One chip maker is doing something for the very first time.Looks like the sting of Tegra missing LTE capabilities may finally start to fade. Even Samsung, which usually uses in-house chips, could turn to Nvidia processors if it so desired. Though there's a shout out to Android, it also stands to reason that Nvidia could license its chips to Apple for use in its iOS devices. "Now, with the explosion of Android devices presents an unprecedented opportunity to accelerate this effort," Shannon wrote. Intel, meanwhile, pays it more than $250 million (about £159 million, AU$264 million) a year in licensing fees for visual computing patents.īut is there a specific, driving force behind the decision beyond the fluctuating tech world? You betcha. This actually isn't something new for Nvidia: Shannon noted the company licensed an earlier GPU core to Sony for use in the PS3. "Adopting a new business approach will allow us to address the universe of devices." " not practical to build silicon or systems to address every part of the expanding market," wrote Shannon.
While licensees can look forward to a full swath of Nvidia support as they work to integrate Nvidia's GPU tech into their own devices, Shannon said the company also plans to offer licensing rights for its visual computing portfolio.īut why license its proprietary tech in the first place? The answer lies in the "upended" IT world, one that's seeing PCs overtaken by smartphones and tablets. "We're just getting going but we're in touch with several potentially significant customers, none of which we are disclosing today."Īs for when these partnerships will poke about, look for them to likely emerge in 2015, "given design and testing requirements." Line 'em up Memory Configuration – 4GB GDDR5 / 512-bitĪPI Support – DirectX 11.2, OpenGL 4."We're targeting designers of applications processors for a variety of markets," the spokesperson said. The Radeon R9 290X Battlefield 4 bundle is currently available for pre order through several retails, including Newegg for a price of $729.99.ĪPI Support – DirectX 11.2, OpenGL 4.3, Mantle
You can expect the R9 290 GPU series to hit stores October 15th. Lets take a look at the specs of the Radeon R9 290 series, looking first at the R9 290, and then at the R9 290X.Īs you can see below, both of these models include support DirectX 11.2, OpenGL 4.3, and the newest Mantle API, which will see it’s debut in Battlefield 4 come this December. As of today the final specs for AMD’s next gen GPU chips have been confirmed by GDM.or.jp.
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