Shipments for Q3 '08 were unusually high, even for the traditionally high third quarter. While the quarterly results for Q4 '08 are obviously unusual, it is perhaps slightly less surprising considering that Q3 was also a surprise in the other direction. Table 2: Total Graphics Chip Market shares for Q3 '08 In this quarter, Nvidia has taken back some market share from AMD's ATI division. Table 1: Growth rates from Q3 to Q4 from 2001 to 2008Įveryone in the market suffered reduced shipments - some suffered more than others. This is the first time Q4 shipments have decreased compared to Q3 since the year 2000. During the same quarter last year, 100.5 million GPUs shipped, and in the previous quarter, Q3 '08, 111.26 million units shipped representing a 34% drop quarter to quarter and a -2% drop year over year. Total shipments of GPUs for Q4'08 was 72.35 million. they are just dreadful for ANY manufacturer. And indeed, when you look at the numbers. Not exactly a surprise but according to Jon Peddie Research Computer Graphics Chip Shipments took a plunge in Q4 of 2008. » Read full story Mirror's Edge Hack Allows Third Person View However, quad-core Nehalem Xeons are expected to arrive in the early part of the year and will be fundamentally similar outside of their reduced multi-processing. Intel isn't expected to release the 8-core processor at the event, which often touches on roadmaps rather than production hardware. No other details are directly revealed, though Nehalem brings with it the newer point-to-point QuickPath technology that eliminates the need for a dedicated system bus between the processor and peripherals. The shift adds Hyperthreading and will let even a single-socket Xeon processor theoretically address as many as 16 simultaneous program threads at once by putting two threads on each core. The unnamed chip will double the core count of existing Xeons and is based on the same 45 nanometer manufacturing process and Nehalem architecture that underpins the Core i7. Intel will give its first public look at an 8-core Xeon processor in less than two weeks at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference, the show's schedule (PDF) reveals. SP2 is believed to the last major update to the software, meant to give users incentive to upgrade the current Windows operating system before Windows 7 launches in the near term. New capabilities will be added to DirectX, with audio and video performance enhanced to better handle high-definition content. It will also support 64-bit processors from VIA and improve Wi-Fi performance after returning from sleep mode. The update will allow users to record Blu-ray media natively, have an updated Bluetooth 2.1 feature pack, and add Windows Search 4.0 for faster and more efficient file finding, among others. SP2 includes support for new hardware and emerging standards. In-between, the final release candidate build is now due to be distributed on February 16th. The initial wave of the software is now expected to be released a little sooner than previously expected, now at sometime late in April or early in May in its Release to Manufacturing version if no further delays are incurred. The Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista is being released next week in a candidate escrow build after Microsoft has moved up its release schedule for the software, according to a recent TechArp report. » Read full story Vista SP2 release candidate to ship next week Previous reports claimed ATI may introduce the first RV790 GPUs at CeBIT and there's some speculation that these parts may be 40nm but nothing is really official yet.Ĭheck out the product link at Salland for yourself here. The reporter says this card should enable ATI to regain the performance crown from the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295. A site claims internal sources at AMD told them there will be a Radeon HD 4950, a Radeon HD 4970, and a Radeon HD 4995 X2. The other rumor is that ATI is working on a several RV790 based graphics cards, including a dual-GPU Radeon HD 4995 X2. Either this could be a lame joke, or the real thing, but we know for a fact that ATI is working on an update in whatever shape or form that might be. The most scary thing has to be the price, as it's set at 677 EUR right nopw, but likely that's wahaaay lower if it ever would reach production. It's quite interesting as they inserted the card specifications into their system as well. Though names and specifications vary a lot, yesterday an entry for a Radeon HD 5870 X2 popped up at a Dutch (respectable) etailer. There have been numerous rumors floating on the web that AMD ATI is working on an updated dual-GPU X2 card.
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