BitFenix shows off two new products; Recon is world's first Internet-connected fan controller, while Hydra Pro combines a high-performance fan controller with a fan LED on/of switch for the company's Spectre LED and Spectre Pro LED fans.
BitFenix is proud to introduce two brand new fan controllers designed to put the user in the driver's seat – Recon™ and Hydra Pro™. Recon is the world's first Internet-connected fan controller, offering total control even on the go. Hydra Pro delivers powerful 30W per channel performance and, when combined with BitFenix Spectre™ and Spectre Pro™ LED fans, convenient push-button LED on/off functionality.
"Users have been clamoring for these two devices for a while now, and I'm proud to report that the wait is finally over," says BitFenix Product Manager David Jarlestedt. "With Recon and Hydra Pro, BitFenix once again takes our disruptive ideas and brings them into a new design space – fan controllers. Offering never-before-seen functionality at competitive price points, Recon and Hydra Pro are set to become the go-to thermal control devices for enthusiasts the world over."
Recon™
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Designed for the new age of mobile devices, Recon is the world's first Internet-connected fan controller. After installing the included Windows-based software, this five-channel fan controller enables users to connect to it using smartphones, tablets or laptops via the Internet. Once connected, users can monitor and adjust their fans and temperatures via their mobile device. Best of all, the mobile interface is browser-based, which means it is compatible with virtually any mobile operating system, including iOS, Android, or Windows. At home, the easy-to-use touchscreen interface displays current system temperatures and fan speeds, while giving easy access to the Recon's advanced functionality.
Recon sports two specially-designed microprocessors that continuously interact with your motherboard, providing real-time status monitoring and control. Users can also save presets and recall up to three presets on-the-fly, making quick adjustments push-button simple. And to keep things looking awesome, Recon's SofTouch™ bezel delivers a luxurious matte finish and soft feel. With Recon, users are always in total control of their system – even on the go.
Hydra Pro™
Two devices in one, Hydra Pro combines a powerful fan controller with an LED control device. Its five thermal channels deliver up to 30W of power each, and are easily controlled via low-profile sliders that make it compatible with a wide variety of cases – even those with doors.
But when coupled with BitFenix Spectre and Spectre Pro LED fans, Hydra Pro really begins to shine. Users can connect their Spectre and Spectre Pro LED fans to Hydra Pro using the two pin cable that comes with every Spectre and Spectre Pro LED fan. Once connected, users can control fan LEDs with a single button push. Featuring signature BitFenix SofTouch™ surface treatment on the outside, Hydra Pro makes an attractive addition to virtually any system.
Pricing and Availability
BitFenix Recon carries an MSRP of 34.90€ in the EU, $39 in North America, and will be available at the following retailers starting next week. BitFenix Hydra Pro carries an MSRP of 30€ in the EU, $34.90 in North America, and will be available in early June.
Another new announcement from NVIDIA is the VGX platform, a cloud platform that introduces the first virtualized GPU.
GPU Technology Conference -- NVIDIA today unveiled the NVIDIA(R) VGX(TM) platform, which enables IT departments to deliver a virtualized desktop with the graphics and GPU computing performance of a PC or workstation to employees using any connected device.
With the NVIDIA VGX platform in the data center, employees can now access a true cloud PC from any device -- thin client, laptop, tablet or smartphone -- regardless of its operating system, and enjoy a responsive experience for the full spectrum of applications previously only available on an office PC.
NVIDIA VGX enables knowledge workers for the first time to access a GPU-accelerated desktop similar to a traditional local PC. The platform's manageability options and ultra-low latency remote display capabilities extend this convenience to those using 3D design and simulation tools, which had previously been too intensive for a virtualized desktop.
Integrating the VGX platform into the corporate network also enables enterprise IT departments to address the complex challenges of "BYOD" -- employees bringing their own computing device to work. It delivers a remote desktop to these devices, providing users the same access they have on their desktop terminal. At the same time, it helps reduce overall IT spend, improve data security and minimize data center complexity.
"NVIDIA VGX represents a new era in desktop virtualization," said Jeff Brown, general manager of the Professional Solutions Group at NVIDIA. "It delivers an experience nearly indistinguishable from a full desktop while substantially lowering the cost of a virtualized PC."
The NVIDIA VGX platform is part of a series of announcements NVIDIA is making today at the GPU Technology Conference (GTC), all of which can be accessed in the GTC online press room.
The VGX platform addresses key challenges faced by global enterprises, which are under constant pressure both to control operating costs and to use IT as a competitive edge that allows their workforces to achieve greater productivity and deliver new products faster. Delivering virtualized desktops can also minimize the security risks inherent in sharing critical data and intellectual property with an increasingly internationalized workforce.
NVIDIA VGX is based on three key technology breakthroughs:
-- NVIDIA VGX Boards. These are designed for hosting large numbers of
users in an energy-efficient way. The first NVIDA VGX board is
configured with four GPUs and 16 GB of memory, and fits into the
industry-standard PCI Express interface in servers.
-- NVIDIA VGX GPU Hypervisor. This software layer integrates into
commercial hypervisors, such as the Citrix XenServer, enabling
virtualization of the GPU.
-- NVIDIA User Selectable Machines (USMs). This manageability option
allows enterprises to configure the graphics capabilities delivered to
individual users in the network, based on their demands. Capabilities
range from true PC experiences available with the NVIDIA standard USM
to enhanced professional 3D design and engineering experiences with
NVIDIA Quadro(R) or NVIDIA NVS(TM) GPUs.
The NVIDIA VGX platform enables up to 100 users to be served from a single server powered by one VGX board, dramatically improving user density on a single server compared with traditional virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions. It sharply reduces such issues as latency, sluggish interaction and limited application support, all of which are associated with traditional VDI solutions.
With the NVIDIA VGX platform, IT departments can serve every user in the organization -- from knowledge workers to designers ---with true PC-like interactive desktops and applications.
NVIDIA VGX Boards NVIDIA VGX boards are the world's first GPU boards designed for data centers. The initial NVIDIA VGX board features four GPUs, each with 192 NVIDIA CUDA(R) architecture cores and 4 GB of frame buffer. Designed to be passively cooled, the board fits within existing server-based platforms.
The boards benefit from a range of advancements, including hardware virtualization, which enables many users who are running hosted virtual desktops to share a single GPU and enjoy a rich, interactive graphics experience; support for low-latency remote display, which greatly reduces the lag currently experienced by users; and, redesigned shader technology to deliver higher power efficiency.
NVIDIA VGX GPU Hypervisor The NVIDIA VGX GPU Hypervisor is a software layer that integrates into a commercial hypervisor, enabling access to virtualized GPU resources. This allows multiple users to share common hardware and ensure virtual machines running on a single server have protected access to critical resources. As a result, a single server can now economically support a higher density of users, while providing native graphics and GPU computing performance.
This new technology is being integrated by leading virtualization companies, such as Citrix, to add full hardware graphics acceleration to their full range of VDI products.
NVIDIA User Selectable Machines NVIDIA USMs allow the NVIDIA VGX platform to deliver the advanced experience of professional GPUs to those requiring them across an enterprise. This enables IT departments to easily support multiple types of users from a single server.
USMs allow better utilization of hardware resources, with the flexibility to configure and deploy new users' desktops based on changing enterprise needs. This is particularly valuable for companies providing infrastructure as a service, as they can repurpose GPU-accelerated servers to meet changing demand throughout the day, week or season.
Leading Businesses Endorse NVIDIA VGX "Jaguar Land Rover is a global company with an international workforce. The 'holy grail' for us is to deliver virtualized desktop to engineers overseas so we can harness the best engineering talent on the planet without risking the security of our new car designs. The NVIDIA VGX platform is the most promising step we've seen in addressing the user experience for our virtualized workforce. With NVIDIA VGX, engineers for the first time can run all of the office productivity and technical applications they need in a virtualized environment. This will dramatically improve the productivity of our global workforce." -- Gordon McMullan, interim CTO, Jaguar Land Rover
"Larson Design Group is a growing company that teams with our clients to provide responsive, innovative solutions for facility, transportation, land development and environmental needs. We therefore look to deploy technologies that will help sustain our growing geographic reach, ease administration and allow our engineers to reach their creative maximum and be more connected to client needs. With NVIDIA VGX, our engineers can now take any mobile device to the client's site, work interactively with them on a fully virtualized desktop and still maintain the industry's highest productivity levels." -- Keith S. Kuzio, CEO, Larson Design Group
Leading Virtualization Companies Endorse NVIDIA VGX "Desktop virtualization is rapidly becoming mainstream for enterprises. By leveraging the NVIDIA VGX platform, combined with XenDesktop and HDX technologies, we are enabling enterprise customers to virtually deliver graphics-intensive apps beyond power users and designers. Now, they can also serve users who require only occasional access to graphics-intensive apps, which previously would have been cost-prohibitive. The combined virtual desktop solution for serving these users can be reduced by up to 80 percent, while enabling users to securely access GPU-accelerated apps from any device." -- Sumit Dhawan, vice president and general manager of Receivers and Gateways, Citrix
Leading OEMs Endorse NVIDIA VGX "NVIDIA virtualized GPU technology aligns with Cisco's vision of cloud and delivery of desktop and rich-media applications. GPU virtualization is the one major technology challenge that has been holding back deeper adoption of VDI in the enterprise. We believe NVIDIA's breakthrough will deliver the unique user experience and ease of management customers have been demanding." -- David Yen, senior vice president and general manager of Data Center Business Group, Cisco
"Virtual desktop environments can enable mobile workforces to perform tasks more efficiently. With HP VirtualSystem utilizing HP Blade Servers and the NVIDIA VGX platform, clients can easily deploy a simplified virtualized environment that quickly delivers the information or applications users need." -- Chuck Smith, vice president of Worldwide Industry Standard Servers, HP
Availability and Pricing The NVIDIA VGX platform, including new NVIDIA VGX boards, the NVIDIA GPU Hypervisor and NVIDIA USMs, is planned to be available for deployment across the enterprise through NVIDIA's hardware OEM and VDI partners later this year. Additional information is available at www.nvidia.com/object/vdi-desktop-virtualization.html.
NVIDIA presented the GeForce GRID cloud gaming platform at the GPU Technology Conference:
GPU Technology Conference -- Gaming enters a new era today with the launch of the NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GRID cloud gaming platform, which allows gaming-as-a-service providers to stream next-generation games to virtually any device, without the lag that hampers current offerings.
With the GeForce GRID platform, gaming-as-a-service providers can deliver the most advanced visuals with lower latency, while incurring lower operating costs, particularly related to energy usage. Gamers benefit from the ability to play the latest, most sophisticated games on any connected device, including TVs, smartphones and tablets running iOS and Android.
"Gamers will now have access to seamlessly play the world's best titles anywhere, anytime, from phones, tablets, TVs or PCs," said Phil Eisler, general manager of cloud gaming at NVIDIA. "GeForce GRID represents a massive disruption in how games are delivered and played."
GeForce GRID was introduced at the GPU Technology Conference (GTC), as part of a series of announcements from NVIDIA, all of which can be accessed in the GTC online press room.
The key technologies powering the new platform are NVIDIA GeForce GRID GPUs with dedicated ultra-low-latency streaming technology and cloud graphics software. Together, they fundamentally change the economics and experience of cloud gaming, enabling gaming-as-a-service providers to operate scalable data centers at costs that are in line with those of movie-streaming services.
NVIDIA GeForce GRID GPUs Using the highly efficient NVIDIA Kepler(TM) architecture, NVIDIA GeForce GRID GPUs minimize power consumption by simultaneously encoding up to eight game streams. This allows providers to cost-effectively scale their service offerings to support millions of concurrent gamers.
Featuring two Kepler architecture-based GPUs, each with its own encoder, the processors have 3,072 CUDA(R) technology cores and 4.7 teraflops of 3D shader performance. This enables providers to render highly complex games in the cloud and encode them on the GPU, rather than the CPU, allowing their servers to simultaneously run more game streams. Server power-consumption per game stream is reduced to about one-half that of previous implementations, an important metric for data centers.
Fast Streaming Technology Fast streaming technology reduces server latency to as little as 10 milliseconds -- less than one-tenth the blink of an eye -- by capturing and encoding a game frame in a single pass. The GeForce GRID platform uses fast-frame capture, concurrent rendering and single-pass encoding to achieve ultra-fast game streaming.
The latency-reducing technology in GeForce GRID GPUs compensates for the distance in the network, so gamers will feel like they are playing on a gaming supercomputer located in the same room. Lightning-fast play is now possible, even when the gaming supercomputer is miles away.
GeForce GRID Enables the Virtual Game Console Also at GTC, NVIDIA and Gaikai demonstrated a virtual game console, consisting of an LG Cinema 3D Smart TV running a Gaikai application connected to a GeForce GRID GPU in a server 10 miles away. Instant, lag-free play was enabled on a highly complex PC game, with only an Ethernet cable and wireless USB game pad connected to the TV.
Leading Gaming-as-a-Service Providers Companies Endorse GeForce GRID
A number of leading gaming-as-a-service providers announced their support of the GeForce GRID. Among them:
"Not so long ago, engineers said cloud gaming was impossible, and that it was not possible for cloud gaming to be as fast or high-quality as local, console-based gaming. Obviously, they didn't know that Gaikai and NVIDIA would be working together. We're proving the doubters wrong." -- David Perry, CEO, Gaikai
"Just like iPhone games have taken over the handheld games market because of ease of use, cloud gaming will expand gaming by making it incredibly convenient." -- Guy De Beer, CEO, Playcast Media System
"We have worked closely with NVIDIA to use the GeForce GRID processor architecture in Ubitus GameCloud(R). Ubitus delivers highly scalable cloud gaming solutions with a native-like gaming experience for service providers." -- Wesley Kuo, CEO, Ubitus
Game Developers Endorse GeForce GRID A range of leading game developers also announced their support of GeForce GRID. Among them:
"At Epic, we're really excited about NVIDIA's announcement of the GeForce GRID platform. NVIDIA's GRID technology, with its latency reduction and improved image quality, combined with higher density and power efficiency, are significant steps toward making cloud gaming a true console-like experience today, and bringing that high-quality gaming experience to more people.
"Cloud has the potential to deliver an even more powerful experience in the future by enabling ultra-high-end GPUs like the GeForce GTX 680 to stream ultra-high-quality graphics such as those made possible by UE4 to a huge range of devices, well beyond console capabilities. The result will be that more people can enjoy EPIC's games on more devices at higher quality." -- Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO, EPIC Games
"The compelling advances that GeForce GRID introduces to cloud gaming are especially beneficial to Capcom game fans, as we are focused on delivering AAA action games that are reliant on low latency for the best experience. We are, therefore, very excited about NVIDIA's contributions in this space." -- Masaru Ijuin, deputy general manager, Technology Research and Development, Capcom Co., Ltd.
"Online gaming with underlying cloud infrastructure is an important part of modern games. Cloud gaming is an exciting new way of delivering games to streaming customers. In reviewing NVIDIA's GeForce GRID, I see the potential for this technology to reduce some of the latency issues that affect game streaming. This is an exciting development." -- Juancho Buchanan, vice president of Technology, THQ Inc.
For more information about GeForce GRID, please visit: http://www.nvidia.com/geforcegrid.
GPU Technology Conference - NVIDIA today kicked off the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) by unveiling its third industry-shaping innovation since its founding 19 years ago -- technologies that accelerate cloud computing using the enormous computing capabilities of the GPU.
Five years in the making, NVIDIA's cloud GPU technologies are based on the company's new Kepler GPU architecture, designed for use in large-scale data centers. Its virtualization capabilities allow GPUs to be simultaneously shared by multiple users. Its ultra-fast streaming display capability eliminates lag, making a remote data center feel like it's just next door. And its extreme energy efficiency and processing density lowers data center costs.
NVIDIA's introduction of cloud GPU technologies follows its 1999 invention of the GPU, which revolutionized visual computing, and its 2006 creation of CUDA(R), a parallel-processing technology enabling dramatic acceleration of computing performance.
"Kepler cloud GPU technologies shifts cloud computing into a new gear," said Jen-Hsun Huang, NVIDIA president and chief executive officer. "The GPU has become indispensable. It is central to the experience of gamers. It is vital to digital artists realizing their imagination. It is essential for touch devices to deliver silky smooth and beautiful graphics. And now, the cloud GPU will deliver amazing experiences to those who work remotely and gamers looking to play untethered from a PC or console."
The enterprise implementation of Kepler cloud technologies, the NVIDIA VGX(TM) platform, accelerates virtualized desktops. Enterprises will use it to provide seamless remote computing that allows even the most demanding applications to be streamed to a notebook or mobile device.
The gaming implementation of Kepler cloud technologies, NVIDIA GeForce GRID, powers cloud gaming services. Gaming-as-a-service providers will use it to remotely deliver magical gaming experiences, with the potential to surpass those on a console.
NVIDIA issued separate press releases today describing both the VGX platform and GeForce GRID, as well a press release focused on new NVIDIA Tesla(R) GPUs built on the Kepler architecture that set a new standard for high performance computing.
Joining Huang on stage at GTC were executives representing key partners supporting NVIDIA's cloud technologies. They included: David Yen, general manager and senior vice president of the Data Center Group at Cisco; Brad Peterson, technology strategist, and Sumit Dhawan, group vice president and general manager, at Citrix; David Perry, CEO and co-founder of Gaikai; and Grady Cofer, visual effects supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic.
Strong Support From Industry Analysts Three industry analyst research notes on NVIDIA's announcement are immediately available, including one from Moor Insights & Strategy on the VGX platform and two from IDC on VDI and cloud gaming.
Industry analysts expressed strong support for NVIDIA's cloud GPU technologies:
"NVIDIA has launched one of the most significant initiatives in its history. This has the potential to propel them into a position as a top enterprise technology player. If NVIDIA and its many partners can successfully execute, they will have enabled the first true delivery of anywhere, anytime computing, for any application, a goal of the industry for the past 20 years." - Pat Moorhead, president and principal analyst, Moor Insights & Strategy
"A cloud GPU is transformational technology for the online gaming industry. Using a graphics-optimized cloud GPU eliminates some of the final barriers that stand in the way of a truly immersive, truly exciting cloud-based gaming experience and could change the business model for how games are played and delivered." - Brian Blau, analyst, Gartner
"The virtualization of the GPU will have a profound effect on the VDI market. It will increase the user experience for these remote desktops closer to par with traditional PCs than without a GPU in the server. It could also lead to expanding potential use cases for virtualization to design, healthcare and engineering tasks that were very challenging in the past." - Brett Waldman, senior research analyst, Client Virtualization, IDC
"GeForce GRID delivers the type of experience I associate with HD game and entertainment consoles. With GeForce GRID, it'll no longer be necessary for gamers to commit $60 upfront to play their AAA game of choice. Over the next three years, gaming-as-a-service providers have the potential to do more than disrupt living room gaming norms. Cloud gaming further enables true cross-platform play on connected PCs, media tablets and smartphones -- while cutting piracy off at the knees." - Lewis Ward, research manager, Consumer Markets, IDC
NVIDIA rolls out the Tesla K10 and K20, two new GPUs based on the Kepler architecture:
NVIDIA today unveiled a new family of Tesla(R) GPUs based on the revolutionary NVIDIA(R) Kepler(TM) GPU computing architecture, which makes GPU-accelerated computing easier and more accessible for a broader range of high performance computing (HPC) scientific and technical applications.
The new NVIDIA Tesla K10 and K20 GPUs are computing accelerators built to handle the most complex HPC problems in the world. Designed with an intense focus on high performance and extreme power efficiency, Kepler is three times as efficient as its predecessor, the NVIDIA Fermi(TM) architecture, which itself established a new standard for parallel computing when introduced two years ago.
"Fermi was a major step forward in computing," said Bill Dally, chief scientist and senior vice president of research at NVIDIA. "It established GPU-accelerated computing in the top tier of high performance computing and attracted hundreds of thousands of developers to the GPU computing platform. Kepler will be equally disruptive, establishing GPUs broadly into technical computing, due to their ease of use, broad applicability and efficiency."
The Tesla K10 and K20 GPUs were introduced at the GPU Technology Conference (GTC), as part of a series of announcements from NVIDIA, all of which can be accessed in the GTC online press room.
NVIDIA developed a set of innovative architectural technologies that make the Kepler GPUs high performing and highly energy efficient, as well as more applicable to a wider set of developers and applications. Among the major innovations are:
SMX Streaming Multiprocessor -- The basic building block of every GPU,
the SMX streaming multiprocessor was redesigned from the ground up for
high performance and energy efficiency. It delivers up to three times
more performance per watt than the Fermi streaming multiprocessor,
making it possible to build a supercomputer that delivers one petaflop
of computing performance in just 10 server racks. SMX's energy
efficiency was achieved by increasing its number of CUDA(R)
architecture cores by four times, while reducing the clock speed of
each core, power-gating parts of the GPU when idle and maximizing the
GPU area devoted to parallel-processing cores instead of control
logic.
Dynamic Parallelism -- This capability enables GPU threads to
dynamically spawn new threads, allowing the GPU to adapt dynamically
to the data. It greatly simplifies parallel programming, enabling GPU
acceleration of a broader set of popular algorithms, such as adaptive
mesh refinement, fast multipole methods and multigrid methods.
Hyper-Q -- This enables multiple CPU cores to simultaneously use the
CUDA architecture cores on a single Kepler GPU. This dramatically
increases GPU utilization, slashing CPU idle times and advancing
programmability. Hyper-Q is ideal for cluster applications that use
MPI.
"We designed Kepler with an eye towards three things: performance, efficiency and accessibility," said Jonah Alben, senior vice president of GPU Engineering and principal architect of Kepler at NVIDIA. "It represents an important milestone in GPU-accelerated computing and should foster the next wave of breakthroughs in computational research."
NVIDIA Tesla K10 and K20 GPUs The NVIDIA Tesla K10 GPU delivers the world's highest throughput for signal, image and seismic processing applications. Optimized for customers in oil and gas exploration and the defense industry, a single Tesla K10 accelerator board features two GK104 Kepler GPUs that deliver an aggregate performance of 4.58 teraflops of peak single-precision floating point and 320 GB per second memory bandwidth.
The NVIDIA Tesla K20 GPU is the new flagship of the Tesla GPU product family, designed for the most computationally intensive HPC environments. Expected to be the world's highest-performance, most energy-efficient GPU, the Tesla K20 is planned to be available in the fourth quarter of 2012.
The Tesla K20 is based on the GK110 Kepler GPU. This GPU delivers three times more double precision compared to Fermi architecture-based Tesla products and it supports the Hyper-Q and dynamic parallelism capabilities. The GK110 GPU is expected to be incorporated into the new Titan supercomputer at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and the Blue Waters system at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
"In the two years since Fermi was launched, hybrid computing has become a widely adopted way to achieve higher performance for a number of critical HPC applications," said Earl C. Joseph, program vice president of High-Performance Computing at IDC. "Over the next two years, we expect that GPUs will be increasingly used to provide higher performance on many applications."
Preview of CUDA 5 Parallel Programming Platform In addition to the Kepler architecture, NVIDIA today released a preview of the CUDA 5 parallel programming platform. Available to more than 20,000 members of NVIDIA's GPU Computing Registered Developer program, the platform will enable developers to begin exploring ways to take advantage of the new Kepler GPUs, including dynamic parallelism.
The CUDA 5 parallel programming model is planned to be widely available in the third quarter of 2012. Developers can get access to the preview release by signing up for the GPU Computing Registered Developer program on the CUDA website.
About NVIDIA Tesla GPUs NVIDIA Tesla GPUs are massively parallel accelerators based on the NVIDIA CUDA parallel computing platform. Tesla GPUs are designed from the ground up for power-efficient, high performance computing, computational science and supercomputing, delivering dramatically higher application acceleration for a range of scientific and commercial applications than a CPU-only approach. Today, Tesla GPUs power three of the world's top five supercomputers.
NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Intellectual Ventures (IV(R)) today announced that they have jointly acquired a set of patents developed and owned by IPWireless.
The portfolio comprises approximately 500 patents granted and pending in the wireless communications area, including essential concepts in LTE, LTE-Advanced and 3G/4G technologies.
Terms of the acquisition, which closed on April 30, 2012, were not disclosed. Ownership of the patents was split between NVIDIA and IV, with NVIDIA licensing the rights to those patents that it did not acquire. As part of the acquisition, IPWireless retains perpetual, royalty-free access to these patents.
"This acquisition complements our ownership of extensive fundamental patents in graphics, visual and mobile computing," said David Shannon, executive vice president and general counsel at NVIDIA. "These patents, acquired in collaboration with Intellectual Ventures, will help support our rapidly expanding efforts in the mobile business."
"Through this acquisition, IV was able to acquire a portfolio that is both strategic and relevant in a variety of technology areas," said Loria Yeadon, executive vice president of the Invention Investment Fund (IIF) at Intellectual Ventures. "It was a pleasure working with NVIDIA to develop a customized structure to complete this deal in a relatively short period of time, while also helping NVIDIA to meet its strategic goals. This investment provides efficient access to important inventions and standards-essential patents and reinforces our leadership role in building an active market for invention."
"Retaining access to this patent portfolio allows IPWireless to continue developing its market-leading products and serving its customers now and in the future. In addition, IPWireless will continue investing and innovating in 4G LTE and other areas of wireless IP," said Bill Jones, CEO of IPWireless.
IPWireless is a pioneer in wireless broadband and broadcast and its inventions are on the cutting edge of wireless technologies. Intellectual Ventures is building an active market for invention that allows buyers, sellers and inventors to realize value for their ideas. GCA Savvian Advisors acted as exclusive financial advisor to IPWireless on this transaction.
About Intellectual Ventures Founded in 2000, Intellectual Ventures (IV) is the global leader in the business of invention. IV collaborates with leading inventors, partners with pioneering companies and invests both expertise and capital in the process of invention. IV's mission is to energize and streamline an invention economy that will drive innovation around the world. www.intellectualventures.com
Eurocom introduced the Monster 1.0, a 4-pound ultraportable gaming laptop with
Intel Core i7-3820QM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, 16GB DDR3 1600 RAM and 1 TB Storage
Eurocom Corporation (www.eurocom.com), a developer of long lifespan, fully upgradable Notebooks and Mobile Workstations is shipping the 11.6 inch, 4 pound EUROCOM Monster notebook with NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, Intel Core i7-3820QM, 16GB DDR3 1600 memory and 1 TB storage.
The EUROCOM Monster “achieves its goal of packing the most amount of power in the smallest package possible while still maintaining usability. Stuffing the latest Intel Core i7 quad-core processor and a powerful Nvidia GT 650M graphics card in an 11.6” chassis is no small engineering feat. Overall performance is outstanding for any task, especially gaming. The W110ER (EUROCOM Monster) is a great travel companion thanks to its four pound weight and durable exterior… The four hours of battery life should suffice” Notebook Review.com.
The EUROCOM Monster 1.0 provides an increased level of simplicity and functionality which users cannot get in a Tablet, Netbook or Ultrabook. With a full complement of IO ports, the EUROCOM Monster is far more functional than the vast majority of ultra portables on the market.
EUROCOM Monster 1.0 users have an NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M graphics processor, with 2GB of video memory, 384 cuda cores, with the graphics clock running at 850 MHz. This graphics powerhouse is the ultimate mobile gaming system. The Monster also supports NVIDIA Optimus technology for enhanced battery life combined with extreme performance.
“The Monster 1.0 features an amazing form factor, great built quality, superb keyboard, reasonable price tag, and .. yeah, Monster like performance, which you really don't expect to see in such small laptops” explains Nadav Appel, Eurocom Customer.
The EUROCOM Monster 1.0 combines the best of both worlds of portability and performance with support for high performance Intel Ivy Bridge processors, up to Intel Core i7-3820QM with 4 cores, 8 threads, 8 MB L3 Cache running at 2.70 GHz with Max Turbo frequency being 3.7 GHz.
Memory comes via two sockets, with support for up to 16 GB of DDR3 1600 memory.
The EUROCOM Monster supports Solid State Drives, Hard Disks and Hybrid Drives, with support for up to I TB of storage.
“The EUROCOM Monster 1.0 is the perfect system for individuals who live a fast paced lifestyle, who also require high performance computing. The EUROCOM Monster 1.0 is a lightweight system with over 4 hours of battery life, making it the perfect system for travelers, business professionals, gamers and students” states Mark Bialic, Eurocom President.
EUROCOM Monster 1.0 Specs:
1.6-inch (39.62cm); HD 1366-by-768 pixels; Glossy or Matte Surface; Backlight LED Display
VGA Technology: on-board NVIDIA GT 650M with 2GB of DDR3 VRAM; with Optimus Technology
Chipset: Intel Mobile HM76 Express
Processor: supports both Intel Sandy Bridge (32nm) and Ivy Bridge (22nm) Mobile Processors. Up to Intel Core i7-3820QM
Memory: up to 16GB DDR3-1600; two SODIMM sockets; Dual Channel
Storage: up to 1TB of storage space; one physical hard drive. SSD, HDD Hybrid drive support.
Ports: USB 2.0; 2x USB 3.0; HDMI 1.4a out; VGA; Headphone; Mic; RJ45/LAN
Alpenföhn delivers the Matterhorn Pure Edition processor cooler:
Cooling specialist Alpenföhn presents their newest addition to the Matterhorn line of performance coolers. Dubbed the Matterhorn Pure, it focuses on delivering the best possible cooling at the best possible price. Even with its untreated surface, the Matterhorn Pure impresses with the same high quality which Alpenföhn is known for.
Weighing in at a solid 660 grams without a fan, the cooler manages to impress with plenty of heat dissipation area. But Alpenföhn has ensured, that the material used has been employed properly utilizing the same design as the Matterhorn cooler, but leaving out the Nickel plating to allow the cooler to be offered at the best price point possible. The Pure still offers six heatpipes which make direct contact with the heat spreader of the CPU and thus manages to impress with great performance as well.
The double heatpipes are arranged in four rows within the tower of cooling fins, allowing for the air to be pushed freely through the many fins of the Matterhorn Pure. Alpenföhn has also closed off the sides of the cooler, creating a tunnel through which the air can flow, while also adding to the overall stability of the Matterhorn Pure. The asymmetrical stacking of the Aluminum fins of the original Matterhorn has also been employed in the latest version of the cooler.
This is the result of two aspects: on one hand a larger number of fins increases the area of heat dissipation, but also adds to the weight and restricts air flow, making a faster and thus louder fan necessary. By using an asymmetrical fin stack, Alpenföhn has managed to create a powerful but quiet CPU cooler with the Matterhorn.
To keep the air flow at a maximum, while offering a low operating noise, a secondary set of fins have been placed further back in the stack, away from the fan. In this area the air turbulence is lower and thus a quiet fan can still be employed, combining both performance and silence within the Matterhorn Pure.
Even without the black surface of the Matterhorn series, the Pure manages to impress, due to the elaborate design and excellent quality. Alpenföhn has ensured that the cooler and its innovations remain untouched, but has included a different fan with the Matterhorn Pure. It utilizes an all black and a bit simpler fan instead of the Wing Boost units found on the original cooler variants.
Even so, the Matterhorn Pure still manages to deliver an impressive cooling performance! The fan rotates at 1.500 RPM at most, pushing an incredible 108 m³/h air through the innovative fins of the cooler. Thanks to the PWM connector, the rotation speed may be reduced to a mere 500 RPM by any modern motherboard, at which it operates at a nearly inaudible 8 dB(A).
Even though it is missing the rubberized frame of the Wing Boost fans, the fan utilizes four black rubber spacers, eliminating any vibrations, which are hooked between cooler and fan, which eliminates the need for additional mounting materials. This does not only simplify the installation, but reduces the overall price even further.
Even though the fan looks a bit simpler, it still offers the same features as the Plus series of the Wing Boost fans, with the ability to connect a second fan to unit. The Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure ships with all the parts to be mounted on AMD (AM2, AM2+, AM3, AM3+, FM1) and Intel (775, 1155, 1156, 1366, 2011) Sockets.
The Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler will be available from the 22nd of May for 34.90 Euro exclusively at www.overclockers.co.uk.
ADATA reveals new XPG Xtreme DDR3 memory modules that run at 2133MHz, available in 8GB and 16GB dual-channel kits.
ADATA Technology Co., Ltd announced a boost to its XPG™ Xtreme Series DDR3 lineup with the DDR3-2133X 8GB and 16GB dual channel kits. This new entry to XPG™ Xtreme Series satisfies enthusiasts’ increasingly stringent demands for high capacity and performance DRAM modules.
The new ADATA XPG Xtreme Series DDR3-2133X runs at 2133 MHz and an operating voltage of 1.65V with latency settings of 10-11-11-30, allowing for predicted bandwidth up to 34.1GB per second.
Each XPG memory chip is selected through a strict filtering process and complete with high performance 8-layer PCB (Printed Circuit Board). The chips are in direct contact with the heat spreaders for efficient heat dissipation and prolonged lifespan. The XPG Xtreme Series DDR3-2133X also supports the Intel™ XMP (Extreme Memory Profiles) version 1.3, providing easy configuration for power users, and is compatible with the Intel P67 / X79 / Z68 / Z75 / Z77 platforms.
Product Highlights:
Runs at 2133MHz
Operates at 1.65V
Predicted bandwidth up to 34.1GB per second
Supports Intel™ XMP (Extreme Memory Profiles) version 1.3
Today LaCie announced a new 2-bay network-attached storage solution (NAS) that delivers the ideal combination of speed and security for small businesses – the LaCie 2big NAS, design by Neil Poulton. Powered by a 2GHz processor and improved file system, the 2big NAS delivers speeds up to 100MB/s, ensuring employees can share files from any PC, Mac, or Linux workstation.
"According to data from Research and Markets, network storage is growing in excess of 30% annually, increasing the demands placed on network storage devices," said Erwan Girard, Professional Business Unit Manager at LaCie. "The LaCie 2big NAS was developed to scale with the needs of SOHO users, delivering fast file sharing and data security, the two most critical factors for a small business."
FAST COLLABORATION
In a data-dependant world, small offices can't afford delays in workflow. The 2big NAS supports non-stop data accessibility and collaboration thanks to its 2Ghz processor and LaCie NAS OS 2 software. It delivers enough storage capacity and bandwidth to back up multiple workstations, share large files and work on projects concurrently.
FORMIDABLE DATA SECURITY
Because data multiplies by the second, office administrators and IT professionals must ensure all digital assets are backed up and secure. The LaCie 2big NAS offers multiple levels of security including RAID 1 for data mirroring. Coupled with its hot-swappable drives, a failed disk can be replaced with no interruption, no data loss and without needing to turn off the device.
The LaCie 2big NAS ensures a complete backup of any Linux, PC or Mac workstation. Choose from the popular Time Machine and Windows 7 Backup software, or the included LaCie backup software. Consistent automatic backup means users can restore lost files instantly.
What's more, LaCie's NAS OS 2 dashboard makes it easy for businesses to back up the 2big NAS automatically, for added data security and peace of mind. Wizards with presets make advanced tasks such as RAID management, users management and NAS-to-NAS backups easy. No IT degree required. With just a few clicks users can back up the 2big NAS onto a direct-attached external hard drive, or schedule a nightly backup onto a NAS in a different location.
REMOTE ACCESSIBILITY
Complementary to fast file sharing and data security is instant access to your data. The 2big NAS allows employees to access important files anywhere where there is an Internet connection. They can even download the free iOS app – LaCie MyNAS – to access files from an iPhone or iPad.
ENERGY SAVINGS
The LaCie 2big NAS saves businesses money by allowing full control of its energy usage. Users can schedule shutdown and restart during optimal business hours to boost efficiency. Plus, the LaCie 2big NAS is now ten times more energy efficient when in deep sleep mode. And, thanks to the wake-on-LAN protocol, users can access the 2big NAS from deep sleep without being next to the system.
AVAILABILITY
The LaCie 2big NAS is available in 0TB and 6TB capacities through the LaCie Online Store, LaCie PROgram+ Partners and LaCie PROgram+ Resellers starting at $299.00. For more product information, visit www.lacie.com.
