Omid Rahmat

If there was any doubt that CES has become a bloated, over the top, affair, much like the last days of Pompeii, or Comdex for that matter, you need read no further than this little ditty from our intrepid reporter, Rob Wright, in Las Vegas.

3Dlabs rushes its announcement of its next generation graphics architecture, the P10, in anticipation of becoming a part of Creative Labs. This is the first salvo in what promises to be a very exciting 18 months as graphics takes a big step into realizing a fully programmable 3D pipeline, egged on by Longhorn. We take a look at the P10's key features, and ultimately, to the underlying trends in the next generation of graphics processors.

AMD has given Sledgehammer a new brand name, Opteron. With it comes a clear cut strategy to attack the enterprise market. Is the technology and marketing hype going to be enough to take AMD to the next level? Then, there's bye bye Apaloosa Core, and hello Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit on Opteron! It's all shook up, today.

We get our first look at what looks like the R200 from ATI. This could be the product that finally puts paid to the notion that Nvidia has the graphics industry sewn up.

Matrox launches its newest graphics chip, the G550, with the HeadCasting engine.

It was subtle, but forceful. Nvidia, which has long tried to position itself as the next Intel, now has a product that puts the House of Pentium firmly in its sights.

3D stereoscopic display technology makes it to prime time with the $1699 DTI 2015XLS.