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Q1 GPU Shipments Decline 0.8%

Posted by Robert Dow on May 23rd 2012 | Discuss (0)
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JPR has released the latest MarketWatch report that tracks quarterly GPU shipments. Shipments during the first quarter of 2012 behaved according to past years with regard to seasonality, declining from the previous quarter; however, this quarter's decline (of 0.8%) was less than the ten-year average of 3.1%. Subscribers can download the latest MW report HERE.

Autodesk reports 14% Q1 profit increase

Posted by Robert Dow on May 18th 2012 | Discuss (0)
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Autodesk Inc. said Thursday that is first-quarter profit rose 14 percent as revenue rose sharply, it expects revenue in the current quarter to be between $580 million and $600 million. Autodesk expects full-year revenue to be up at least 10 percent from last year when revenue was $2.22 billion. That implies revenue of at least roughly $2.44 billion. Read more on Autodesk's announcement HERE.

Jon Peddie to speak at the GPU Technology Conference today

Posted by Robert Dow on May 16th 2012 | Discuss (0)
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Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference is entering it's 2nd day today at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. You can follow the happenings at GTC HERE where you will be able to view a re-cap of Jen-Hsun's keynote along with press releases and updates from the show.

Anthropomorphic robot, 3D HD camera rig highlight Siggraph 2012 Emerging Technologies

Posted by Robert Dow on May 11th 2012 | Discuss (0)
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The annual display of Emerging Technologies is one of Siggraph’s most popular activities. This year’s Siggraph will be August 5-9, 2012 in Los Angeles. Read more on Siggraph's Emerging Technologies on our GFXspeak website.

Autodesk 123D Catch for iPad Turns Your Photos Into 3D Models

Posted by Robert Dow on May 9th 2012 | Discuss (0)
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The new Autodesk 123D Catch app allows users to capture the world around them in 3D. Photos of vacation memories, family or other mementos brought to life in 3D. Captures made in 123D Catch can also be used as the foundation for further 3D modeling, 3D animation, create a 3D printed object. Read more on 123D and see the gallery at http://www.123dapp.com/.

SolidWorks app for iPad

Posted by Robert Dow on May 2nd 2012 | Discuss (0)
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Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks today releases eDrawings for iPad, an app to view and review drawings and models. It works with native eDrawings files, DraftSight files, and SolidWorks parts, assemblies, and drawing files. It also supports drawings in the DWG and DXF formats popularized by AutoCAD. The app is $1.99 and now on sale in iTunes. Check out a video of eDrawings HERE.

Adobe presents Creative Suite 6 in festive cloud raiment

Posted by Robert Dow on April 26th 2012 | Discuss (0)
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The first response from Adobe users is overwhelming positive. A new Creative Cloud makes it possible to rent all CS6 products for a monthly fee. The various technology updates in the products are worth the upgrade, but the big news is Creative Cloud, a subscription-based hub for making, sharing and delivering creative work using Adobe technology. See Creative Suite 6

Geometric annual revenue rises 22% to $167.5 million

Posted by Robert Dow on April 23rd 2012 | Permalink
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PLM software and services vendor Geometric Ltd. saw its annual revenue, as expressed in US Dollars, rise 22% year-over-year for fiscal year 2012. The company’s fourth-quarter revenue was up 18.7% year-over-year. For fiscal year 2012, which ended March 31, 2012, US Dollar revenue was $167.5 million. Read more on Geometric on GFXspeak.com

A midterm test for the CAD industry

Posted by Robert Dow on April 20th 2012 | Permalink
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Pockets of economic uncertainty remain, but 2012 is shaping up to be a better year for CAD than 2011. In JPR’s 2012 CAD Report, we put the number of CAD users for 2011 at just over 5 million. That means over 5 million sets of CAD were bought or upgraded in 2011. In 2011 we estimated there were 19.3 million seats of CAD in active use worldwide. Revenues from CAD software will reach $7 billion in 2012.

Stratasys and Objet plan merger

Posted by Robert Dow on April 16th 2012 | Permalink
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Confirming weeks of rumors, the two makers of industrial 3D printers will unite under the Stratasys name in an all-stock transaction. The combined company will be worth $1.4 billion. The merged company will have over 260 resellers and 42 direct channel managers, with a presence in 72 countries. The new company will still be called Stratasys. Read More on the new merger at gfxspeak.com

Khronos turns 12 with 15 APIs and counting

Posted by Robert Dow on April 12th 2012 | Permalink
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The mobile industry has come to rely on Khronos’ APIs as much as the graphics industry. The future is rosy if all industry players pay attention to the bigger picture. The Khronos Organization took their name from the god of time. It is appropriate; in this industry timing rules the success and failure of almost everything we do.

Autodesk 2012 by the numbers

Posted by Robert Dow on April 4th 2012 | Permalink
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Autodesk made its annual pitch to the media last week in San Francisco, and threw out a lot of numbers. When we parse the numbers, the picture emerges of a company happily running as fast as it can to transform digital art and design. Autodesk 2012

Review of AMD Radeon HD 7950 Tahiti - Better than even the HD 6970

Posted by Robert Dow on April 2nd 2012 | Permalink
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Announced in December, AMD began shipping the HD 7950 in mid-January, and through the magic of modern transportation, one arrived here already, in mid-March, so obviously you’re anxious to read all about its performance characteristics. Read our review of the HD 7950 HERE.

Imagination Technologies supplies more GPU IP than all others combined

Posted by Robert Dow on March 23rd 2012 | Permalink
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Jon Peddie Research announced estimated mobile devices graphics chip shipments for 2011. Mobile devices include smartphones, tablets, cameras, vehicles, and game consoles. The market for smart mobile devices is soaring. Mobile devices are not necessarily replacing the PC, but they are outselling PCs. Read our latest release HERE.

HP realigns to improve performance and drive profitable growth

Posted by Robert Dow on March 21st 2012 | Permalink
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HP announces an organizational realignment to improve performance and drive growth across the entire HP portfolio. As part of this realignment, HP’s Imaging and Printing Group and its Personal Systems Group are joining forces to form the Printing and Personal Systems Group. The new group will be led by Todd Bradley, former EVP of PSG. Read more on HPs reorganization HERE.

New iPad app melds SketchUp models into augmented reality scene

Posted by Robert Dow on March 15th 2012 | Permalink
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A new viewer app for iPhone and iPad can take Google SketchUp building models and display them in situ. Using GPS and the device camera, it is possible to physically visit a potential building site and see the model in location on the screen, and to save the combined images for further use. The app is 3Don ARchitecture from 3Don; find out more on this new app HERE..

“Steady as she goes” for the workstation market in Q4’11

Posted by Robert Dow on March 8th 2012 | Permalink
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The workstation market proceeded ahead in the Q4'11, completing a long climb back from the '09 recession. HP is firmly on top, but the spin-off talk of Q3'11 appeared to dent sales in Q4, HP was responsible for 41.3% of units shipped in Q4, separating itself from Dell at which controlled 33.4%. Our latest edition of the WS Report Series is now available to subscribers HERE.

Big Day in Tech with the GDC in full swing and anticipated Apple announcemt

Posted by Robert Dow on March 7th 2012 | Permalink
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San Francisco is serving as the soul center of the technology universe with the expected iPad 3 introduction by Apple at the Yerba Buena Center and the opening day of the Expo at GDC taking place at the Moscone Center. You can follow the action going on at GDC HERE.

An Open Letter about the future of Collada from the Khronos Group

Posted by Robert Dow on March 6th 2012 | Permalink
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The growing use of Collada as an open, non-proprietary file format for 3D asset exchange presents new challenges and opportunities. The Khronos Board of Directors released a letter regarding the future of Collada and invited people to attend a Meetup at the Game Developers Conference this week in San Francisco. You can read the open letter HERE.

Microsoft’s top Windows execs demo Windows 8 running on ARM

Posted by Robert Dow on March 2nd 2012 | Permalink
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Microsoft has selected three silicon venders, TI, Qualcomm and Nvidia to build ARM SOCs for Windows 8. Steven Sinofsky, president of Windows and Windows Live Division, and Michael Angiulo, corporate VP of Windows Planning and Ecosystem team demoed Windows 8 on a Tegra 3 powered device at MWC. You can view the demo HERE.

Its Mobile World Congress week in Barcelona

Posted by Robert Dow on February 29th 2012 | Permalink
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Augmented reality is one of the hottest capabilities demoed at MWC in Barcelona this year. In this video, Julia Duvall of Qualcomm shows us how Qualcomm's Vuforia AR lets you play with a pet T-Rex, inspect hiking gear. You can view the Qualcomm video HERE and get a sneak peak into what going on in Barcelona

Q4 graphics shipments increased 8.9%

Posted by Robert Dow on February 23rd 2012 | Permalink
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Jon Peddie Research has released its latest edition of MarketWatch. AMD's overall graphics market share increased 1,8% from last quarter due mostly to HPU shipments.Intel continues to be the overall market share leader, elevated by Core i5 EPG CPUs, Sandy Bridge, and Pineview Atom sales for Netbooks. Nvidia showed good desktop discrete market share gain (3.7% qtr-qtr), and 0.1% in notebooks.

Simulation paves road for Trek racing

Posted by Robert Dow on February 22nd 2012 | Permalink
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Using the latest tools from SolidWorks, Nvidia, and Dell, Trek designed a new mountain racing bike that took top honors in 2011. "By powering 3D simulations in SolidWorks, the Quadro cards let us see hot spots in the frame structure right away. Faster iterations in simulation meant we were able to design the bike more cost-effectively and get to tool prototype much faster.” Read more on the Trek design HERE.

Registration open for third GPU Technology Conference

Posted by Robert Dow on February 17th 2012 | Permalink
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Registration is now open for its third GPU Technology Conference in the U.S., one of the world’s fastest-growing events focused on computational science and visualization. GTC 2012 will be May 14-17, 2012 in San Jose. Nvidia’s global series of events focuses on how GPUs are transforming science, engineering, and many other computational-based endeavors. Register HERE.

HP Introduces World’s First 27-inch All-in-One Workstation

Posted by Robert Dow on February 15th 2012 | Permalink
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HP unveils the world’s first all-in-one workstation with a 27-inch diagonal display. The HP Z1 features Intel Xeon processors and NVIDIA Quadro graphics, HP is targeting CAD, digital media and entertainment professionals with the new workstation. The new HP Z1 Workstation is expected to be available worldwide in April. Pricing starts at $1899.00. Read more on the HP Z1 HERE.

Strong fourth quarter caps solid year for Dassault Systèmes

Posted by Robert Dow on February 13th 2012 | Permalink
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Quarterly revenue topped a half-billion euros for the first time in company history. Dassault Systèmes ended 2011 on a strong note, with solid growth for both the quarter and in full-year results. Revenues broke all-time highs for both SolidWorks and the PLM products in the quarter and for the year. Read more on Dassault's record quarter HERE.

EVGA February Gaming Event

Posted by Robert Dow on February 8th 2012 | Permalink
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Sign up to register for EVGA's gaming event for a chance to win a Digital Storm Hailstorm PC, Intel Processors and a lot more. Sign up any time after February 7th, then play on any EVGA game server at any time between February 20th and March 4th to qualify. Official gaming will begin on February 20th at 4PM Pacific and continue until March 4th, 11:59 PM PST. Sign up and get the Gaming Event details HERE.

Lucid takes GPU virtualization to the cloud and beyond

Posted by Robert Dow on February 6th 2012 | Permalink
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Lucid has also developed intelligent real-time graphics pipeline flow that provides balance between visual quality, frame rates, interaction responsiveness that affect game immersion. The idea is to improve gaming performance, responsiveness and visual quality by intelligently predicting redundant rendering tasks. Read more on Jon's article on Lucid HERE.

Qualcomm announces record quarter

Posted by Robert Dow on February 3rd 2012 | Permalink
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Revenues for Q'1 came in at $4.68 billion up 40 percent year-over-year, Operating income was up 24 percent year-over-year to $1.55 billion. Qualcomm is raising revenue and earnings guidance as well with new forecasts of $4.6 billion to $5 billion, with earnings per share of $0.91 to $0.97. You can read on Qualcomm's record quarter HERE.

AMD holds 2012 Financial Analyst Day

Posted by Robert Dow on February 2nd 2012 | Permalink
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AMD is holdings it's 2012 Financial Analyst day in Sunnyvale, CA today. Executive presentations kick off at 9:00AM Pacific time with a line-up headed up by new CEO Rory Read, Mark Papermaster, CTO, General Manager Lisa Su and Thomas Seifert, CFO. You can check out the AMD Analyst Day webcast HERE.

Manufacture comes home

Posted by Robert Dow on January 30th 2012 | Permalink
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The future is always different than we think it will be. There are people working to completely revamp the process of manufacture and they’re not thinking about some distant time. They’re looking at what happens now. Carl Bass and Vivek Wadhwa knocked around ideas for the future of design and manufacture at a forum at Singular University, you can watch Bass and Wadhwa exchange ideas on manufacturing and 3D printing HERE.

AMD launches branded desktop memory

Posted by Robert Dow on January 26th 2012 | Permalink
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Advanced Micro Devices has announced the retail availability of its new AMD Memory branded desktop system memory, The modules are available with various sizes, including 2GB, 4GB and 8GB, and speeds. A performance version supports speed up to 1600 MHz with low latency. You can read more on AMD's new memory modules HERE.

GPU-Accelerated Air Traffic Management

Posted by Robert Dow on January 20th 2012 | Permalink
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NVIDIA is working with NASA and the U.S. National Airspace System to help improve air traffic control. NASA is experimenting with CUDA and Nvidia GPUs to improve the efficiency of their Future ATM Concepts Evaluation Tool software. Dr. Monish Tandale gave an interview on exactly how NVIDIA is working to improve air safety, you can read the interview HERE.

HP announces new digital signange displays

Posted by Robert Dow on January 17th 2012 | Permalink
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HP VantagePoint is a 132"-digital touch surface with up to 32 simultaneous touch points. The ultra high resolution (4098x1536) display is powered by a high-end dual-core Hewlett Packard Z800 workstation. Six HP LD4730G Micro-Bezel Digital Signage Displays are arranged in a 3x2 grid that provides an 11-foot wide by 7-foot high experience. Read more on HP's VantagePoint HERE.

IMSI/Design to release TurboViewer SDK

Posted by Robert Dow on January 12th 2012 | Permalink
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IMSI/Design will release a software development kit (SDK) for its TurboViewer product line, making it the first CAD vendor to provide a way for other developers to leverage their product. TurboApps SDK will be released as a free product February. Read more on IMSI HERE at GraphicSpeak.

International CES is in full swing

Posted by Robert Dow on January 10th 2012 | Permalink
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Its CES week and we are looking forward to playing with all the new gadgets from OLED TVs to Tegra3 tablets, 28nm GPUs and taking a bite out of Ice Cream sandwich. Steve Ballmer gave the last Microsoft keynote at CES this year, your can read on his swan song HERE.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Visual Display technology

Posted by Robert Dow on January 6th 2012 | Permalink
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A new reference is hitting the shelves this week that covers all aspects of the science and technology behind displays, from the fundamentals of optics, vision and color science, through electronic imaging, flexible displays and touchscreens, display metrology, and concludes with a section on display markets and economic factors. Read more on the new book HERE.

JPR report: 80% of smartphones will have stereo 3D cameras and screens

Posted by Robert Dow on January 3rd 2012 | Permalink
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Just as cameras and GPS became mainstays of mobile phones and tablets, the next must-have feature on mobile devices will be stereovision 3D (S3D) capability. It’s not just about games; the addition of two cameras will enable gesture-based controls, advanced augmented reality applications, visualization with depth, and real-world data capture. Read more on the next gen mobile market HERE.

Autodesk acquires T-Splines modeling technology

Posted by Robert Dow on December 27th 2011 | Permalink
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Autodesk has acquired the technology-related assets of T-Splines Inc., a privately-held surface modeling software company based in Utah. T-Splines has developed a patented surface modeling technology that allows designers to add local detail and control only where needed in a single surface. Read more on T-Splines and Autodesk HERE.

Quantum dot filter displays are the next big thing

Posted by Robert Dow on December 20th 2011 | Permalink
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Nanosys, Using what they call quantum dot technology the company claims it can enable LCDs to display about 50% more color than they can today. The result is greener greens, bluer blues. Embedded in a sheet of plastic tiny phosphors convert blue light from a standard GaN LED into different wavelengths based upon their size. Read more on QDEF HERE.

JPR releases the Q3 Workstation market quarterly report

Posted by Robert Dow on December 16th 2011 | Permalink
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Q2's market stability begged the question: would there be a resumption of growth in the third quarter, more stability, or worse, a return to weakness. Well, the numbers are in, and they look good. Around 1.02 million workstations shipped worldwide in the third quarter, representing robust 12.5% sequential growth. Read more on the Q3 Workstation report HERE.

SIGGRAPH ASIA is coming up - Come join us for lunch

Posted by Robert Dow on December 6th 2011 | Permalink
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If your Press and heading to Hong Kong for SIGGRAPH come join us December 13 for lunch at the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. Our expert panel will be discussing the topic "Making it Real", Techniques such as motion capture, scanning, and photogrammetry are making it easier to bring objects, and people into digital programs where they can be transformed. Read more and RSVP HERE.

JPR releases the 2012 CAD Report

Posted by Robert Dow on November 29th 2011 | Permalink
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The CAD Market was worth approximately $5 billion in 2009. It reached $6.4 in 2010 and $7 billion in 2011. The industry is rebounding from the recession but there have been hiccups. There is going to be some stop and go in early 2012, but the CAD industry, with new markets and new platforms including tablets, is poised for growth -- the fresh, green shoots, new business kind of growth. Read more on our new CAD report HERE.

The release of the Kindle Fire sets up price drop for tablet market

Posted by Robert Dow on November 28th 2011 | Permalink
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Several tablet PC players including RIM, HTC, Lenovo, and ViewSonic, have dropped their 7-inch tablet PC prices to compete against Amazon's Kindle Fire, priced at US$199. RIM has recently cooperated with Best Buy to offer its 7-inch 16GB PlayBook at a price of US$199, down from US$499 originally. Meanwhile, the price of HTC's 7-inch Android 2.3-based Flyer tablet PC has dropped to US$299.

3D Systems to Acquire Z Corp and Vidar

Posted by Robert Dow on November 21st 2011 | Permalink
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3D Systems Corporation took a big leap today by acquiring Z Corporation and Vidar Systems for $137 million in cash. In one move 3D Systems doubles its reseller channel and fills gaps in its three-tier product line strategy for 3D printing. Read more about the transactions and 3D Systems strategy HERE.

ACER technology featured in new innovative web video

Posted by Robert Dow on November 17th 2011 | Permalink
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ACER was kind enough to give us a look at their new H7531D DLP projector. A local band Midi-Matilda was able to take the projector and make a catchy original video that is quickly becoming a local web sensation. See how they were able to take ACER technology couple it with stop action and some imagination to create a unique innovative video HERE.

HP Unveils Its First Ultrabook

Posted by Robert Dow on November 16th 2011 | Permalink
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HP today introduced Folio, its first business Ultrabook, which features a thin and light design. The new laptop in the Ultrabook class measures less than 18mm with a 13.3-inch display and weighs in at 3.3 pounds. HP designed impressive security options into the business Ultrabook and also features a Solid State drive and up to 9 hours of battery life. You can watch more on Folio HERE.

Nvidia unveils Maximus

Posted by Robert Dow on November 14th 2011 | Permalink
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Today Nvidia releases Maximus technology, a new way to simultaneously harness the computation power in both an Nvidia Quadro graphics processing unit (GPU) and an Nvidia Tesla general-purpose GPU. Nvidia claims—and major vendors agree—that Maximus is the next step in bringing the benefits of Moore’s Law to the professional graphics desktop. Read more on Maximus HERE.

Tudor Brown, ARM co-founder, to step down

Posted by Robert Dow on November 11th 2011 | Permalink
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ARM president Tudor Brown announced on Thursday that he will be stepping down in May. ARM has shipped more than 15 billion chips “based on ARM-processor technology” since the company was founded in 1990. “I am very proud to have been so closely involved in building ARM to be the highly successful and respected company that it is today,” said Mr. Brown said in a statement.

Adobe Restructures to Align Business around Growth Opportunities

Posted by Robert Dow on November 9th 2011 | Permalink
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Adobe announced today that it is restructuring to better align resources around Digital Media and Digital Marketing. This will result in the elimination of approximately 750 full-time positions primarily in North America and Europe. Adobe also confirmed that it will cease Flash development on mobile devices in favor of the Adobe Air platform and HTML5. Read more HERE.

Autodesk cherry-picks GRIP Entertainment for game AI technology

Posted by Robert Dow on November 7th 2011 | Permalink
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Autodesk today acquired specific technology-related assets and hired some employees from GRIP Entertainment, a privately-held artificial intelligence (AI) game middleware company. The acquisition continues the Autodesk strategy to create a complete pipeline for the creation of believable interactive characters for games. Read more on the acquisition HERE.

Calxeda ARM-based “EnergyCore” to Power HP’s Extreme Low-Energy Server

Posted by Robert Dow on November 2nd 2011 | Permalink
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The EnergyCore ARM-based SoC launched today will power a new breed of servers. Its ARM-based “EnergyCore” Server-on-a-Chip, consumes as little as 1.5 watts. HP is the first company to incorporate Calxeda’s EnergyCore SoCs into servers announcing its design into it's Redstone Server Development Platform. You can read more on Calexda's new processor and HP HERE.

Q3 graphics shipments up 16.7% over last quarter 18.4% over last year

Posted by Robert Dow on October 31st 2011 | Permalink
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Intel led the quarter with 36.5% growth, Nvidia had 30% growth. Shipments during the third quarter of 2011 did (finally) behave according to past years with regard to seasonality, and was higher on a year-to-year comparison for the quarter. Get all the data and analysis in our new Q3'2011 edition of MarketWatch.

ASUS Unveils Eee Pad Transformer Prime

Posted by Robert Dow on October 28th 2011 | Permalink
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ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih introduced the Eee Pad Transformer Prime tablet at the AsiaD. The Transformer Prime is the world’s first tablet to feature Project Kal-El, NVIDIA’s next-generation Tegra mobile processor. Kal-El is a the first penta-core mobile processor and includes a brand-new 12-core GPU that delivers up to 3x the graphics performance of Tegra 2. You can read more about the new Eee Pad HERE and check out the video HERE.

Its the last day of ARM TechCon 2011 in Santa Clara

Posted by Robert Dow on October 27th 2011 | Permalink
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The final day of the conference will focus on system designers and software developers, those interested in building ARM-based modules, boards, and systems. HERE reporter Katie Morgan chats with Brian Carlson of Texas Instruments on the continued success of the OMAP 4 and what we have to look forward to with OMAP 5.

PC Gaming Hardware Market to Reach $27 Billion in 2014

Posted by Robert Dow on October 25th 2011 | Permalink
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JPR is releasing a new report on the PC Gaming Hardware Market. This year over 250 million game capable home and personal use PCs will ship. The PC market overall has slowed in 2011, but the gaming segment has stayed strong in all regions, not just developing countries. Read more on the new report HERE.

JPR is releasing a new report - Market Dynamics Created by the Embedded Graphics Processors

Posted by Robert Dow on October 20th 2011 | Permalink
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The EPG/HPU will truly revolutionize the PC and associated industries. The amount of computation capability available in the size, weight, power consumption of systems equipped with EPG/HPUs will upset the market dynamics like never before. Read more HERE.

Autodesk scoops up 3D point cloud innovator Alice Labs

Posted by Robert Dow on October 17th 2011 | Permalink
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Autodesk made a stealth acquisition last week, scooping up Netherlands-based Alice Labs. The small team, closely related to ongoing research at technical universities, has previously released Studio Clouds, an innovative 3D laser point cloud editing technology that offers plug-ins for Autodesk’s 3ds Max and Maya modelers. Go HERE to read more on the acquisition.

Khronos Invites Universities to Submit Content for KITE Program

Posted by Robert Dow on October 13th 2011 | Permalink
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Khronos extends a formal invitation to participate in its KITE initiative. KITE, provides free, Web-based resources and Wiki hosting of Khronos-approved educational materials for teachers and students. Khronas is building a repository of open courseware from universities and colleges worldwide and invite participation. Please read more on the KITE program and how to participate HERE.

Our new Mobile Devices Report is now available

Posted by Robert Dow on October 12th 2011 | Permalink
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The market for these devices has exploded creating a market for over two billion processors. According to the report: * Over three quarters of a billion smartphones will ship in 2016 * Feature and other phones will hit 869 million units in 2016 * Almost 300 million tablets will ship in 2016 Read more on the new report HERE.

Dolby Lounge - Berkeley Interactive Lecture Series

Posted by Robert Dow on October 10th 2011 | Permalink
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Dolby is holding their Berkeley Lounge Event this week to help promote and share ideas concerning the world of social media. They have a impressive list of guest interactive speakers lined up through Thursday and then a special event being held at the Bear's Lair on Bancroft in Berkeley (Thursday, 1PM to 6PM) Go HERE for the line-up of guest lecturers and more information.

Qualcomm unveils the S4 HPU

Posted by Robert Dow on October 7th 2011 | Permalink
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Leveraging a28nm process from TSMC, Qualcomm has started production on their new MSM8970 with Adreno 422 GPU. The new 1.73 GHz processor (will be 2.5GHz by next year) has Qualcomm’s micro-architectural design with four independent ARM Cortex A15 cores plus a 32-core GPU, , plus 128 bit SIMD engine, plus three DSPs, plus a handful of hardwired engine for codecs and other special-purpose functions.

Steve Jobs passes away

Posted by Robert Dow on October 5th 2011 | Permalink
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He changed the Valley, he changed the world we live in.

Qualcomm shakes up top brass

Posted by Robert Dow on October 4th 2011 | Permalink
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Qualcomm Incorporated today announced that Steve Altman will become vice chairman, Steve Mollenkopf has been promoted to president & chief operating officer and Derek Aberle has been promoted to executive vice president & group president. The changes will be effective November 12, 2011. You can read more on the Qualcomm's changes here.

Intel Acquires Navigation Service Provider Telmap

Posted by Robert Dow on September 30th 2011 | Permalink
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Today Intel announced the acquisition of Navigation and Location-Based Service Provider Telmap. During the announcement, Peter Biddle, general manager of AppUp, said that Telmap will allow Intel to provide AppUp developers with differentiated location capabilities in the form of a standard set of location-based APIs and software that developers can easily integrate into their AppUp apps.

Autodesk takes a big step into The Cloud

Posted by Robert Dow on September 28th 2011 | Permalink
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A new portfolio of web services will focus on file sharing, rendering, and simulation. The goal is to extend the capabilities of desktop applications and mobile apps with services best suited for cloud computing. Initially more than a dozen services will be available. Read more on Autodesk cloud here.

AMD unveils new Embedded Discrete GPU at ESC Boston

Posted by Robert Dow on September 26th 2011 | Permalink
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The Embedded Systems Conference East kicked off today in Boston where AMD introduced the E6460 GPU. The new is targeting for digital signage, medical systems and casino games that provides support for up to four screens. You can read more on the new E6460 GPU here.

Graphisoft BIMx model viewer for iPad/iPhone connects with Facebook

Posted by Robert Dow on September 21st 2011 | Permalink
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With game-style navigation and social networking as a useful function, Graphisoft has released the industry’s first next-generation CAD/BIM viewer. Read more on Graphisoft here.

Pixologic is set to release ZBrush 4R2 upgrage

Posted by Robert Dow on September 19th 2011 | Permalink
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ZBrush 4R2, previewed at SIGGRAPH, has an improved BPR renderer with a full 32-bit floating-point HDR pipeline. With ZBrush 4R2 Pixologic also introduces Dynamesh which promises to improve workflow by enabling the user to explore concepts without having to produce a base mesh. You can read more on ZBrush 4R2 here.

DisplayLink Debuts USB 3.0 Graphics Adapter

Posted by Robert Dow on September 14th 2011 | Permalink
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Today at IDF DisplayLink demonstrated Winstars, a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 to HDMI adapter, to interface HD displays to PCs. “Winstars is set to deliver a very well-timed connectivity solution that builds on the inherent performance benefits of SuperSpeed USB 3.0,” said Dennis Crespo. You can read more on Winstars here.

Its IDF week 2011 in San Francisco

Posted by Robert Dow on September 13th 2011 | Permalink
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In Paul Otellini's keynote this morning Google Sr. VP Andy Rubin joined Mr. Otellini on stage to help announce their new expanded partnership for development of Android on Intel processors from mobile phones to tablets to PCs. They showed a demo phone reference design running Android. Intel hopes to see Android phones with their processors on the market in first half of 2012.

An Analysis of the GPU Market - Free White Paper from JPR

Posted by Robert Dow on September 10th 2011 | Permalink
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An Analysis of the GPU Market focuses on the GPU and how the new generation of Embedded processors affect discrete GPUs. Jon Peddie research has made our latest white paper paper available as a free download here.

Production-Ready “Interlagos” Processor now shipping to OEMs

Posted by Robert Dow on September 7th 2011 | Permalink
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AMD announced shipments of the first processors based on its new x86 “Bulldozer” architecture. Initial production of the first 16-core x86 processor, codenamed “Interlagos,” began in August shipping to OEM customers. “Interlagos” is expected to launch and be available in partner systems in the fourth quarter of this year. You can read more on the launch here.

JPR releases the Q2’11 Workstation report

Posted by Robert Dow on September 2nd 2011 | Permalink
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At 42.3% of units in the second quarter, HP is now the clear leader of the workstation market, further distancing itself from number two Dell, at 33.8%. But the growth story from the second quarter came not from the leader but from number three Lenovo, which jumped from 7.9% to 9.9% share of worldwide units.

GlobalFoundries produces 20nm test chip

Posted by Robert Dow on September 1st 2011 | Permalink
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GlobalFoundries has demonstrated its 20 nanometer process node with the production of a test chip. The company - which partners with AMD, Qualcomm and Broadcom - demonstrated full support for every step in a 20nm workflow, and has invited customers to evaluate the technology. Production of 20nm is still at least a year away while Intel plans to roll out the 22nm Ivy Bridge this spring. Read more on the GlobalFoundries website here.

Autodesk Acquires Numenus Ray Tracing Technology

Posted by Robert Dow on August 30th 2011 | Permalink
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Autodesk has acquired certain technology-related assets from Numenus GmbH, a software provider of high-end visualization technology used to render and review 3D datasets. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Numenus’ founders will join Autodesk. Read more on the acquisition here.

AMD names Rory P. Read CEO

Posted by Robert Dow on August 25th 2011 | Permalink
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Lost in the Earth-shattering report of Steve Jobs' departure was the news that AMD has named a new CEO. Rory Read most recently President and COO of Lenovo will take over the reigns at AMD. "I believe AMD’s technology portfolio and design expertise position the company to lead in market segments beyond the traditional PC ecosystem" said Rory, you can read more about Mr. Read and AMDs announcement here.

HP - breaking up the place

Posted by Robert Dow on August 24th 2011 | Permalink
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HP’s Personal System group, PSG, is a $41 billion dollar company. It is, IMHO, a jewel, but I may be a bit biased because I have a lot of old friends there. And, like any large organization, it’s not just one thing. In macro scale it’s a desktop PC company, a notebook PC company, a workstation company, and maybe a mobile devices company. Read more of Jon's blog on HP here.

AMD releases updates of APUs

Posted by Robert Dow on August 23rd 2011 | Permalink
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Updated C & E-Series APUs feature DDR3 1333 support for enhanced memory bandwidth and faster performance and video playback, HDMI 1.4a connections allow for viewing 3D pictures and home video on 3D-enabled TVs and displays. For notebooks, the new AMD Fusion C-Series and E-Series APUs deliver longer battery life — with up to 10.5 hours of resting battery life on the E-Series and 12 hours on the C-Series. You can read more on the new APUs here.

HP sees “overwhelming” demand for cut-price TouchPad

Posted by Robert Dow on August 22nd 2011 | Permalink
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A day after announcing plans to ditch its tablet and smart-phone efforts, HP dropped the price of its webOS-powered TouchPad tablet device at the weekend to just US$99.99 and in turn claimed to have witnessed “overwhelming” demand. HP cut the price of its least-expensive TouchPad to just under US$100, from US$499.99.

Autodesk posts a 19% increase in Q2 earnings

Posted by Robert Dow on August 19th 2011 | Permalink
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Net earnings for the May-through-July period were $71.2 million, or 30 cents per share, up from $59.9 million, or 25 cents per share, in the second quarter of 2010. Revenue was $546.3 million, up 16 percent from $472.8 million a year earlier, sales were particularly strong in Asia, $143 million in the second quarter, up 24 percent. You can listen to the earning call here.

Exploring the brave new world of virtual moviemaking

Posted by Robert Dow on August 18th 2011 | Permalink
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JPR hosted a lively discussion on Virtual Moviemaking at SIGGRAPH in Vancouver that included industry stalwarts Rob Powers of Newtek, Brian Pohl of Autodesk, Steve Cooper of Smith Micro, Darin Grant of DreamWorks and Ping Fu of GeoMagic. You can view the entire panel discussion on YouTube here.

From Digital to Real and Back Again

Posted by Robert Dow on August 16th 2011 | Permalink
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It’s getting real, folks. Increasingly, the real world is becoming interrelated with the digital world, and this is driving new frontiers in software. Scanned data is being fed into computer-aided design (CAD) programs to serve as a starting point or even to co-exist with CAD data, depending on the application. You can read the rest of Kathleen Maher's article in this weeks issue of Computer Graphics World, which describes several fascinating bits-atoms projects here.

Autodesk releases 123D Sculpt for iPad

Posted by Robert Dow on August 12th 2011 | Permalink
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Autodesk has released 123D Sculpt, a 3D sculpting and painting app for iPad. The app is one more product Autodesk’s new consumer products division is releasing to appeal to the rapidly growing group of consumers who self-identify as Makers. Read the full story here.

Q2 surprise: graphics shipments up 6.3%

Posted by Robert Dow on August 4th 2011 | Permalink
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JPR is releasing estimated graphics chip shipments and market share for Q2'11 today. The Q2’11 change in total shipments from last quarter increased 6.3%, significantly above the ten-year average of 3.5%, and raising concerns about an inventory buildup. Year to year this quarter Intel had tremendous market share growth (14.7%). You can download the new Market Watch (subscribers only) here.

RSVP for JPR’s SIGGRAPH 2011 Press Luncheon

Posted by Robert Dow on August 2nd 2011 | Permalink
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Sponsored by AMD, Autodesk, GeoMagic, HP, Newtek and SmithMicro this year JPR's Press Luncheon and Panel discussion on Virtual Movie-making will be held on August 10th at noon at the Pan Pacific Hotel Vancouver. There will be a panel of experts in the field to give their views and answer your questions. You check out more details and RSVP here..

Adobe takes to the streets

Posted by Robert Dow on July 28th 2011 | Permalink
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Adobe has created a pop up gallery at 550 Sutter St. in downtown San Francisco. The storefront is designed to be an inviting space for people to come in and play with Adobe’s products and to experience new technology including glasses-less 3D screens from Alioscopy. The gallery will provide workshops and tours while it’s open. Check out the new gallery here.

Qualcomm Acquires Gesture Recognition Assets

Posted by Robert Dow on July 26th 2011 | Permalink
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Qualcomm Incorporated announced that it has acquired assets from a leader in the gesture recognition field, GestureTek. The acquisition gives Qualcomm ownership of certain intellectual property assets related to gesture recognition, as well as key engineering resources. Gesture recognition technology will be integrated into Qualcomm’s current and next-generation Snapdragon processors.

Comcast teams with Elemental on video

Posted by Robert Dow on July 25th 2011 | Permalink
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Comcast has tapped Elemental to create the video available to its subscribers on XfinityTV.com and to power its Xfinity TV app for Apple devices. Comcast will use Elemental technology for video processing for Comcast's Xfinity platform; Elemental will take a file, create 18 output files, and deliver it to the file system that handles DRM processing. Read more about the new partnership here.

Autodesk deal with Bayer Technology pushes Intergraph aside

Posted by Robert Dow on July 19th 2011 | Permalink
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Bayer will use a wide variety of Autodesk products in the design, construction, and operation of chemical and pharmaceutical plants worldwide. Bayer Technology Services has signed an enterprise agreement with Autodesk for the global use of a variety of software products and suites. Read more here.

RSVP for JPR’s SIGGRAPH 2011 Press Luncheon

Posted by Robert Dow on July 12th 2011 | Permalink
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Sponsored by AMD, Autodesk, GeoMagic, HP and Newtek this year JPR's Press Luncheon and Panel discussion on Virtual Movie-making will be held on August 10th at noon at the Pan Pacific Hotel Vancouver. There will be a panel of experts in the field to give their views and answer your questions. You check out more details and RSVP ( if your are a member of the press) here.

Take the new GraphicSpeak survey; five random participants will receive a free 3D 3Dconnexion mouse

Posted by Robert Dow on July 7th 2011 | Permalink
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Between now and July 29, take our survey HERE and you could win a free 3Dconnexion mouse. Complete all survey questions (it is a short survey); be sure to include your name. Good Luck!

HTC to acquire S3 Graphics

Posted by Robert Dow on July 6th 2011 | Permalink
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HTC is set to purchase S3 Graphics from Via for $300M. With the acquisition HTC will obtain S3 Graphics' portfolio of patents and pending applications however "HTC will provide a perpetual license of the S3 patents to Via," according to HTC CFO Winston Yung. S3 received a favorable patent ruling on July 1, 2011 which might have served as a catalyst for the HTC move. HTC enjoyed record revenue of $1.55B in June and is looking to unseat RIM as the world's no.4 Smartphone provider.

The HP TouchPad hit the market over the holiday weekend

Posted by Robert Dow on July 5th 2011 | Permalink
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The HP TouchPad first announced in February is finally available. The new TouchPad entering the increasingly competitive table market features a revamped webOS and a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core processor that drives the 9.7-inch display. You can read on all the specifications of the new TouchPad here.

Ansys to buy Apache Design Solutions

Posted by Robert Dow on July 1st 2011 | Permalink
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Ansys today said it will acquire Apache Design Solutions, Inc. (ADS), a simulation software provider for low power solutions in the electronics industry. The deal is for $310 million in cash, and will be paid using cash on hand from the combined companies. The acquisition comes just as Apache was about to set the price for an initial offering of stock (IPO). You can read more on the impeding deal here.

WebGL Security - Kill it before it grows?

Posted by Robert Dow on June 29th 2011 | Permalink
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When Khronos launched the WebGL specifications with strong backing from Mozilla, Google, Apple and Opera we thought at least peace had come to the 3D web valley. We should have known better; seems that there are competing vested interests in proprietary software and plug-ins that will put a few bumps in the road in WebGL’s journey to pervasiveness. Read more on Jon's new blog here.

Nvidia’s 2nd generation of Fermi mobile GPUs becoming available

Posted by Robert Dow on June 28th 2011 | Permalink
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GTX 580M, 570M are becoming available by OEMs, MSI is offering the 570M is their gaming notebook, while Alienware is also offering the 2nd Generation Fermi GPUs as an option. The GTX 580M and 570M have 384 cores and 336 cores respectively. The 580M's GPU runs at 1240MHz with a texture fill rate of 39.7 billion/s.

Supreme Court equates video games to free speech

Posted by Robert Dow on June 27th 2011 | Permalink
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By a 7-2 vote, the high court upheld a ruling by an appeals court that declared the law, which also imposes strict video-game labeling requirements, unconstitutional. The 2005 law which would have barred the sales of video games with violent imagery to minors was challenged by the Entertainment Software Association. Its members include Disney, EA, Microsoft and Sony.

DMP goes public has impressive opening day

Posted by Robert Dow on June 24th 2011 | Permalink
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Japanese 3D IP provider Digital Media Professionals IPOed this week and rallied the first day moving from ¥2,400 to ¥3,050. According to CEO Tatsuo Yamamoto and many others this has been the most successful debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since the March Tsunami disaster.

AMD and Nvidia pull out of BAPCo

Posted by Robert Dow on June 23rd 2011 | Permalink
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AMD resigned from BAPCo and asked that their name and logo be removed from marketing materials promoting SYSmark 2012. BAPCo's benchmarks are based on various software packages focused on video creation and 3D Modeling. AMD's disagreement with BAPCo centers around the lack of a GPU compute intensive applications in the upcoming SYSmark 2012 benchmark. Nvidia and Via have also pulled out of the consortium.