http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/16/nintendo.ds.2.psp.2.nay.get.fast.cpus/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/nintendodsill.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Talk of Nintendo using Tegra 2 gained support today through new sources of information that also point to a faster Sony PSP. Detailed explanations given to DigitalFoundry say the sequel to the DSi should use the future NVIDIA processor and not only see a "colossal" jump in speed versus the DS line but could be as fast as the Wii while supporting more visual effects.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/16/nintendo.ds.2.psp.2.nay.get.fast.cpus/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/07/sony.psp2.specs.rumor/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/pspgo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A leak today hints that a true second-generation PSP is in development that could have graphics better than the iPhone 3GS and last-generation consoles. The Spanish branch of Eurogamer claims to have internal Sony information that the next handheld will use a PowerVR SGX543MP4 graphics core closely related to the SGX535 found in the iPhone but which should be even faster. Where the chip used by ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/07/sony.psp2.specs.rumor/ Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/26/apple.boosts.imag.stake/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/iphone3gs-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple today dramatically increased its stake in PowerVR graphics designer Imagination Technologies through a purchase of a total of 13.72 million extra shares. The move, which includes both 2.2 million extra shares as well as 11.52 million shares on the existing market, well over doubles the original 3.6 percent stake bought late last year to 9.5 percent. It's believed the extra investment is a ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/26/apple.boosts.imag.stake/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/17/zune.hd.uses.tegra/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/zunehd.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />NVIDIA staff are now known today to have confirmed that the Zune HD uses a Tegra processor at its heart. Mentioning the feature to PC Perspective at Computex, the graphics company has made its first deal for the use of Tegra in a major product and is necessary for the Microsoft player's namesake HD video playback. The all-in-one processor offers hardware acceleration of video and can consume jus... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/17/zune.hd.uses.tegra/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/10/intel.atom.n450.leak/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/intelatomz500.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel's first processor based on the Pine Trail platform could ship as soon as the start of the fall, a report from industry contacts would claim. The Atom N450 is reportedly due in October and would be a single-core processor at an unnamed speed meant to replace the 1.6GHz Atom N270. It should use the technology behind Pineview and would be made built on a new, 45 nanometer design that merges t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/10/intel.atom.n450.leak/ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/27/apple.hires.ati.cto/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/amdmobilityradeonhd4860.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has quietly signaled a new emphasis on graphics by hiring an influential graphics chipset designer from AMD. The former CTO for the company's ATI graphics product group, Bob Drebin, has indicated on his LinkedIn profile that he is now a Senior Director for an unnamed group within Apple. What products he covers are unknown, though in addition to leading GPU engineering at ATI since 2000, he... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/27/apple.hires.ati.cto/ Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/20/iphone.hd.rumor/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/iphone3g-video.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple is reported today as phasing out its video cables in what may be a sign of a broader move to HD video-capable iPhone and iPod touch devices. An unnamed source for PhoneNews claims that resellers are being told both the Apple Composite AV and Component AV cables are being scrapped in favor of a single cable pack that, like the Xbox 360's component cable, has both the component and composite ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/20/iphone.hd.rumor/ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/18/powervr.sgx543mp/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/powervr.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Imagination Technologies fulfilled early promises by detailing its first multi-core, smartphone-class graphics chip in the PowerVR SGX 5XTSeries. The SGX543MP is now known to come in at least a dual-core version and scales up to 16 cores depending on the version; the change lets the graphics scale from low-power devices like small phones up to gaming consoles and other very 3D-intensive devices.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/18/powervr.sgx543mp/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/09/powervr.sgx543.and.iphone/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/iphone3g-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Imagination Technologies has quietly introduced a new PowerVR SGX chipset at CES that may point to the future of the iPhone and other graphics-intensive smartphones. The PowerVR SGX543 is the first to use a new platform which its creator estimates is much faster than older SGX and MBX chips. Its new, more vector-friendly graphics engine is about 40 percent faster than the previous SGX series in ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/09/powervr.sgx543.and.iphone/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/23/intel.stake.in.imagination/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0812/intelatom-quarter.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel has countered Apple's investment in Imagination Technologies with an increased stake of its own. The semiconductor maker says it has bought just over 6.9 million shares in Britain-based Imagination to gain a 3.04 percent stake in the company and warns in a required statement that it may respond to any bid to acquire the company with a counter offer of its own, though it adds that there is n... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/23/intel.stake.in.imagination/ Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:45:00 GMT