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In Prosperous Periods Promote Tactically, In Down Times Promote Strategically

The sudden realization that the emperor had no clothes and magnitude of the financial crisis is only now being fully addressed.. But, economists are unanimous that regardless of what governments do, it will take time, ...

Seeing double at IBC

Two sides of the same coin: Jon Peddie Research reports ups and downs in the market for graphics AIB

TIBURON, CA – August 29, 2008 — Graphics industry observers and participants may have been a bit more anxious than usual to learn how the second quarter of 2008 fared. With economic conditions worrisome, and ...

Nvidia paints the town green

The fountains flowed a toxic green that puts all those terrible green beer St. Patrick’s hangovers in perspective. You were never that sick. But the point was made. San Jose, at least for these three ...

Larry’s Bee – Part Two

Last week I posed a postulate that Intel could justify the investment in Larrabee (Larry’s Bee) on the basis of obtaining some level of parity with the incumbents, mainly ATI and Nvidia. And in my ...

Why not Larrabee?

Anyone not stuck in outer space or maximum security knows Intel is going to introduce a new chip code named Larrabee. At Siggraph they are going to reveal, after almost two years of teases and ...

First Person Second

Here’s an interesting chart Jon found which tracks the use of the term “Doom clone” versus “First Person Shooter” (FPS) It’s fascinating how the term FPS stuck, I mean Mist is an FPE (first person ...

Overall GPU Market dropped 0.5% from Q1’2008

Smallest drop in Q2 shipments in eight years - where's the market slowdown?

Paranoid protectionists Prima Donnas of the press plead for protection

We recently sent out about a zillion invites to the press to invite them to our luncheon in LA during Siggraph. Aside from finding out who’s not working (out of the office till…) and who’s ...

iPhone breaks Moore’s law

My new phone cost more than my PC or TV I’m getting ready to buy the iPhone. I mean buy it, not lease it from AT&T. I’ve been saving my allowance, and taking bottles and ...

Missed the Boat

The loudest complainers about PC Gaming seem to have one thing in common – a failed strategy in this market.

Attempted rapprochement

Rumor has it there was an attempt at rapprochement. Long annoyed with The Inquirer’s loose cannon Charlie Demerjian, Nvidia has been shunning him and took him off the invitee list of most events. Water to ...