New Intel Xeon W Has Arrived
September 2nd 2017
The bottom line is, the 28-core Skylake processor is coming to the workstation market and things will never be the same.
Intel has been powering the workstation CPU market for decades. Its previous processor generation, Broadwell, was a performance leader that pleased millions of workstation users. The company didn’t stop with its processor developments and just recently introduced its newest generation of workstations processors: the Intel Xeon SP (Scalable processor, dual-socket capable) and the Intel Xeon W processor (single-socket capable). To differentiate the workstation-class Xeon processors from server-class processors, Intel for the first time has added the W designation to the name.
The (tech) world is catching up to fiction
Techwatch September 18th 2017
We need a new category—SciFi is no longer applicable When I was a kid I read the comics (OK, I still do). We read them because we didn’t have TV, hadn’t even heard of it. Our phones were plugged into the wall and had a big round dial with holes in it. Try to imagine that as the norm, and then as a young impressionable kid, picking up a colorful, exciting comic book and seeing a hawk-nosed detective in a rain coat looking at video on his watch. OMG-what an incredible thing. Remember,Augmented Reality: Where We Will All Live - New book out by Jon Peddie
Spinger publishing has just released Jon Peddie’s latest book, Augmented Reality: Where We Will All Live. This book provides an in-depth exploration of the field of augmented reality (AR) in its entirety and sets out to distinguish AR from other inter-related technologies like virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality Click here to read this news articleMimesys wins the Grand Prix at Laval Virtual
It’s time to think about things that last.
My customer, my supplier
Subscriptions open the portals for media flow Today, Adobe is rolling out new improvements in its Creative Cloud services. Because Adobe’s products span so many creative industries — photography, graphic arts, illustration, video production, movie production, marketing, audio, and all the jobs that fit somewhere in between&mdash Click here to read this blog entryPortrait Displays synergic acquisition of SpectraCal
Adding color analysis to color correct makes total sense Portrait Displays has been supplying visual enhancement software applications and middleware solutions for the computer display industry for almost two decades but didn’t have a closed-loop system. Customers relied on third parties to measure the results (at the screen). Click here to read this blog entry
What's New
- The Semi-Annual edition of the JPR Workstation Report Series in now available.
The JPR Workstation Report series includes a breadth of market data and research, including six total reports issued over the year. This week we have released the April 2017 semi-annual edition. The semi-annual issues describe and assess all aspects of workstations and professional graphics: the markets, the technologies and the vendors. Semi-annual issues, typically around 300 to 400 pages, are built as up-to-date reference manuals, providing a comprehensive snapshot on the state of the industries - essentially a one-stop shop for information and analysis on anything and anyone associated with workstations and professional graphics.
- We take a look back at Q4 in our Quarterly Q4’16 edition
We are taking a look back at Q4, the technology, trends, and the shows in our latest Quarterly edition of TechWatch. We have compiled some of our best articles in our QUARTER IN REVIEW, reviews and editorials from the quarter and made them available in a new quarterly review. We also feature articles from our new AR/ VR sections. Read Jon's editorial Is VR the new electricity? and download the Quarterly on our TechWatch report page.
