Nvidia Launched the GeForce GTX Titan X

Nvidia the Santa Clara, California chip manufacturer has formally announced their latest and greatest graphics card the GeForce GTX Titan X. It is in their absolute top-of-the-line consumer product series.

The new graphic card is the 1st Titan series card that is based on their current-generation Maxwell architecture. This new technology reduces power consumption while boosting performance. The GeForce GTX Titan X replaces the GeForce GTX 980 as Nvidia's highest-performance consumer GPU.

The GeForce GTX Titan X reference card is now the fastest single-GPU graphics card in the world. The card will be outfitted with a whopping 12GB of GDDR5 RAM. Codenamed GM200 it has 3,072 shader units and a 384-bit-wide memory bus, the GeForce GTX 980 only has 2,048 processors and 256-bit bus. The peak power consumption is rated at 250W.

Graphics cards based on the latest GPU is priced at $999 and are already available in the US.

Nissan recalls 640,000 more Altimas for Faulty Latch

DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is recalling an additional 640,000 more  Altima sedans in the U.S. and Canada because of faulty latches that can cause hoods to fly up while driving. The recall includes Altima midsize cars from the 2013 through 2015 model years. With this new recall, the total number of vehicles recalled for the same problem is about 1.1 million.

In government documents, Nissan said that if the primary hood latch is not fastened properly, the secondary latch will not be able to hold the hood as designed causing it to fly when the vehicle is moving.

In 2013 the car company recalled 238,000 Altimas, 216,000 Nissan Pathfinders, Infiniti JX35s and QX60s for the same problem. They haven't finalized a fix for the problem.

Nissan has acknowledge of some reports in which drivers' hoods have popped open while driving, there are no injuries or accidents that have been reported.

Nissan will fix the recalled cars by either replacing the latch mechanism or modifying the latch lever. They will also clean the secondary latch joint. Nissan have made a public announcement for the affected cars to ensure that their hood is latched and locked if they cannot yet make it to a dealer to have their cars repaired.