• GPU Research Poster Boards

• GPU Ray Tracing Myths

• Supercomputing To Change US Energy

• Eclipse-Based Integrated Development Environment Industry

Update: NVIDIA's been very busy at the GPU conference and have a lot of information to share with the community. For more information, visit the News and Headlines, which may be a little cluttered, but making the posts "stick" helps out a bit.

Exciting times are ahead as NVIDIA's "Kepler" line-up begins an assault on mid-range desktop and mobile products, where competition is expected to be stiffer.

And there’s more to come as GeForce owners will soon be connected to NVIDIA’s High Performance Computer (HPC) in the Cloud.

Have a great Sunday and remember that today is Mother's Day!

Observations: While reporting on NVIDIA's latest product launches, I've paid closer attention to "stuff." Mostly good and positive stuff, but sometimes negative and not so good stuff.

Web sites have publicly complained about not having received a product to review. This type of reporting is unproductive and energy should instead be channeled into covering a product launch properly.

Web sites have been friendly to the competition and reporting stories that are indicative of a company that is feeling the heat caused by a disruption. I'm sympathetic, but this is how honest and hard-working companies become successful.

I've read reports that a mid-range GPU will debut at a price point that looks to be indicative of the "high-end" of the mid-range. It appears that a void in the $300-$400 price range is taking place, but keep in mind that NVIDIA will maintain availability of the GeForce GTX 560 and GeForce GTX 570 as they stated in a conference call. Also, market conditions are always changing and NVIDIA needs a lot of "help from their friends" to ensure their GPUs are manufactured and brought to market.

Lastly, reports that a company made a "mistake" by releasing a certain product have surfaced. Company’s have a strategy for rolling out new products and I guarantee that their employees are working hard-as-heck and are being well-compensated, as they should be. It's up to consumers to educate themselves on the optimal time to purchase a product. Webmasters can recommend, but they have no worthwhile information about the spending habits of a visitor reading their article. They may think so, by relying on studies and surveys that are biased and corrupt, but they don't.

Nvidia’s new GTX 690 introduced last week is the first dual-GPU AIB that challenges the notion that one card can’t compete with two. In our tests, the new Nvidia board not only crushes the former heavyweight champion, the limited-edition ASUS Mars II goliath, but shows performance on par with GFX 680s in SLi.

We are seeing comparative scores with two GTX 680s because the GTX base and boost clocks are only about 5% less than a standalone GTX 680.Compare that to the previous generation dual GPU card, the GTX 590, which was outfitted with GPUs whose a base clocks were more than 20% slower than the GTX 580 (to manage heat).