May 15, 2010

dual GF104 card coming in place of Dual GF100 Fermi

It looks like that upcoming mainstream miracle chip simply codenamed GF104 is going to find its place in Nvidia’s dual-chip card.
The card that some roadmaps new as D12U-50 is internally canceled due to its too high TDP. The Chinese roadmap claims that such a card should end up with whopping 375W TDP.

The new dual-chip card based on two GF104, second generation Fermi chips should be coming this year, most likely for back to school but we can only speculate on the launch date.

Nvidia's GTX 460 and GTX 465 branding

Nvidia's GTX 460 and GTX 465 branding has caused a bit of confusion among retailers and hacks. Some believe just one card is coming, while others are getting the specs a bit wrong.

The GTX 465 is a GF100-based card with 1024MB of memory and a 200W TDP. It should launch at Computex and it will pack a 256-bit memory interface and, according to unconfirmed reports, 352 shaders.

Next Call of Duty will be in space

While the future of Modern Warfare is question due to the massive exodus of Infinity Ward employees, Activision isn't being shy about continuing other types of warfare.
Superannuation has spotted a series of domain names registered by the games publisher recently, which provide clues as to where the future of warfare will be headed.

Acer will debut its Chrome OS devices

VentureBeat cites multiple sources that say Acer will launch Chrome OS devices in Taiwan next month. How many devices or what kind of devices the company plans to show us remains unclear. However, Google's Chrome OS is supposed to be a lightweight operating system for netbooks and (eventually) tablets so hearing the company is going to announce more than one device suggests we could see an Acer tablet next month.
While a Chrome OS tablet from Acer is possible,