Items tagged with unified

by Ray Willington - Mon, Dec 02, 2013

Next Windows Rumored As "Threshold," Could Further Unify Microsoft's OS Ecosystem

If you've spotted any of the newest Microsoft television spots, you may have picked up on something. The company has been pushing a single Windows for your entire life, and while that's a good catch-phrase, it's not really applicable given today's state of Windows. There's Windows RT, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone... Read more...

by Ray Willington - Tue, Apr 05, 2011

IEEE Launches Cloud Computing Initiative

A few years ago, "the cloud" was only known within nerdy enterprise circles. Now, it's showing up in Microsoft's Windows 7 ads. It's pretty clear that we're transitioning to a world where always-on connectivity will be essential, and with the cloud playing an ever more important role in our digital lives, the IEEE is stepping in to launch... Read more...

by Marco Chiappetta - Wed, Jul 22, 2009

AMD Outs Unified, WHQL Catalyst v9.7 Drivers

AMD will be posting a brand new set of ATI Catalyst drivers to their website shortly that will feature a number of changes and enhancements for Radeon users. The first tid-bit of news is that the ATI Catalyst v9.7 driver package will be AMD’s first official Windows 7 / Windows Vista Unified WHQL-certified driver for the Windows 7 RTM edition.In... Read more...

by Marco Chiappetta and Dave Altavilla - Wed, Nov 08, 2006

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and 8800 GTS: Unified Powerhouses

A couple of weeks ago at an Editor's Day event at their headquarters in Santa Clara, California, NVIDIA proclaimed that they planned to "redefine reality" with their self-branded ultimate gaming platform. The products in the spotlight throughout the event were the new nForce 680i SLI chipset, the upcoming 680a SLI, and a... Read more...

by Sean Pelletier - Tue, Oct 10, 2006

Unified Shaders Not Required For DX10 Support

Fudo over at The Inquirer reports that Microsoft will not be making Unified Shaders a strict requirement in order to have complete DirectX10 support. With NVIDIA's upcoming G80 GPU rumored to have its Vertex, Pixel, and Geometry Shaders still somewhat segmented into different parts this is certainly a sigh of relief for the gang in Santa... Read more...

by Marco Chiappetta - Mon, Jul 03, 2006

Nvidia G80 meets DX 10 spec with 'dis-unified' shader

Fuad from The Inquirer is reporting that NVIDIA's upcoming G80 GPU will be DX10 compliant, but that it won't feature a unified shader architecture. Rumor has is ATI's R600 GPU will be a unified architecture, however, leveraging technology introduced from the chip used in the XBox360. Details about either GPU at this point in time... Read more...

by Matt Beauvais - Mon, May 08, 2006

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor Unified Brand Name For Upcoming PC, Laptop Processors

Intel(R) CoreTM2 Duo Processor Unified Brand Name For Upcoming PC, Laptop Processors New Brand, Common Microarchitecture Will Make it Easier for Computer Buyers to Choose a Great Computer; Developers to Design Software SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 8, 2006 - The Intel(R) CoreTM2 Duo processor is the new brand for Intel... Read more...