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A new issue of JPR’s TechWatch is now available

In this weeks issue of TechWatch we have an in-depth review of Intel’s new 22 NM 3-D Tri-Gate process, a look at the HPU/APU impact on the future of graphics, Kathleen Maher discusses Corel’s new ...

Nvidia releases new Tesla M2090 GPU

Equipped with 512 CUDA parallel processing cores, the new Tesla delivers 665 GigaFLOPS of peak double-precision performance and 178 GB/sec memory bandwidth. Systems with M2090 will be available imminently from OEMs. HP has introduced the ...

JPR releases new Graphics Add-In Board report for Q1 2011

Graphics Add-in Board shipments increased a modest 0.2% from last quarter. Overall shipments of graphics AIBs for the quarter came in slightly above the last quarter at 19.03 million units compared to 18.84 million for ...

The Endeavor took flight this morning in the 2nd to last mission for the program

The Endeavor is set to deliver an Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer to the International Space Station during its 16 day mission in space. The space shuttle program which first took flight on April 12, 1981 has ...

New Z68 Express Sandy Bridge Chipset released by Intel

The Z68 chipset offers new overclocking and caching features for PC enthusiasts who want more control over Sandy Bridge based systems. The 20GB Intel SSD 311 is optimized for the new Intel Smart Response Technology ...

Siemens PLM riding high

Siemens PLM is rebooting after its acquisition in 2007 and an industry-wide recession that gave everyone a chance to rethink the way they build products and go to market. Siemens PLM, with the old guard ...

Graphics Add-in Board Shipments – Increase Modest 0.2% from Last Quarter

Helped by double attach and GPU-compute

Microsoft to pay out $8.5 Billion for Skype

In the largest deal in the history of Microsoft the software company swoops in to acquire Skype. Skype the leader in IP voice calling and video conferencing was being wooed by both Google and Facebook ...

Getting vertical – what Nvidia’s acquisition of Icera means

Nvidia announced the acquisition of UK-based maker of baseband chips for 3G and 4G handsets, Icrea for $367 million in cash. This is a really big deal – not for the purchase price but for ...

Nvidia aquires modem maker Icera

Nvidia buys Icera for $367 Million; Icera based in Bristol, England, produces baseband processor for 3G and 4G cellular phones and tablets and well as a host of patents. Will this put Nvidia in direct ...

Its the first week of May, and a New Version of JPR’s TechWatch is now available

Featured in this weeks TechWatch read about “The tablets of the season”, a report from the LA Game Industry Conference, what is going on at Pixelogic and a look at the financial reports of Apple, ...

Surprising Q1 Results, Graphics Shipments Up 10.3% While PC Shipments Down 5%

JPR found that GPU shipments during the first quarter of 2011 behaved according to past years with regard to seasonality, and was nominal on a year-to-year comparison for the quarter. Please read more on the ...