Graphics card makers to duel over dual chips

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for GadgetForLife.info

Published: January 29, 2008

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Graphics chipmakers are fond of making a case these days
that their graphics processing units (GPUs) are becoming as important or more
so than the central processing units (CPUs) of the PC microprocessor makers.

As bigger displays in high-definition dazzle consumers, most
of the horsepower that drives them comes from the GPU.

Fourth-quarter numbers for the graphics market will begin to
leak out after the market closes today. Ashok Kumar, CRT Capital analyst,
expects Silicon Valley


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