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NVIDIA Partners with SMI to Demo Foveated Rendering for VR at Siggraph 2016

by Isaac Oburu

Computer graphics giant NVIDIA has chosen SMI eye tracking by SensoMotoric Instruments to power its perceptually-based foveated rendering technique which will be showcased next week at Siggraph 2016 in Anaheim, California. In an announcement …

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LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 29

by Milos Pavlovic

Andromium‘s Superbook (LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 19) – the laptop ‘shell’ powered by a smartphone – is now live on Kickstarter. Prices start at $85. It was funded within 10 minutes, …

Nvidia Brings HDR to Shield

by Tom Allen

Nvidia has released a firmware update for its Shield set-top box, which adds HDR support for Netflix video. YouTube videos can be viewed in UltraHD at 60fps, and Vudu UltraHD is also supported. In …

Jon Peddie on Virtual Reality in the GTX1080

by Tom Allen

Our friend Jon Peddie has written an interesting report in his latest TechWatch newsletter, highlighting some aspects of Nvidia’s GTX1080 (Nvidia Reaches 240Hz With 16nm) which we only briefly touched upon. First, you need …

JPR: Notebooks Dragging Down PC Market

by Tom Allen

Both corporations and users continue to lengthen their PC refresh rates, prolonging the PC market slide, says Jon Peddie Research (JPR). Once again, the gaming market (which uses high-end GPUs) was the stand-out segment …

Nvidia Adds HDR for Games to Shield STB

by Tom Allen

Nvidia has announced that a coming update to its Shield STB will add support for Netflix and Gamestream HDR content, as well as UltraHD at 60fps from YouTube. Another update, to be released later …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Nvidia Result 12/05/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Nvidia reported Q1 2017 net profit of $197 million, up 46% YoY from $134 million. Turnover was $1.3 billion, up 13% YoY from $1.1 billion. Growth was experienced across all business segments.

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 23 - Issue 19

FCC Shows New Nvidia Shield…Maybe

by Tom Allen

A filing at the US FCC has shown a new Nvidia tablet that is very similar to the existing Nvidia Shield. All that has been revealed is a slightly smaller chassis (120 x 215mm …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Nvidia Reaches 240Hz With 16nm

by Tom Allen

Gaming continues to be a demand driver for HDR and high frame rates on PCs, and Nvidia aims to fulfil that need with its new GTX1080 and GTX1070 graphics cards. These devices can support …

Tags:GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 23 - Issue 18

Samsung and Nvidia Settle Out of Court

by Tom Allen

A two-year patent battle between Samsung and Nvidia, in the USA, has been brought to a close. Effective immediately, all pending IP litigation has been dismissed. The settlements includes the licensing of a ‘small …

Nvidia Bringing Ray Tracing to VR

by Bob Raikes

In his keynote at the GPU Technology Conference (GTC), Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of Nvidia said that his company has developed a version of its iRay ray-tracing software that can be used to create content …

Nvidia Shows Super Low Latency Display at GTC 2016

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to several articles by, Road to VR, Geeky Gadgets, Game Debate and others, Nvidia demoed a 1,700Hz display during its GTC 2016 conference in April 2016. According to the reports and a video …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 14