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The announcement this week that chipmaker Nvidia is among the latest crop of companies to join the Linux Foundation is a sign of the growing importance of open source to the business sector -- and a reversal for a firm that, traditionally, hasn't been counted among the stalwarts of that community.

Nvidia showed tablets using its Tegra 3 quad-core processors at CES, including a developer prototype that was running Windows 8.

Just as tablets with dual-core processors start to hit shelves, chip makers are now shipping samples of quad-core chips that could make the devices even faster.

Intel and Nvidia agree to end a long-standing patent dispute and license each other's patents.

Parallel Nsight 1.5 also includes multicore debugging and system analysis functionality in Visual Studio.

Apple's iPod Touch and iPhone can't match Tegra's ability to play HD video.

Nvidia hopes to develop chips that enable applications such as image recognition and video search on mobile devices like smartphones and low-cost laptops, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said on Tuesday.

Asustek kicked off an entirely new category in the mobile computing space when it presented a prototype of its Eee PC at Taiwan's Computex trade show two years ago. Since then, the sector hasn't been a hotbed of innovation. But now, as the netbook sector enters its third year, new chips and operating systems hold the potential for massive change in the sector.

Nvidia President and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang took a shot at rival Intel on Monday, telling reporters that computers running Windows 7 with an Atom processor paired with Nvidia's Ion graphics chip can be cheaper and more powerful than systems based on Intel's mobile processors designed for slim laptops.

Nvidia on Wednesday revised its compensation plan for the current fiscal year, saying it was canceling performance-related compensation for most top executives in an effort to cut costs.

Graphics chip vendor Nvidia spent $43.6 million during its last fiscal year to cover warranty and product replacement claims related to graphics chips that were manufactured and sold with a weak packaging material.