Icera, which was picked up by NVIDIA in 2011, was shut down in 2015. The European Commission believes Qualcomm used unfair market pressure.
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Huawei MateBook X shows up MacBook while MateBook D goes for “casual gamers”
Huawei officially has its first foray into the notebook with two devices that straddle the lines of premium and affordable hardware.
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Samsung could license GPU for Exynos from NVIDIA or AMD
Samsung’s Exynos chipsets currently use GPUs based on ARM’s reference design, the Mali-T series. But that blueprint could change as early as next year, if talks with NVIDIA or AMD work out for a intellectual property licensing deal.That’s the word according to SamMobile at this stage, with NVIDIA rumored to be a likelier choice at this point with its ...
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That long overdue NVIDIA Shield Tablet sequel is apparently cancelled for ‘business reasons’
Anyone remember when Tegra SoCs powered such varied and popular devices as the Motorola Atrix 4G, OG Nexus 7, Microsoft Surface and Surface 2, HTC One X and One X+? Those were the times for NVIDIA, which then inexplicably lost the battle for smartphone and tablet processor supremacy with Qualcomm, also failing to compete against the likes of MediaTek on affordability.Nowadays, you can count on the fingers of one hand the semi-relevant commercial products packing Tegra K1 or X1 punch: the homebrewed NVIDIA Shield Tablet, ...
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NVIDIA Shield TV boxes can act as Plex Servers
Plex, the media serving software that can beam music, movies and more to any screen you have, is setting up shop with NVIDIA and its Shield TV product.Thanks to the Shield TV’s Tegra X1 processor, though, it’s capable of far more than what the Android TV app it’s running can do. For example, multiple-stream, hardware-accelerated transcoding will definitely help smooth out the picture ...
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Proper NVIDIA Shield Tablet sequel possibly sighted at FCC
When it’s not busy investigating carriers for their dubious mobile security update practices, the US Federal Communications Commission often acts as an official tipster of sorts, revealing precious information on as-yet unreleased products.The latest such device to break its cover while seeking the FCC’s regulatory approval is likely the highly anticipated and long overdue follow-up to the 2014-dispatched 8-inch NVIDIA Shield.Technically, the compact gaming tablet was already refreshed ...
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Samsung and NVIDIA settle a patent spat
Sometimes, it’s better to drop your hand than keep a finger pointed, especially when there are bigger fights to struggle through. Just recently, Microsoft has buried the hatchet with Google when it came to poor practices tattling. Microsoft and Samsung also had a patent spat settled. Now, NVIDIA and Samsung are ...
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Android Marshmallow update breaks NVIDIA Shield Tablet’s Wi-Fi
The original NVIDIA Shield Tablet had Android Marshmallow coming to it. The update was billed as not having much adulteration, but it was apparently not tinkered around with enough. Shield owners who have received the update have reportedly lost Wi-Fi connection.The company posted in its forums that it was stopping the OTA roll-out to investigate why those problems are happening. It has suggested to those affected that they should reboot, then factory reset, then powering off their tablets for a ...
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Original NVIDIA Shield finally notches Android Marshmallow
Well, that took long enough.At the start of February, NVIDIA has made good on its promise to update its original Shield gaming tablet after upgrading the Shield K1 just before Christmas. Everything gets a refresh from wallpapers to new HD Image Effects and all of the stock goodies Android Marshmallow provides. With gaming apps taking a whole lot of space,
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Analyst group names Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 2015’s best mobile processor
With Qualcomm pretty clearly out of contention for the title of last year’s fastest and most reliable smartphone SoC, due to Snapdragon 810’s highly publicized overheating woes and SD808’s sub-flagship capabilities, you have to figure Samsung and Apple ultimately disputed the crown.Technically, Nvidia could have posed a threat too, but its otherwise impressive
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NVIDIA comes through with Shield Tablet K1 Marshmallow update
It’s Christmas Eve, and unsurprisingly, that means a lot of the tech news world has already packed up for the holidays and dialed things back to skeleton-crew levels. While that has the result of not a ton of new action going on, it’s thankfully giving us a chance to catch up on some of the events of the past few days that managed to slip by on first pass. We’ve already been looking at some new Marshmallow updates hitting devices today, and now we’re checking in with one that started landing a littler earlier this week, as NVIDIA delivers Android 6.0 to its Shield ...
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NVIDIA offers sneak peek of imminent Marshmallow update on Shield Tablet K1
It’s not every day that you see an Android tablet manufacturer unveil basically the same exact product as a year before, just with a slightly tweaked name, lower price and no bundled-in accessories. But NVIDIA did at least promise to update the Tegra K1-powered 8-inch Shield to Marshmallow shortly after its debut.The gaming specialist will be looking to make good on the vow before Christmas, but first, a few details about what’s coming. In a ...
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NVIDIA Shield Tablet X1 pops up, delivers mouthwatering GPU benchmark scores
It seems like such a long time ago that NVIDIA-developed Tegra SoCs ruled the mobile world, powering devices as diverse as the Motorola Atrix 4G and first-gen Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in 2011, the original Nexus 7 and HTC One X the following year, and the Microsoft Surface 2 in 2013.For the past couple of years, Tegras have slowly slipped towards oblivion, with the K1 model used only on the Nexus 9, homebrewed Shield Tablet, and
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Black Friday 2015 deal roundup: cheap phones, tablets, and wearables for all
Purchasing mobile gear of any kind around Turkey Day is always wise. Waiting until the last minute to score the best possible Black Friday deals is the complete opposite. Granted, the temptation may feel irresistible, but unless you want to risk getting body slammed by a fellow desperate bargain hunter for that coveted final discounted Apple Watch, it’s good to know beforehand what to expect from every retailer and how to avoid the holiday shopping frenzy.Luckily, many electronics merchants, actual device manufacturers and carriers included, have either already kicked off early Black ...
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NVIDIA Shield Android TV further slashed to $150 for Black Friday, remote included
Just because NVIDIA jumped the gun with what looked like an early Black Friday deal on the Shield Android TV set-top box last week, it doesn’t mean the gaming pro can’t up the bargain ante between November 26 and 28.Thursday through Saturday therefore, you can grab the microconsole for even less directly from the Santa Clara-based device manufacturer, as well as Best Buy, GameStop, Micro Center, and Fry’s Electronics.What does this less mean? An incredibly reasonable $150, which is technically ...
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