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Nvision, stylized asNVISION, was a stand-alone event in 2008 organized byNvidia to promote visualcomputing among enthusiasts and journalists.
The event was mostly centered on Nvidia's own products but offers activities usually found at other types of events: ademoscene event, scientific talks, and programming classes. It has been replaced by theGPU Technology Conference in following years.
The same name was also used for Nvidia's quarterly magazine, published byFuture plc. Publication was ceased after the 'Winter 2011' (#7) issue.
The first Nvision event, Nvision 08, was held at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts[1] from August 25 to August 28, 2008 inSan Jose, California.[2]
Adam Savage andJamie Hyneman, ofMythBusters fame, demonstrated howGPUs solve specific tasks faster in parallel than they can be executed on general purposeCPUs by painting aMona Lisa with a massively parallelpaint gun.[3]
Guinness World Records was present to officiate the record for the longest continuousLAN party at 36 hours.[4]
Kevin Gee fromMicrosoft revealed more details publicly about what would be in the nextDirectX 11.[5]
Revision3'sKevin Rose andAlex Albrecht were present to host a liveDiggnation show.[6]
France-based Games Services was present to host the2008 Electronic Sports World Cup.[7]
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