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NVIDIA pairs GeForce with Atom to target mini-notebook and compact PC market

18th Dec 2008 GeForce 9400 with Atom Creates a New Class of Affordable Premium PCs SANTA CLARA, CA—DECEMBER 17, 2008—NVIDIA® is poised to energize the PC market by transforming Atom PCs into a premium experience found today in higher priced laptops and desktops. NVIDIA will supercharge the fastest-growing segments of the PC market – netbooks, small form factor and all-in-one PCs...

DICE Puts Faith in NVIDIA PhysX Technology for Mirror's Edge

20th Nov 2008 Highly Acclaimed First-Person Action Adventure Game Utilises NVIDIA PhysX Technology to Take Gamers on an Awe-Inspiring Adventure SANTA CLARA, CA—NOVEMBER 19, 2008— In the award-winning videogame Mirror’s Edge™, DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio, introduces players to a new heroine named Faith. Faith belongs to a network of couriers called ‘runners’ who use...

NVIDIA Introduces NVIDIA QUADRO CX - The Accelerator for Adobe Crea tive Suite 4

16th Oct 2008 SANTA CLARA, CA—OCTOBER 16, 2008—NVIDIA today introduced its new accelerator for Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 software, the NVIDIA® Quadro® CX. This new GPU provides creative professionals with a faster, better, more reliable way to maximise their creativity. Quadro CX was architected to deliver the best performance for the new GPU-optimised features of Adobe Creative...

NVIDIA Introduces Industry-Changing, Highly Integrated GPU - GeForce 9400M

16th Oct 2008 New GeForce 9400M GPU Delivers 5x the Performance in One-half the Size SANTA CLARA, CA—OCTOBER 15, 2008—Demand for better visual computing performance continues to grow as more and more applications tap the massively parallel processing power of the graphics processing unit (GPU) for more than just graphics. As gamers, video enthusiasts, designers, and now creative...

REALTIME WORLDS PUTS OUT AN APB FOR NVIDIA PHYSX TECHNOLOGY

18th Aug 2008 SANTA CLARA, CA—AUGUST 18, 2008— Often underappreciated by those who only casually play games, fast and accurate physical models and calculations are a key to a game’s playability and realism. From the effect of explosions on nearby objects, to the impacts of car accidents, to how a character reacts when hit, physics is as important to realism as high-quality graphics....

BIONIC COMMANDO TO INCLUDE NVIDIA PHYSX TECHNOLOGY

11th Aug 2008 CAPCOM, GRIN, and NVIDIA Join Forces to Heighten Realism in the Upcoming Game Title SANTA CLARA, CA—AUGUST 11, 2008—CAPCOM Co., Ltd., GRIN Entertainment, and NVIDIA® Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the world leader in visual computing technologies, today jointly announced that CAPCOM’s upcoming Bionic Commando video game will use GPU-accelerated NVIDIA PhysX™ technology...

NVIDIA AMPS UP GEFORCE LINEUP WITH IMMEDIATE AVAILABILITY OF THREE NEW GPUS

29th Jul 2008 New GeForce 9800 GTX+, 9800 GT, and 9500 GT GPUs Bring Support for NVIDIA PhysX and CUDA Parallel Processing To All Price Segments SANTA CLARA, CA—JULY 29, 2008— NVIDIA® Corporation, the world leader in visual computing technologies, today announced the immediate availability of three new desktop GeForce® 9 Series graphics processing units (GPUs) that bring support for...

NVIDIA LAUNCHES VISUAL COMPUTING INDUSTRY’S FIRST EMERGING COMPANIES SUMMIT AT NVISION 08

17th Jul 2008 SANTA CLARA, Calif.—July 17, 2008—NVIDIA Corporation, the world leader in visual computing technologies, today announced the Emerging Companies Summit, a two-day conference on August 26-27, 2008 in San Jose, California, aimed squarely at entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and investment bankers who are focused on learning more about the visual computing industry. The...

GRAPHICS EVOLVES BEYOND GAMING WITH NEW NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 200 GPUS

16th Jun 2008 Revolutionary Processor Does Double Duty as the Most Advanced GPU Ever Built and a Second-Generation CUDA General Purpose Parallel Processor SANTA CLARA, CA—JUNE 16, 2008—Imagine instead of taking over five hours to convert a video for your iPod, it only takes 35 minutes. Imagine using your PC to simulate protein folding to help find a cure for debilitating diseases....

NVIDIA Reports Results for First Quarter Fiscal 2009

9th May 2008 SANTA CLARA, CA—MAY 8, 2008—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the world leader in visual computing technologies, today reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2009 ended April 27, 2008. For the first quarter of fiscal 2009, revenue was $1.15 billion, compared to $844.3 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2008, an increase of 37 percent. Net income...

NVIDIA’s nForce 790 Ultra SLI chipset — the ZOTAC nForce 790i-Supreme

18th Mar 2008 NVIDIA’s nForce 790 Ultra SLI chipset — the ZOTAC nForce 790i-Supreme New ZOTAC nForce 790i-Supreme forms the foundation for the worlds fastest gaming PCs HONG KONG – Mar. 18, 2008 – ZOTAC International (MCO) Ltd., a leading award-winning NVIDIA AIC, today announced the ultimate platforms for gamers and system enthusiasts – the ZOTAC nForce 790i-Supreme. The new...

NVIDIA Reveals One Of The Largest Generational Performance Leaps In Company History

21st Feb 2008 SANTA CLARA, CA—FEBRUARY 21, 2008—NVIDIA Corporation, the world leader in visual computing technologies, has unveiled the first graphics processing unit (GPU) in its next-generation GeForce 9 Series that may offer the largest single-generation performance jump in the company’s history. Introduced today, the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT delivers up to 116%i more performance than...

NVIDIA announces three-for-two stock split

10th Aug 2007 SANTA CLARA, CA—AUGUST 10, 2007—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a three-for-two stock split of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock to be effected in the form of a stock dividend. Cash will be paid in lieu of fractional shares. The stock split will entitle each stockholder of record at the close of...

NVIDIA Smashes Visual Compute Density Record With New GPU Server

10th Aug 2007 London, UK - August 8, 2007— NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) continues to smash through visual computing performance barriers with the introduction of NVIDIA Quadro® Plex Visual Computing System (VCS) Model S4, a graphics server featuring a record number of graphics processing units (GPUs) in a standard 1U server form factor. The new server contains more Quadro graphics...

NVIDIA Unveils the World's Most Advanced Game Development Platform

8th Mar 2007 SANTA CLARA, CA—MARCH 7, 2007—The game development industry is currently in the middle of one of the biggest transitions in its history with the introduction of Microsoft DirectX 10. To help the development community transition quickly to DirectX 10, NVIDIA® (Nasdaq: NVDA) today introduced a definitive new platform for advanced game development. The core of this platform...

NVIDIA Advances PC Gaming with World's First Certified Support for DirectX 10

22nd Feb 2007 Theale, UK—21 February 2007—NVIDIA® Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) today released the world’s first WHQL-certified drivers for Microsoft DirectX 10, coinciding with the release of the first DirectX 10 test kit from Microsoft, which allows other hardware vendors to test their graphics processors using the DirectX 10 WHQL tests. Microsoft DirectX 10 is included with Windows...

NVIDIA's graphics chips featured in latest consumer notebooks from Fujitsu Siemens

16th Jan 2007 THEALE, UK—JANUARY 15, 2007—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announces that its graphics processing units (GPUs) will feature in the latest consumer notebooks from Fujitsu Siemens Computers. The AMILO Xa 1526 is fully equipped to deliver a great multimedia experience and the AMILO Pa 1538 is...

NVIDIA preface platform redefines functionality in Media Center remote controls

9th Jan 2007 CES 2007—LAS VEGAS, NV—JANUARY 8, 2007—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), today announced that its award-winning NVIDIA Preface platform is providing the platform technology for a new breed of wireless Bluetooth and consumer IR remote control devices designed for Windows Media Center in Microsoft Windows Vista. Unlike basic infrared controllers, Bluetooth remote control...

NVIDIA preface platform enables Windows Vista on the go

9th Jan 2007 CES 2007—LAS VEGAS, NV—JANUARY 8, 2007—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) today announced the latest version of its Preface Personal Media Display platform, a secondary processor and display subsystem that enables users to access information from their notebook or PC even when the main system is powered down. This latest version of NVIDIA Preface platform delivers wireless...

NVIDIA GPUs Accelerate Adobe Acrobat 8 and Adobe Reader 8

15th Dec 2006 SANTA CLARA, CA—DECEMBER 12, 2006—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announced that the Adobe® Acrobat® 8 product family and Adobe Reader® 8 now offer a new page display rendering mode, which uses the graphics processing unit (GPU) to accelerate the drawing and display of pages in PDF format....