Nvidia on monday is providing the first details of the new tesla chips , the k20 and k20x , which the company says are three times faster than prior-generation products .
Microsoft said the model using windows rt -- a variant of the windows 8 operating system -- and chips from nvidia corp. should arrive first and be in line with pricing of similar tablets .
A spokesman for nvidia , of santa clara , calif. , said ms. jiau worked until about a year ago for nvidia as a contractor , a frequent employment arrangement for silicon valley technology companies .
Qualcomm , nvidia and texas instruments , which make chips based on arm architecture , have taken the lead in the mobile market of late , largely dominating the emerging smartphone and tablet markets with customers like motorola mobility holdings inc.
The h-p spokeswoman said the company responded to the nvidia chip problems after they surfaced with a global program called the limited warranty service enhancement program , which extended one-year warranties for users of its h-p pavilion and compaq presario notebook pcs to two years .
