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While the rest of Europe endures the biggest freeze in decades, the tiny principality of Monaco, on the Mediterranean, is balmy, beautiful and buzzing with news about augmented reality, 3D simulation and virtual technologies. The 31st annual Imagina 3D Simulation and Virtual Technology Event is taking place there, and NVIDIA is smack in the middle....
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Traveling the Road To Silicon MotownFew American businesses are as iconic as the auto industry. And despite enormous recent challenges, U.S. carmakers are poised for their next great run. Already, General Motors has reclaimed its position as the world’s No. 1 automaker. Domestic auto sales hit 12.8 million last year, their best since 2008. And Ford has increased U.S. market….
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French Minister Opens Doors to NVIDIA’s Latest R&D CenterFrance’s Minister for European Affairs swung by our office in southern France this week to mark the opening of NVIDIA’s first Research & Development Center in the country. Located in France’s answer to Silicon Valley, and a stone’s throw from the beautiful Mediterranean Sea in the Côte d’Azur, the Sophia Antipolis office previously housed operations….
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Tackling the Big Bang with GPU SupercomputersLife’s full of unanswered questions, but at least one is being addressed with the help of a new GPU supercomputer at Bielefeld University, near Hannover Germany. The university is delving deep into the physics of matter in the moments after the Big Bang. To help carry out the complex simulations required to research quantum chromodynamics….
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Beta GeForce R295 Drivers Ready for Mass Effect 3We have just today released new GeForce R295 beta drivers, with optimizations for upcoming games like Mass Effect 3. Download the new GeForce 295.51 drivers from GeForce.com. These drivers are available for both desktop and notebook GeForce GPUs running Windows 7 or Windows Vista. They are also available for GeForce desktop GPUs running Windows XP…..
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Using GPUs to Help Modernize U.S. Air Traffic SystemAir traffic control is getting an upgrade, and GPU technology is helping the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) NextGen initiative reach new heights. Built shortly after World War II, the U.S. air traffic control system is based on a network of radar towers. This means that 50,000 to 60,000 flights a day must fly indirect….
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Inner Geek: Surfboard Art in GeForce’s WakeFrom sketching on my childhood bedroom walls to painting surfboards and canvases, art’s always been a part of my life. And now I use GPU technology to help me create art out of old surfboards and show it off to the world. Adelina painting on canvas. I was born in Venezuela to a family that….
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Tegra 3 Honored With Linley Group Analysts’ Choice AwardThe CES booths are packed away and most of the demos are long forgotten. But the accolades for Tegra 3 keep rolling in. Semiconductor research firm The Linley Group today bestowed its inaugural Analysts’ Choice Award 2011 on the Tegra 3 processor for its “performance, power, features and cost.” “NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 is the first….
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The Best 3D Photos and Video of 2011 UnveiledTo mark the first anniversary of NVIDIA’s 3DVisionLive.com, we’ve redesigned the site and named our picks for the Best Photos and Video of 2011. We have to thank our enthusiastic 3D Vision community for helping shape 3DVisionLive.com, with user-generated 3D photos, videos, and in-game screenshots. The site’s had more than five million page views, and it….
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Using GPUs for Air Traffic Management
Legroom is tight, babies are screaming and the food supply is running low. Such are the horrors of being stuck on the tarmac. Thankfully, the folks at Silicon Valley-based Optimal Synthesis are working to advance air traffic flow management using CUDA GPUs. By some estimates, the number of aircraft in our skies will double by 2025…..
