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Nobel Prize for Physics awarded for hard drive technology
Wednesday 10 October 2007 – 06:51
College Park (MD) - In the late 1980s, two scientists working independently discovered what we now call giant magnetoresistance, or GMR. It’s the read-head phenomena in high-density hard drives which makes hard drive technology possible. Today, the Nobel ...
Nvidia Touts Physics, But Financial Trouble Ahead
Tuesday 12 August 2008 – 11:40
Santa Clara (CA) - Owners of a GeForce 8-series or higher graphics card can squeeze more eye candy out of their hardware as Nvidia has released a demo pack consisting of a full game, acceleration demos and Stanford's Folding@Home distributed computing client that showcase the physics and floating point horsepower of the company's graphics cards.
Havok provides physics for next-gen Sonic game
Thursday 12 October 2006 – 09:13
Havok, a company focused on technology for real-time physics in video games, announced that it will be the provider of in-game physics technology to the multi-platform release of the next-generation 'Sonic the Hedgehog' game. Set for release on the Xbox 360 and PS3, it will be the first foray into the new era of video games for Sega's iconic character.
Ageia physics SDK now supports Vista 64-bit, Linux
Tuesday 3 October 2006 – 07:26
Ageia today announced version 2.6 of its "PhysX" software development kit (SDK), which integrates support for different Linux flavors as well as the 64-bit variant of the upcoming Windows Vista operating system.
BFG to launch Ageia physics cards on 9 May
Friday 5 May 2006 – 06:08
BFG today announced that its Ageia Physx based physics cards will be available in North America, Europe, Japan, Korea and Australia on 9 May.

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The Scientists' Opinions on Gaming Physics*
Thursday 3 August 2006 – 06:09
Ageia recently released its PhysX card to the public, and it didn't take long for Nvidia and ATI to in turn present their own take on how to best calculate physics. There are some, however, who say that none of these methods is especially good for the task. According to physics scientists, there are just no algorithms good enough to yield satisfying results.
Can Ageia's PhysX Card Bring Real-World Physics to Games?*
Monday 19 June 2006 – 12:12
Ageia says its new physics processing device and engine will do nothing less than revolutionize PC gaming. We gauge just how well Ageia's PPU (physics processing unit) can handle flying debris and shrapnel in Ghost Recon Advanced War Fighter - which you can also see for yourself by downloading our video.