This NVIDIA tech demo, shown at GDC 2010, simulates 18,000 individual strands of human hair simultaneously, "completely interactive with light, wind, and, apparently, conditioning - just look at that bounce and shine!" Video after the break.
Given that the average human head of hair has 100,000 strands, NVIDIA hasn't hit Caprica levels of in-game realism yet - but for today's technology, we figure we can settle for this remarkable leap forward.[via Crunchgear]
NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang was recently spotted with a tablet-like device, and it just so happens to be a real device that might be released some time next year. It's running Windows CE and features a 15" or 16" resistive touchscreen. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.
The overall construction is under an inch thin, 720p video playback was excellent, and there's even a terrific-looking wireless recharge station cum base accessory.[via Engadget]
Weighing in at less than 2-pounds, the Mobinova Elan netbook is powered by the NVIDIA Tegra, which allows the machine to display 720p video on its 8.9-inch display. That's not all, you'll also find integrated 3G connectivity and Wi-Fi. Video after the break.
Now we know what you're thinking, Windows CE... ugh. Remember, CE runs on the ARM-based Tegra whereas XP, Vista, and Windows 7 won't. Besides, NVIDIA was showing a custom UI with an OS X-like application launcher along the bottom.[via Engadget]
Put simply, the NVIDIA Ion platform is a "system/motherboard platform that includes NVIDIA's GeForce 9400M (MCP79) GPU and Intel's Atom on a Pico-ITXe motherboard designed for netbook and nettop devices." Continue reading for the video.
NVIDIA is promising optimized software support from powerhouse developers in an effort to signal the platform's suitability for serving up 1080p video over HDMI in nettop- and netbook-sized devices.[via Engadget - Wiki]
NVIDIA's Tegra has finally arrived in cell phones and the company showed up at Mobile World Congress 2009 NIVIDA "with Android running on one of its proof-of-concept units, and with another unit pumping out 1080p video, with a claimed 10 hours of battery life at that task." Videos after the break.
NVIDIA says it took them just a few weeks to port Android to the system, and we found it already quite snappy and even usable on the capacitive touchscreen-ed device.[via Engadget]
Amazon is selling the EVGA GeForce 9400 GT for only $57.99 shipped after rebate, originally priced at $89.99. The card features the "GeForce 9400 GT (550MHz clock) chipset, 1GB of 128-bit DDR2 memory, 1400MHz Shader Clock, 16 processing cores, and PCI Express 2.0 compatibility." Product page.
..Dual DVI-I connectors, 12.8GB per second memory bandwidth, NVIDIA unified architecture, Full Microsoft DirectX 10 support, NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology, and OPEN GL 2.1 support.[via Amazon]
Unlike its game console predecessors, the PC version of Mirror's Edge is able to make full use of NVIDIA's PhysX engine for some stunning gameplay effects. Video after the break.
NVIDIA announced at SIGGRAPH that "GeForce 8, 9, and 200-series cards are all getting PhysX support as of today via a free GeForce Power Pack." Video after the break.
It's not a direct response to AMD unveiling the HD Radeon 4850 X2 and 4870 X2 yesterday, but NVIDIA also came to play at SIGGRAPH, and it's got lots of new GPU-as-CPU toys for us this morning.[via Engadget]
The $10,500 NVIDIA Quadro Plex D CUDA boasts "two Quadro FX 5800 GPUs (totalling 480 CUDA cores) and 8GB of RAM." These systems are "designed for large datasets and models." Click here for one more picture.
NVIDIA's really pushing the GPU-as-CPU angle at SIGGRAPH this year -- we've already seen the PhysX and CUDA-powered GeForce Power Pack for consumers, and the company is also updating the Quadro Plex series of visual co-processors for workstation customers.[via Engadget]
We have seen the future of NVIDIA graphics cards, and it's Tegra. According to NVIDIA, it "squeezes a CPU, GPU, system memory and more onto a dime-sized chip that is 10x more efficient than the competition." Videos after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.
Above the fold is Quake III running at 35fps with anti-aliasing turned on, while below is HD video output at 720p via HDMI out, and their 3D UI, which has a coverflow clone, and some nice 3D navigation stuff.[via Gizmodo]
