The result: Nvidia can address as market much bigger than just graphics chips.

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Either way, the next generation of gaming consoles is obviously going to be about more than just the graphics, or even just the games.

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Both companies, however, are talking up technologies that will tap into graphics processors to speed up not just whizzy graphics but a bigger slice of everyday computing chores.

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