The XPC factor: An interview with Ken Huang, the man behind the Shuttle XPC. the xpc factor an interview with ken huang. Shuttle is now widely recognized as the pioneer of the SFF movement, and Ken Huang, Shuttle vice president of systems development, is considered the chief architect of the SFF concept at Shuttle. DigiTimes recently met with Mr. Huang to talk about the history of the XPC and how the product changed the company, as well as the challenges Shuttle now faces in the SFF market....

Break Dancing Jen-Hsun Huang Kicks Off NVISION With Virtual Lamborghinis And Cylon Babes. jen hsun huang nvidia nvision. Welcome to the era of visual computing," Huang proclaimed and there’s no doubt that over the next few days in San Jose Nvidia is pulling out all the stops in convincing attendees that its cards are best. While many people in the press had been expecting Huang to talk more about CUDA and supercomputing applications of modern graphics cards, there was actually nothing new mentioned. This is what Peter Stevenson of RTT showed when he was introduced by Huang on the stage. Huang joked, "So I pay for that right...

Nvidia's CEO Jen-Hsun Huang talks about the "Nvidia ecosystem" at NVISION '08. The “Great Big Visual Computing Show” opened with a keynote address from Nvidia’s CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, who attempted to truly define what visual computing is. Before delving into what visual computing was, Huang described the “Nvidia ecosystem”, which encompasses everything from gaming to film and TV to digital photography. Huang showed an Age of Empires III demo running in Stereoscope, a new type of 3D that could be added to games within the next several years. Huang also said that this technology could bring people back to old games because it can be added so easily....

According to Huang, the desktop segment will remain the main focus with more than 145 million PCs sold every year. It’s clear that every cellphone company wants 3D graphics in their devices," Huang said. You could fly to the next Starbucks on your navigation screen," Huang said. If someone has to graphics processors in his computer, it makes me very happy," Huang said. According to Huang, Nvidia will collect royalties from Sony for every Playstation sold....

Huang chose strong, emotional words to strike back, calling Intel’s second discrete visual computing offering “Laughabee”. Huang, known for his great passion for the company he founded, apparently has been hit on the wrong nerve. They have crossed the line, they’re saying false things." “They say”, Huang stated, "Nvidia is going to be dead. They’re overwhelmed by the value and the benefit we bring," Huang noted. Huang openly doubted that Intel can deliver workable drivers, judging by their current state of incompatibility....

CRT Captial Group analyst Ashok Kumar issued a warning stating the recent tirade by NVIDIA CEO, Jen-sun Huang may have adverse effects CRT Captial Group analyst Ashok Kumar issued a warning stating the recent tirade by NVIDIA CEO, Jen-sun Huang may have adverse effects – angering a “huge, rich, motivated design powerhouse.” Kumar believes NVIDIA’s current products are better than Intel’s offerings, but mentions Huang is greatly overlooking Intel’s lack of interest in the high-end 3D-gaming market, and thus the re... Many saw Huang’s outburst as NVIDIA’s attempt to gain higher ground before an upcoming epic battle between NVIDIA and Intel. NVIDIA’s ongoing “war” with Intel started with Huang adlibbing during a financial analyst meeting, stating NVIDIA was about to “open a can of whoop ass” on Intel. Huang further belittled Intel’s graphics solutions as a “joke” and being abysmal in the visual computing world....

CEO Jen-Hsun Huang made no announcements regarding the deal until asked in the question-and-answer session, but he was happy to divulge a decent number of details. Huang mentioned that Nvidia’s strategy is to take the PhysX engine and port it to CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture), which is a C-like application programming interface Nvidia developed to let programmers write general-purpose applications that can run on GPUs. All of Nvidia’s existing GeForce 8 graphics processors already support CUDA, and Huang confirmed that the cards will be able to run PhysX. "We’re working toward the physics-engine-to-CUDA port as we speak. Last but not least, Huang said developers are "really excited" about the PhysX-to-CUDA port. Huang declined to comment on the time frame for the release of the first PhysX port....

SLI is a result of focusing our development for the past three years," said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of Nvidia. Huang credited SLI and nForce as the biggest growth drivers for a solid quarter performance that was considered by analysts as sign that Nvidia has turned the corner after two years of stagnation. Huang said that the series now brings in more than two thirds of the GPU revenue. Huang said that Nvidia will "target the most profit-rich segments" first before looking to IGPs....

Jen-Hsun Huang, the Nvidia CEO is one of the few folks in the industry, other than Steve Jobs, who has near rock star status. Huang spent some time pointing out the wonder of 3D applications like Google Earth and how they are transforming how we look at the world. Bringing in a company from Asia, Huang demonstrated how you could create an accurate virtual version of yourself and, using this, create a realistic virtual world providing a way for remote vendors to sell you clothing and furniture by showcasing how it would really look near or on you. Huang then moved to ESPN and Sportvision where for sports the image is virtualized real time so analysis can actually use real game or race elements to visually represent, still real time, what is going on at the race....

According to chief executive Jen-Hsun Huang, the company reported sales of $687.5 million during Q2, up 20% from Q2 of 2005 when the company achieved sales of $574.8 million. Huang said that Nvidia saw "strong performance" in desktop and notebook GPU, as well as in MCP and handheld markets. According to Huang, Nvidia has shipped more than 20 million GPUs supporting SLI to date....