They saw the machines as computers and began adding the latest graphics chips and networking ports.
Computer games as we know them are played on powerful computers and are rich with big-screen graphics, movie-like soundtracks and fast action.
Intel is also a threat at the low end, where it competes with Nvidia and AMD to sell the cheaper integrated graphics chipsets used in budget desktop computers and many notebooks.
Nvidia designs and develops graphics processing units (GPUs), which are high performance processors that generate realistic and interactive graphics on computers.
The idea is to couple chips like the graphics processors responsible for snappy graphics in home computers and game consoles with central processors like the Intel chips powering your home computer.
Electronic books are smaller, cheaper and simpler than laptop computers but give users the ability to create original text, graphics and audio and import encrypted electronic files from third-party providers, according to Eric Walusis, president of Dayton-based Searchlight eBook Training Inc.
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Even with his wimpy DSL connection, pages are rendered quickly enough once the website's servers (and all the other computers along the route, plus those used to host adverts, graphics and miscellaneous layout bits) start giving his browser's request some attention.
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The chips will include an 800-megahertz ARM central processor--the same power-sipping design powering many smart phones--with a high-definition video processor, an imaging processor, an audio processor and a tiny, low-power version of the GeForce graphics processors Nvidia pushes for desktop and laptop computers.
The chips are expected to display much more sophisticated graphics and extend battery life on portable computers to eight to 10 hours.
Graphics computers, however, are rapidly climbing in power and rapidly falling in price.
But because a lot of things that people do with computers, such as e-mail, writing and web browsing, do not require fancy graphics or lots of processing power, netbooks can still be extremely useful.
Over the past several years, Nvidia has broadened its focus from graphics processors (GPUs) for personal computers to processors for smart phones, tablets, and supercomputers.
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Over the past several years, Nvidia has broadened its focus from graphics processors (GPUs) for personal computers to chips for smart phones, tablets, and supercomputers.
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Nvidia still leads the market for high-end graphics processors in desktop computers, but Huang needs to tap the fast-growth markets for smartphones and tablets before things worsen.
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