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/09/02/06/nvidia.x86.rumor/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/nvidiageforce9400m.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />NVIDIA may be stepping into the production of its own x86 processors if a rumor circulated by the Inquirer proves authentic. The video chipset producer has reportedly been hiring large numbers of engineers familiar with how to design for the foundations used in most Intel chips and has a virtually complete team. The company allegedly lacks a license for x86, however, and would likely face legal ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/06/nvidia.x86.rumor/ Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/06/hp.firebird.800/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/hpfirebird800.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />HP's CES introductions are being headlined today by an entirely new entry to its desktop line. The Firebird 800 is built with help from the Voodoo sub-label and aims to take up the minimal amount of space of a small form factor desktop with the performance of a full tower, thanks to new Intel processors: new set of Core 2 Quad chips consume just 65W of power without losing features over previous ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/06/hp.firebird.800/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/23/hp.firebird.803.leak/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0812/hpfirebird803-leak.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A new leak floated by Engadget has revealed both a new compact HP gaming PC as well as new technology by PC. Supporting hints by HP's Rahul Sood of a Voodoo-influenced new gaming PC, the Firebird 803 appears targeted at gamers who still hope to have relatively compact desktops and should provide gaming-level performance using a new low-power video array: the system will carry two previously unkno... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/23/hp.firebird.803.leak/ Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/07/nvidia.to.stop.chip.making/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0807/nvidiageforce8600mgt.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />According to an analyst with the Pacific Crest Securities, chipset manufacturer NVIDIA will stop making media and communications chipsets in 2009, representing 21 percent of the companyës current revenue. While the Tuesday report notes that NVIDIA had flat-out denied similar rumors back in August, its partners AMD and Intel are both are breaking into the mainboard chipset business themselves, Inte... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/07/nvidia.to.stop.chip.making/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/08/nvidia.transmeta.license/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0808/nvidiageforce9800mgtx.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />NVIDIA today licensed a collection of technologies from Transmeta for $25 million that will potentially improve the power use of the former's graphics and mainboard hardware. The license primarily grants NVIDIA access to LongRun2, a technique to reduce the amount of waste power for processors and similar chips. The approach uses a combination of circuitry and advanced math to reduce the effect o... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/08/nvidia.transmeta.license/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/01/nvidia.may.exit.chipsets/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0808/nvidiageforcegtx.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />(Updated with analyst commentary) NVIDIA may quit the mainboard chipset industry entirely just as it's rumored to be expanding into new areas, if a claim from companies producing the final mainboards themselves. The California-based creator of the nForce line has allegedly held a meeting this week to determine whether it should continue producing chipsets at all but has been met with "silence," h... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/01/nvidia.may.exit.chipsets/ Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/30/nvidia.candidate.for.mac/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0807/nvidiageforce9600mgt.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple's rumored non-Intel mainboard platform may primarily involve a change of suppliers to NVIDIA rather than any kind of custom development, PCPer suggests. The enthusiast site notes that Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA has been developing its first nForce mainboard chipset for Intel-based notebooks, currently codenamed MCP79, with the aim of improving several weaknesses that have affected... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/30/nvidia.candidate.for.mac/ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/06/nvidia.hybrid.sli/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/nvidiageforce9800gtx.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />NVIDIA is shifting its emphasis from speed to energy today with the official launch of Hybrid SLI, its unique power-saving graphics technology. Rather than run two chips at once for greater performance, as with normal SLI, the new approach dynamically switches between video hardware depending on the need. In casual use, the technology can run on basic integrated video to save power and reduce he... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/06/nvidia.hybrid.sli/ Tue, 06 May 2008 14:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/18/alienware.area.51.9800.gx2/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/alienwarearea-51.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Alienware this afternoon upgraded its Area-51 gaming tower to take advantage of NVIDIA's latest speed boosts. The new system uses NVIDIA's just-introduced nForce 790i Ultra SLI mainboard and now has the option of the GeForce 9800 GX2 for video. The combination not only provides the fastest gaming performance from a single card, according to Alienware, but also adds more breathing room for expand... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/18/alienware.area.51.9800.gx2/ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:45:00 GMT