almost everyone else combined In our annual quest to count every GPU in the world, and document developments, we reviewed the year’s shipment numbers, and we found Qualcomm is the big dog in the park. We estimate Qualcomm will ship over 815 million GPUs in 2017 (we’ll get the final count from everyone by mid-February … Read more
