Nvidia Shares Soar on Earnings Beat, Bullish Outlook

Nvidia shares are flying high after strong earnings; a positive outlook surprises analysts.
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LG Keeps the Pre-Barcelona Announcements Coming, This Time With Quad-Core Phone

In its fourth phone announcement of the week, LG introduces a quad-core phone based on Nvidia’s Tegra 3.
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After Slow Start, Nvidia Hopes to Drive Tegra 2 Into the Smartphone Mainstream

After a slow start, Nvidia has high hopes of transitioning its once-high-end Tegra 2 chip into a processor for mainstream smartphones.
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Nvidia’s Tegra 3 Tries to Save Battery in All Sorts of Different Ways

Nvidia says its quad-core processor also can also reduce the power used in backlights, a major drain on mobile device batteries.
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Solid Keyboard Elevates This Tablet, Though Software Lags

The Android-based Transformer Prime tablet has a sturdy keyboard and dock, and is the first tablet to use a potent new processor called the Tegra 3. But it is weak on software and offers limited apps.
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Nvidia Earnings, Revenue Nudge Past Estimates on Strong Graphics and Mobile Business

The chipmaker came in just ahead of what analysts were expecting for the past quarter, and said to expect the current quarter to be roughly flat in both earnings and revenue.
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Nvidia’s Quad-Core Tegra 3 Ready, Asus’ Transformer Prime Almost Ready

Although the Nvidia processor is ready, the Asus tablet won’t hit the market until next month. Phones running the chip are expected next year.
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Sprint and Motorola Renew Their Vows With Plans for High-End Photon 4G

The laptop dock-capable Photon 4G is one of 10 Motorola devices coming this year to Sprint, the two companies announced at an event in New York on Thursday.
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Acer’s Iconia Honeycomb Tablet Notable for Price Tag, if Not Features

Taiwanese computer maker Acer announced pricing and availability plans on Friday for its Honeycomb tablet, the Iconia Tab A500. The tablet is available for pre-order from Best Buy and will go on sale on April 20 for a $450 suggested price. Its Nvidia Tegra chip, dual cameras, 10.1 inch screen makesand other features make it sound, well, like a lot of other Honeycomb tablets, albeit with perhaps the lowest sticker price to date.

Aiming to Power Ever More Complex Graphics, Nvidia Plans Quad-Core Mobile Chip This Year

Not content to rest on its dual-core laurels, Nvidia said it will have a chip out later this year that combines four processing cores and 12-graphics chip cores to power, among other things, video with far better than HD resolution.