GPUs
Offering some rare insight into the scale of HBM memory sales – and on its growth in the face of unprecedented demand from AI accelerator vendors – the company recently disclosed that it expects HBM sales to make up "a double-digit percentage of its DRAM chip sales" this year. Which if it comes to pass, would represent a significant jump in sales for the high-bandwidth, high-priced memory. As first reported by Reuters, SK hynix CEO Kwak Noh-Jung has commented that he expects HBM sales will constitute a double-digit percentage of its DRAM chip sales in 2024. This prediction corroborate with estimates from TrendForce, who believe that, industry-wide, HBM will account for 20.1% of DRAM revenue in 2024, more than doubling HBM's 8.4% revenue share in...
AMD Hybrid CrossFire Preview: Making Two Slow GPUs... Not So Slow
AMD gave us a few details about its upcoming Hybrid CrossFire technology, we couldn't help but share. Don't expect much though, details are light at this point.
28 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/13/2007NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 & GeForce 8800 GT 256MB: Playing with Memory and G92
NVIDIA is quietly releasing a dual-slot card based on the new G92 GPU: the 8800 GTS 512. We also take a look at a more affordable 8800 GT...
56 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 12/11/2007Sparkle 8800 GT Passive: The Fastest Silent GPU in the World
When NVIDIA announced the 8800 GT we didn't think we'd see a passively cooled one this shortly after its release. Sparkle came to the rescue with the world's...
56 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/29/2007ATI Radeon HD 3870 & 3850: A Return to Competition
NVIDIA struck first and hard with the GeForce 8800 GT, but now it's time for AMD to respond. Equipped with two cards, both priced below $250, the new...
117 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 11/15/2007NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT: The Only Card That Matters
NVIDIA has invalidated the existance, not only of AMD's hardware, but of much of their own line up with the release of this incredibly high value card based on...
90 by Derek Wilson on 10/29/2007Unreal Tournament 3 Beta Demo: Top to Bottom GPU Analysis
Hot on the heels of our initial UT3 coverage comes a look at low end and mainstream graphics hardware running under the beta demo.
34 by Derek Wilson on 10/18/2007Unreal Tournament 3 CPU & High End GPU Analysis: Next-Gen Gaming Explored
What can Epic's latest game tell us about CPU and GPU performance? A lot. We start our series on UT3 performance with a CPU and high-end GPU analysis.
72 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 10/17/2007AMD's Newest TV Wonder: Clear QAM For The Masses
AMD has finally brought us a line of TV tuners that can handle digital cable
23 by Derek Wilson on 10/15/2007UPDATED Half-Life 2: Episode 2 CPU and Graphics Performance
In depth CPU and GPU performance analysis of Valve's latest Source based Half-Life 2 series. UPDATED to include previous generation hardware.
46 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 10/12/2007AMD's New Gambit: Open Source Video Drivers
AMD has begun development of an open source video card driver, we take a look at what they're doing and why
34 by Ryan Smith on 9/25/2007Where's The Physics: The State of Hardware Accelerated Physics
2006 saw great fanfare over hardware accelerated physics, however that has not carried over in to 2007. We take a look at the state of hardware accelerated physics and...
32 by Ryan Smith on 7/25/2007HD Video Decode Quality and Performance Summer '07
AMD and NVIDIA have recently released hardware and drivers that raise the bar on HD video quality and performance. Here's how things stack up.
63 by Derek Wilson on 7/23/2007Getting the Most Out Of Your Hardware: Video Card Utility Roundup
We take a look at 1st party and 3rd party video card utilities, and why GPU manufacturers could be doing better
17 by Ryan Smith on 7/5/2007Real World DirectX 10 Performance: It Ain't Pretty
With the first three DX10 games out there in the wild, we wanted to take a close look at what we can expect from the first generation of titles...
59 by Derek Wilson on 7/5/2007More Mainstream DX10: AMD's 2400 and 2600 Series
Following a little more than a month after the launch of R600, AMD's budget and mainstream DX10 hardware is hitting the streets.
96 by Derek Wilson on 6/28/2007AMD's UVD Debacle
Recently AMD has stated that UVD is not included in HD 2900. Here is our take on the situation.
53 by Derek Wilson on 6/4/2007ATI HD 2900XT CrossFire: Intel 975X versus Intel P35
Does the new kid on the block have what it takes to knock off the champ? We find out in our performance preview of AMD CrossFire on the P35 chipset.
29 by Gary Key on 5/16/2007ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT: Calling a Spade a Spade
Months after NVIDIA released its DX10 hardware, ATI finally has a chance to respond.
86 by Derek Wilson on 5/14/2007NVIDIA GeForce 8M: DirectX 10 Goes Mobile
Today is a relatively big day for the notebook sector, with Intel launching the Santa Rosa platform and NVIDIA creating the first DirectX 10 mobile graphics solutions. Here we...
18 by Jarred Walton on 5/9/2007New Ultra High End Price Point With GeForce 8800 Ultra
With top to bottom G8x parts, NVIDIA comes back to top itself, launching the new fastest chip around. Is it worth the price?
68 by Derek Wilson on 5/2/2007