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In 2008 Nvidia purchased the PhysX card and began to phase out the card line ; the functionality was added through software allowing the GPU to render PhysX on cores normally used for graphics processing the same way CUDA works.
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In April 2008, SGI re-entered the visualization market with the SGI Virtu range of visualization servers and workstations, which were re-badged systems from BOXX Technologies based on Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron processors and Nvidia Quadro graphics chipsets, running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server or Windows Compute Cluster Server.
The only available Direct3D 10. 1 hardware as of June 2008 were the Radeon HD 3000 series and Radeon HD 4000 series from ATI ; in 2009, they were joined by Chrome 430 / 440GT GPUs from S3 Graphics and select lower-end models in GeForce 200 series from Nvidia.
On August 8, 2008, Transmeta announced that it had licensed its LongRun and low-power chip technologies to Nvidia for a one-time license fee of $ 25 million.
In 2008 Khronos Group released the OpenCL with the aim to support general purpose CPUs and both ATI / AMD and Nvidia GPUs, with a single common language.
In 2008, Intel, Nvidia and AMD / ATI were the market share leaders, with 49. 4 %, 27. 8 % and 20. 6 % market share respectively.
An equivalent product for the same market segment was not provided until 2008, when the Virtu product line was introduced, based on x86 microprocessors and Nvidia graphics.
In February 2008 after Nvidia bought Ageia Technologies and eventually cut off the ability to process PhysX on the AGEIA PPU and NVIDIA GPUs in systems with active ATi / AMD GPUs, it seemed that PhysX went 100 % to Nvidia.
But in March 2008, Nvidia announced that it will make PhysX an open standard for everyone,
The USB-based Nvidia 3D Vision kit released in 2008 supports CRT monitors capable of 100, 110, or 120 Hz refresh rates, as well as 120 Hz LCD monitors.
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Ageia was acquired by Nvidia in February 2008
In 2008, Ageia was itself acquired by graphics technology manufacturer Nvidia.
However, on 23 May 2008, Nvidia released Gelato Pro as a free download without any additional license.
2008 and purchased
In 2008, the company was purchased by Diageo Estates.
On February 28, 2008, Cryptic Studios purchased the Champions intellectual property, and sold the rights back to Hero Games to publish the 6th edition books.
As of August 2008, an 18-story condominium high-rise called Capitol Club Tower is in the design phase with the adjacent parking structure already having been approved by city council and purchased by the developer.
Crowe also owns a house in the North Queensland city of Townsville: he purchased the $ 450, 000 home in the suburb of Douglas on 3 May 2008.
Crow also stated that $ 1 of each ticket purchased for her 2008 tour would be donated to the United Nations World Food Programme.
While the contamination was limited to just 9 pig farms, the Irish government requested the immediate withdrawal and disposal of all pork-containing products produced in Ireland and purchased since 1 September 2008.
In 2008, Liberty Media Corporation purchased News Corporation's controlling interest in DIRECTV.
In 2007, a number of double-decker buses were purchased ; the mayor vowed that by summer 2008, all city buses would be retrofitted with air conditioners and later fueled by methane.
* 2008: Monsanto purchased the Dutch seed company De Ruiter Seeds for € 546 million, and sells its POSILAC bovine somatotropin brand and related business to Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly in August for $ 300 million plus " additional contingent consideration ".
In 2008 the former Crayford Methodist Church was purchased by the North West Kent Muslim Association to become a mosque serving Bexley and Dartford boroughs.
The Owsley County Fiscal Court purchased the sculpture and surrounding land in 2008.
The casino complex was purchased and became Horseshoe Southern Indiana on July 11, 2008.
In May 2008, Spears and Aldridge moved back to Liberty, Mississippi, and purchased a house, with Spears stating they would raise their child there.
The hotel, closed since 2008 because of a fire, was purchased by a group of seven investors in the fall of 2009.
On Jan. 2008 the city purchased six hybrid police vehicles with a grant by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District.
The city also purchased six hybrid SUV's on Dec. 2008 with a grant by the San Joaquin Valley Air Quality District.
The plant was purchased by Sconza Candy Company, which began production in October 2008.
One of the last resorts to remain in operation, Sunrise Resort, was purchased by the state of Connecticut in late 2008 to be incorporated into the adjacent Machimoodus State Park as a campground, and to protect " 4, 700 feet of additional frontage along the Salmon River.
However, on November 3, 2008, the LaFontaine family purchased the vacant space.
As a temporary measure, the AIA purchased the ice rink structure that was used in the 2008 NHL Winter Classic at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, New York.
The proposals where cancelled, however in 2008 when the city of Vandalia purchased the same land that was partially owned by University of Dayton, the city of Dayton finally began to work on their redeveloped expansion of the airport which included a new sight tower and updating of landscaping and the Airport Access Road.
In February 2008, a US Senate bill was introduced that would increase the regulation of nursing homes such as those run by HCR Manor Care which Carlyle purchased in December 2007.
On March 14, 2008, the department purchased the Swim Club, a local swimming pool, with non-tax revenue.
In June 2008, he sold Death Row Records to New York-based company Global Music Group, which confirmed it had purchased the firm in a statement to the Associated Press news agency.
In 2009, FitzGerald received a new ministerial car, the first and only one to be purchased by the state since an economic recession hit the country in 2008.
2008 and card
New in 2008, the abalone card also comes with a set of 24 tags.
On December 21, 2008, Atlanta beat the Minnesota Vikings 24 – 17 to clinch a wild card spot, earning a trip to the playoffs for the first time since 2004.
The Brewers finished the 2008 season one game ahead of the New York Mets in the wild card race with a final record of 90 – 72, and faced the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS.
* Spectromancer ( 2008 ), online card game
In 2008, the European Parliament overwhelmingly voted for an initiative to introduce an EU organ donor card in order to foster organ donation in Europe.
In 2008, NDS was found to have broken piracy laws by hacking EchoStar Communications ’ smart card system, however only $ 1, 500 in statutory damages were awarded.
In her first tournament since the 2008 US Open, Davenport played mixed doubles at Wimbledon with Bob Bryan, where they received a wild card.
In 2008 Dexa Systems spun off from Schlumberger and acquired Enterprise Security Services business, which included the smart card solutions division responsible for deploying the first large scale public key infrastructure ( PKI ) based smart card management systems.
In August 2008 it was reported by The Consumerist that Discovery Channel had stopped their popular MythBusters program from airing an episode examining RFID security in regard to its implementation in credit cards because the episode would upset credit card companies, who are major advertisers on Discovery Channel.
In the UK, Christmas cards account for almost half of the volume of greeting card sales, with over 668. 9 million Christmas cards sold in the 2008 festive period.
By 1838, the Spen Valley, centred around Cleckheaton had at least 11 card clothing factories and by 1893 it was generally accepted as the card cloth capital of the world, though by 2008 only two manufacturers of metallic and flexible card clothing remained in England, Garnett Wire Ltd dating back to 1851 and Joseph Sellers & Son Ltd established in 1840.
In June 2008, JustAnotherDotCom. com purchased the free e-card site Greeting-cards. com and added it to their own greeting card site, which made them one of the largest e-card sites in the world.
In 2008, a smart card called taspo was implemented in the majority of tobacco vending machines across the country to restrict sales of cigarettes from them.
Following the 2008 financial crisis and legislation passed by Congress, banks have modified many credit card agreements with customers sometimes increasing interest rates or reducing credit limits.
Front and back side of a business card 2008
* On June 28, 2008, the Dragons, making the postseason even after finishing the season 8-8 ( fourth in the National Eastern Division ), went on to defeat the favored Dallas Desperados in the wild card round of the playoffs.
* Shards of Alara, 2008 expansion set from the trading card game Magic: The Gathering
The company introduced Kitaca, a smart card ticketing system, from autumn 2008.
* October 25, 2008: Kitaca contactless smart card introduced in Sapporo area
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