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Monthly Archives: March 2012

Thomas Ryan
Mar 19, 2012
7

Kepler or Not

It’s the S|A Weekly Roundup!

Last week was a busy one, rumors are pouring out from almost every forum about Nvidia’s apparently soon to launch Kepler architecture.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 19, 2012
79

Samsung Exynos 5 GPU specs captured

Common Platform 2012: And the dev board too……

Running around at Common Platform, we happened to notice a little slide on Samsung’s Exynos 5 series specs.
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Thomas Ryan
Mar 14, 2012
1

The State of DirectX 11 Gaming

We’ve come a long way since late 2009…

Since the first mass production DirectX 11 GPU was introduced with ATI’s HD 5870 back in the latter half of 2009 many things have changed.
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Apple Inc.
Charlie Demerjian
Mar 13, 2012
4

Apple drops Nvidia Kepler from large numbers of laptops

28nm going well my a**, just like we said

If you recall our last story about Intel and the Ivy Bridge non-delay, we mentioned that it happened due to a large customer order.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 13, 2012
1

Intel’s non-delay of Ivy Bridge explained

Minor change, huge implications one step out

If you haven’t been paying attention, there was a recent flap about Intel delaying Ivy Bridge chips by a quarter.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 12, 2012
36

Why did TSMC stop 28nm production?

No clear answer, but lots of speculation

There has been a lot of misunderstanding about the TSMC shutdown news from last week, so lets look at it a little more closely.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 8, 2012
48

RIM has the most innovative gaming peripheral at GDC

GDC 2012: Simple little app turns a Blackberry into a gaming device

What is the best gaming peripheral we have seen at GDC?
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 8, 2012
54

The SemiAccurate guide to Nvidia Kepler/GK104/GTX680 launch activities

Three dates, two launches, one paper

Nvidia has a busy schedule for Kepler at GDC, and we thought you might want to know about it.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 7, 2012
19

Kongregate talks about making money from online games

GDC 2012: Three simple rules for catching whales

At GDC, Kongregate, the online games portal, gave a fascinating talk on monetizing game content.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 7, 2012
166

TSMC suddenly halts 28nm production

No, we are not kidding, complete stop

Sit down before you read this one, we will wait for a second while you do.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 6, 2012
13

Intel launches 17 new E5-2600 server chips

Part 2: 7 boards, 3 chassis, and enough cards for everyone

Lets look at exactly what Intel is launching today, there are a ton of chips, SKUs, boards, boxes, and accessories.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 6, 2012
1

Intel launches Romley, the best server platform out there

E5-2600 CPUs and an amazing uncore

Intel is finally launching the Romley platform today, the two socket Sandy Bridge-EP based server line.
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Thomas Ryan
Mar 6, 2012
13

Overclocking with Windows 8

Quick boot times and resiliency make a difference…

Nowhere was this decrease in boot times more apparent then when I was using Windows 8 for an overclocking session.
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Charlie Demerjian
Mar 6, 2012
4

Developers talk cross-platform mobile games

GDC 2012: Panels kick off the conference with a shout

GDC kicked off not with the usual bang and keynote, but with a panel on cross-platform game development.
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Thomas Ryan
Mar 5, 2012
91

A Look at the Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Performance and Visuals take a step forward…

On Wednesday Microsoft released its Windows 8 Consumer Preview to the general public following an introductory event at this years Mobile World Conference. This is the second preview of Windows 8 that Microsoft has let into the wild wilderness of …
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