Nvidia on Tuesday unveiled Optimus, a technology that automatically chooses the best graphics processor for running a given application, thus lengthening a laptop computer’s battery life. Based on the application’s needs, Optimus will route the workload to either an Nvidia discrete graphics processing unit or graphics processors integrated into Intel chips. Asus will release a netbook with Optimus technology later this week. Optimus technology automatically detects most types of applications such as Cuda, Compute, and many video applications.
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Nvidia Optimus Gives Laptops a Graphical Gearshift
Posted by: Richard Adhikari February 9, 2010 11:17 AMNvidia on Tuesday unveiled Optimus, a technology that automatically chooses the best graphics processor for running a given application, thus lengthening a laptop computer’s battery life. Based on the application’s needs, Optimus will route the workload to either an Nvidia discrete graphics processing unit or graphics processors integrated into Intel chips. Asus will release a netbook with Optimus technology later this week. Optimus technology automatically detects most types of applications such as Cuda, Compute, and many video applications.