Jon Peddie Market News

The Intel Itanium is tottering towards death, analyst reckons

Posted by Webmaster on November 30th 2009 | Permalink
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In his latest musings, Peddie, the CEO of Jon Peddie Research, said that the "Itanium is trying to sneak out the back door." He said that when he was at the annual Supercomputing conference in Portland, there were no Itanium related announcements.

JPR Review of ATI’s Radeon HD5970

Posted by Webmaster on November 26th 2009 | Permalink
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Jon Peddie Research, not the usual source of GPU Benchmarks, does a pretty thorough review of the new ATI Radeon HD5970 across several benchmarks, including PMark, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Unigine, and Resident Evil 5. The results are impressive.

NEW TechWatch now available

Posted by Webmaster on November 23rd 2009 | Permalink
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TechWatch for November 23rd 2009 is now available for download.

JPR PC gaming hardware forecast shows PC gaming is not dead

Posted by Webmaster on November 19th 2009 | Permalink
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I am an ardent PC gamer. I like to play some games on consoles too, but my favorite genre is the FPS and those I only play on the PC. We hear from time to time that PC gaming is dead, but according to the latest figures from Jon Peddie Research that is not true at all. JPR is forecasting that PC gaming hardware will reach $27 billion in 2010.

ASUS to Add NVIDIA Ion Graphics to Some Netbooks and Nettops

Posted by Webmaster on November 19th 2009 | Permalink
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The first of the netbooks to hit the market were underpowered when it came to decoding most video, especially if that video was in HD resolution. This left users frustrated with choppy video playback or the outright inability to play some videos. Analyst Jon Peddie said, "ASUS is a leader in small form factor PCs, and this step shows that they are aware of the importance of great graphics, even for netbooks and nettops. These PCs will run circles around most Atom-based systems, so they are an excellent solution."

Jon Peddie to give Keynote address for Khronos Group at Siggraph Asia 2009

Posted by Webmaster on November 19th 2009 | Permalink
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Dr. Jon Peddie will be joining the world's leading experts on computer graphics and interactive techniques this December at Siggraph Asia 2009. Jon Peddie will be giving the keynote address for the Khronos Group on December 18th.

NEW AIB Report available

Posted by Webmaster on November 12th 2009 | Permalink
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Q3'09 Add In Board Quarterly Market Report is now available for download.

NEW TechWatch now available

Posted by Webmaster on November 9th 2009 | Permalink
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TechWatch for November 9th 2009 is now available for download.