Category: nvidia

NVIDIA is contributing its AI smarts to help fight COVID-19

[ad_1] NVIDIA has a number of existing contributions to coronavirus research, including the 27,000 GPUs inside the Summit supercomputer and those inside many of the computers from the crowdsourced Folding@Home project. This is still a significant step forward, though, and might prove lifesaving if it leads to a vaccine or more effective containment. Correction, 2:25PM […]

Xbox Series X and PS5: The new consoles are all about crazy fast storage

[ad_1] The Xbox One and PS4 were the start of an unusual console generation. Both systems adopted very “PC-like” architecture and instead of a new generation we instead got a refresh where Microsoft and Sony both released faster versions of their existing consoles, the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X. We may still have a […]

Microsoft’s DirectX 12 Ultimate brings ray tracing effects to more games

[ad_1] Other tricks might not be as conspicuous, but could go a long way toward boosting performance in your games. Variable Rate Shading can tweak the use of visual effects shaders to use them more or less depending on the game, while mesh shaders should allow for more detail in large game worlds. Sampler feedback, […]

NVIDIA GeForce Now loses support for ‘Borderlands,’ ‘Civ’ and other 2K games

[ad_1] GeForce Now’s library suffered one tremendous blow after another almost as soon as the service came out of beta. Activision Blizzard pulled its games just a few days after it went public, because it apparently wanted a commercial agreement with NVIDIA. Shortly after that, Skyrim developer Bethesda followed suit. NVIDIA didn’t release an official […]

NVIDIA cuts its outlook by $100 million due to 2019 coronavirus

[ad_1] NVIDIA opted out of attending MWC 2020 due to coronavirus-related safety concerns before the organization behind the event decided to cancel it altogether. That’s not the only tangible impact the virus has had on the industry, though. Apple had to close all its retail stores in mainland China out of an “abundance of caution.” […]

We’re all kinda fine with DRM now

[ad_1] In heated Twitter threads and editorials about the newest and most controversial gaming platforms around, the DRM-free bit of NVIDIA’s news seemed to barely register with fans. A feature that would’ve made headlines in 2010 is often relegated to a single sentence at the base of the inverted pyramid, or not mentioned at all. […]

NVIDIA will skip MWC 2020 due to concerns about coronavirus

[ad_1] As the reported number of coronavirus infections in China grew beyond 34,000, NVIDIA announced that it will not send employees to the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain this year. According to the company, “Given public health risks around the coronavirus, ensuring the safety of our colleagues, partners and customers is our highest […]

Geforce Now goes live for all users today

[ad_1] In its final form, Geforce Now is a subscription service with a free and a paid tier. The free option allows folks to connect to NVIDIA’s servers and play for one hour at a time. After an hour, these players will need to reconnect, and potentially wait for a spot to open up on […]

Vote for the Best of CES 2020 People’s Choice Awards!

[ad_1] We’ve announced our Best of CES finalists so now it’s time for you to cast your vote for your favorite gadget at CES 2020! Just head over here (or below) to pick your three favorite items from our pool of finalists. You have until 6 PM ET tomorrow, January 10th, to get your votes […]

EUV will use plasma and lasers to make next-gen chips

[ad_1] The specific mechanics of making a chip are already insanely complicated, requiring atom-scale accuracy and some of the most precise manufacturing tools ever created, but the current method has its limits. This process has been in use for nearly 15 years, and it’s running out of steam. Parts of the transistors on a chip […]