Hubert Nguyen

Hubert Nguyen is the co-founder and editor of Ubergizmo. He has a passion for technology and enjoys sharing it.

He is a retired computer graphics engineer who programmed special-effects such as real-time fire or hair rendering, for NVIDIA. Hubert also managed the NVIDIA developer education program and edited “GPU Gems 3“, a best-selling 3D programming book.

Before joining NVIDIA, Hubert was at 3dfx interactive. Prior to that, he worked on 3D-Engines in various video games.

Hubert started to program computer graphics in 1991 when he was involved in the underground European DemoScene. In 1994, his “Impact Studios” team won the world’s largest PC demo competition: The Party, in Denmark.

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LG Wing Innovative Dual Rotating-Display Phone

09/14/2020, Over the past couple of years, LG has focused on the idea of ultra-productivity for every user, not just the wealthy ones who can spend more than $1400+ of the latest folding devices.

NVIDIA Reaches Computing Superpower Status

09/13/2020, It’s official: NVIDIA will acquire ARM from Softbank for $40B in a stock and cash deal that is the largest semiconductor deal I’ve heard of in that industry.

Yoga 9: Tip of The Spear Consumer Laptops at Lenovo

09/07/2020, Coming in 14-inch or 15-inch display sizes depending on the model, the new Yoga 9 series is Lenovo’s high-end offering to consumers for the holidays. The $1399+ Yoga 9i will replace the excellent Lenovo Yoga C940 which we previously reviewed. The...

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09/07/2020, The new Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC (product page) is officially powered by a Snapdragon 732G processor, and is capable of many things that would normally be associated with Premium phones (~$400-$600), such as having a triple-camera setup that includes a large...

MediaTek Dimensity 1000C Processor Powers T-Mobile’s LG Velvet

09/07/2020, MediaTek is a major player in the consumer electronics chip industry, but the company’s profile for the average American person is discreet because these chips are often found in smart speakers, set-top boxes and other appliances for which the...

Lenovo Legion Phone Duel Gaming Phone: Worthy of Attention

07/22/2020, In the past few years, dedicated Gaming phones have risen as a category as more and more people use their phones as a primary, or frequent, gaming system. The new Lenovo Legion Phone Duel (called Legion Pro in China) aims to up the ante in that market.

Lenovo Flex 5G Laptop Landing Worldwide This Week

06/16/2020, Lenovo was the first PC OEM to demonstrate a 5G laptop at COMPUTEX 2019 with its Project Limitless 5G technology demonstration with Qualcomm, then announced this product at CES 2020 as Yoga 5G. Now that 5G networks are deployed worldwide, it is time for a...

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04/16/2020, Lenovo just announced the Legion 7 (above image) and Legion 5i gaming laptops, both equipped with Intel’s 10th Gen H-Series CPU as the main, but not the only, CPU option. You can guess which is more powerful based on name, and it’s a...

Samsung Updates Galaxy A-Series: Affordable 5G Smartphones

04/08/2020, In some ways, the timing couldn’t be better: as the smartphone market is rapidly declining (-40% according to some reports), and unemployment rising dramatically in several key regions like the USA and Europe, the new Galaxy A-series smartphone...

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02/11/2020, We got our hands on the new Samsung Galaxy S20-series, which is comprised of three models, the Galaxy S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra a trio of phones that have a shared technological foundation, but scale in size and camera capabilities for a maximum market...

Ubergizmo’s Best of CES 2020

01/10/2020, Our Best of CES, the products and tech that made an impression for their design, ingenuity, value, or all of the above. So many things to see, so little time, but our 15th CES almost boils down to this.

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01/09/2020, Shopping for shoes is not something that I particularly enjoy: different brands’ sizes don’t match, and the shoe style sometimes calls for unexpectedly wide or narrow width, so there’s only one way to know: try.

Dot incorporation Improves The Lives Of Visually Impaired People

01/09/2020, Dot incorporation is one of the most interesting companies we have looked at during CES 2020, and we listed it as one of the Ubergizmo’s Best of CES award recipients because their technology can vastly improve the life of visually impaired people.

LG 2020 OLED TVs + G-Sync = Living Room Gaming Nirvana

01/09/2020, Back in September, LG started to roll out support for NVIDIA’s G-Sync on select OLED televisions. But at CES 2020, LG not only extended that support for additional televisions, but also made it work at a maximum of 240Hz, welcome to living-room...

Netgear Nighthawk Mesh WiFi System

01/08/2020, With WiFi-6 rollout in full swing, industry leaders like Netgear are launching new hardware at CES to cover several use cases.As you may have seen from our previous reporting, we think that mesh networking and WiFi 6 are the two most important things that...