BOXX introduces new workstation featuring Intel Xeon W-3300 processor
First-to-market, APEXX Matterhorn
Adobe cuddles up with Blender with new plug-ins for Substance and Mixamo
The wishlist for the Substance development team at Adobe is deep and long, but since its acquisition, they’ve been ticking requests off the list. The latest updates include the long-awaited Blender plug-in for Substance and also a Blender plug-in for Mixamo. At around the same time, Adobe joined the Blender Foundation, and Sébastien Deguy talked about the importance of supporting … Read more
Intel enters the age of the ångström
Intel has received a lot of criticism about losing its cadence in semiconductor node steps. Part of the criticism was over naming the features used for defining a node. Should it be the width of the gate, the length, how do you address 3D, stacking, and wrapping? No simple answer. If you think you might live long enough, you could … Read more
The Genie that makes entertainment great
Leonardo Chiariglione Every time you watch a video or listen to music on your phone, computer, or TV, you use a data compressor-decompressor called a CODEC. By compressing the data representing the content you’re interested in, more people can use the already crowded networks we rely on every day, all day. The primary CODEC in use today is MPEG—the Moving … Read more
AMD and Sony are having giggling fits
Fastest ramp for a new console ever
AMD Q2 2021 results
AMD announced revenue of $3.85 billion for the second quarter of 2021, operating income of $924 million, net income of $710 million. “Our business performed exceptionally well in the second quarter as revenue and operating margin doubled and profitability more than tripled year-over-year,” said AMD president and CEO Lisa Su. “We are growing significantly faster than the market with strong … Read more
New expansion moves by game engine duopoly
There is plenty of room to argue how Unity and Unreal compete with each other and the discussion is pretty interesting. Unity grew with the help of independent developers working in mobile and that's a strong part of the company's identity but the company has increased its capabilities to compete head to head with Unreal, which has a financial share of … Read more
Intel Q2 2021 results
Intel said second-quarter revenue exceeded April guidance led by continued strength in the Client Computing Group (CCG) and strong recovery in both Intel's Internet of Things Group (IOTG) and the Enterprise portion of its Data Center Group (DCG). The PC and Mobileye businesses achieved record Q2 revenue. In the second quarter, PC platform volumes were up 33% YoY and Mobileye … Read more
The case for desktop workstations
Jon Peddie Research (JPR) recently reported that the overall workstation market volume in Q1’21 grew about 27.7% YoY, a milestone for workstation sales. The strong rebound in workstation shipments was no surprise, as positive signs regarding the pandemic by mid-quarter (in the US and EMEA particularly), along with successful deployment of vaccines (though geographically varying) clearly improved purchasing outlooks among … Read more
Graphisoft chooses the Duke Ellington School of Arts as its showcases building for Archicad 25
Showcase design Graphisoft has chosen the Duke Ellington School of Arts redesign by cos graae+spack and Lance Bailey & Associates to showcase the power of Archicad 25. Graphisoft CEO Huw Roberts notes that the choice of this building is fitting for the new world we’re encountering after 2020. It is an addition and revamp of the school’s original building, a … Read more
DLSS 2.0 is a big leap in rendering
The basic concept of Deep Learning Super Sampling—DLSS—is just what its name implies. Nvidia trains a deep learning AI model with very high-quality images on a supercomputer and provides that model along with their GPU driver. Games use that model during gameplay to create a higher resolution image using computations based on lower resolution game renders along with the power … Read more
Graphisoft unveils Archicad 25; builds on integrated design
Direct and to the point: new features in Archicad 25 Graphisoft, a company of German AECO software group Nemetschek, has unveiled Archicad 25 and has also announced that its upcoming Building Together 2021 conference will again be virtual. It will be held September 14-16; it will be free and registration is open. In a short press presentation, teeing up the … Read more