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NVIDIA announces new GeForce chipsets for laptops, starts selling GTX 295s for desktops
Spare a thought for NVIDIA's GeForce 9M series of laptop GPUs, just announced this past summer and already being put to pasture by the newly announced G100M series. The first trio of members for the club are the G105M, G110M, and GT 130M. The G105M is intended to replace the 9200M GE and scores a 2177 in 3DMark Vantage compared to 1391 for the old one -- a tidy 56 percent boost. Meanwhile the G110M supersedes the 9300M GS, scoring 2481 and beating its predecessor by 35 percent, and the GT 130M beats the old 9600M GT's score by 17 percent. The chips are in production now and will be featured in Lenovo's upcoming Y-series laptops. Meanwhile, for those looking for a little boost at home, EVGA's version of the GTX 295 is now available for purchase -- if you have a spare $510 lying around. Update: Sean just commented to let us know that there are other 295 flavors now available as well, some for a penny under $500.[Thanks, Sean]Read - 100M series announcementRead - GTX 295 buy link
AMD licenses graphics technology to Qualcomm
We first got wind of AMD's wishes to boost the graphical prowess of handsets way back in February of this year (and saw it reaffirmed in March), and now it seems that the firm is making it happen. Apparently, AMD has agreed to license "cutting-edge graphics core technology to Qualcomm" for next-generation chipsets. The deal will reportedly bring AMD's Unified Shader Architecture (introduced in the Xbox 360) to Qualcomm's Mobile Station Modem chipsets, which both firms hope will boost the adoption of 3D gaming and graphic-intensive applications on mobiles. Sadly, we're still left to wonder when we'll see a device actually take advantage of the horsepower, but at least it's in motion.[Via ExtremeTech]
AMD wants to power handheld graphics with licensed mobile technology
Are you wanting a gaming console experience with your mobile? Well, with AMD aiming to get its graphics technology (from recently-acquired ATI) into that mobile handset, your day may at least partially come soon. We've all seen the lag in some recent handsets, and we attributed that slowness to the advanced graphics capabilities some newer units have along with an underpowered CPU under that cellphone skin. AMD seems serious about attacking that problem as handsets grow even more complex and turn into miniature multimedia powerhouses, as it's created an entire new business segment focused on developing and licensing leading-edge graphics core technologies. This division will not only attack cellphones, but all handheld across the industry. With PDA sales trickling down to nothing and smartphones becoming "the handheld," this means AMD is entering the graphics business for wireless devices, in a nutshell.
