- NVIDIA decreases incomes forecast for Q2 2010 - OCZ Vertex 2 60 GB for 135 dollars - Standard for telephones wireless charging is developed - AMD graphic market share higher than NVIDIA -

Today computer news : 2010 - 07 - 29

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DATE:2010-07-29

Many companies already reported about the financial results of the second quarter, after mixing the impressive numbers with excellent epithets, but in the calendar of some producers the second financial quarter did not end. For example, the situation with NVIDIA company, which yesterday gave the statement about reduction in the fore-casted gain volumes in the second quarter, which will end first August this year.

In the second quarter, the gain volume  can be lowered from the forecast earlier $950-970 ml to $800-820 ml. NVIDIA blames reduction in its business gain volumes  on the production of consumer graphical solutions. The increased prices of memory, instability of the economic situation in Europe and China - all these factors contributed to a reduction in NVIDIA gain volumes.    Furthermore, demand is strongly displaced to the side of budget graphical solutions and integrated chipset.

Independent analysts,  named other factors, capable of worsening NVIDIA financial position:   the detain of graphical solution announcement,  increase of operating expenditure and absence of adequate return from Tegra project. Scandal with the licenses of  RAMBUS, in the opinion of the majority of experts, will not affect NVIDIA financial position.   Impact on  NVIDIA  positions applied apple company:   the updated model  iMac and Mac pro use AMD graphical solutions.  

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DATE:2010-07-29

Corsair company recently released the solid-state disk series force, characterized by high-speed controllers sandForce SF-1200. Buyers obtained the possibility to obtain for $129 SSD SSD with 40 Gb volume, which ensures the transmission speed more than 280 Mbyte(s)/s on reading operations  and more than 270 Mbyte(s)/s on writing operations.

Corsair competitors are ready to react to this step, since in one popular American Internet- store it is possible to purchase the solid-state disk OCZ with 60 Gb volume on base of sandForce SF-1200 controller in all for $155. Moreover, after the introduction of promo- code  EMCYTZT67 price decreases to $135.

The reading speed proposed by SSD reaches 285 Mbyte(s)/s, writing speed is equal to 275 Mbyte(s)/s. At the given moment this is one of the best proposals on the market on the combination of price, volume and performance.

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DATE:2010-07-29

Intel and Dell companies already demonstrated the developments, which allow to transfer electricity without wires with the aid of electromagnetic induction. Naturally, it is great to use this technology for charging cell phones.

The consortium wireless power consortium, which combined the companies olympus, Nokia, Philips, RIM, Sanyo, Duracell, LG, HTC, Samsung, Energizer, Samsung, Panasonic and Sony ericsson, last week declared about the completion of development of test version standard Qi, which allows to charge device by the wireless method ( the energy consumption level not more than 5 W ).

The public part of standard specifications will be accessible by 30 August. Cell phone with this logotype, for example,  can be charged, on universal charging station.

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DATE:2010-07-29

Advanced micro devices company  gradually achieves influential successes on the market for graphic adapters:  on the sums of second quarter 2010 it turned out that AMD sold more video cards than its chief competitor,  NVIDIA company. On this reported the analysts of research firm Mercury research.

One year ago the ratio was clearly not in favor  of AMD – its market portion was 41 percent, whereas NVIDIA managed 59 percent of the market for video cards. Now the situation radically changed:  To AMD belongs up to 51 percent of market, and NVIDIA: 49 percent.

Common picture on the market for graphic adapters both discrete, and integrated, appears as follows. Leader is as before Intel company with 54,3 percent of market. In the second place recently proved to be      24,5 percent of market. In the third place  NVIDIA company with modest 19,8 percent of market. Let us note that in the second quarter 2009 the situation appeared a little otherwise: in the second place was found NVIDIA (29,6 percent of market), and  AMD company (18,2 percent of market).

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