Jon Peddie

Even though you can’t see it, 8K is here

  Ever since NHK proposed the notion of an 8K screen in 1995, there have been discussions about whether one could see it. There’s also been a discussion about what is 8K or what does it even stand for?  Well, 8K is equivalent to 16 HD TV screens. Huh? Well, why isn’t it 16K then? The 8 in 8K refers … Read more

Famous Graphics Chips: Nvidia’s RIVA 128

It wasn’t an April fool’s joke in 1997 when Nvidia released the RIVA 128 on April 1, based on the NV3 media accelerator. However, it was almost the company’s last gasp. The story begins in 1993 when Nvidia was founded in Sunnyvale. The company’s founders had a novel idea for a graphics accelerator based on quadratic surfaces, a significant departure … Read more

Valve’s updated web page

  In writing fiction, one is advised to show, don’t tell. Valve has taken that advice and created a web page that will give you a preview of dozens of games. But that’s only one part of what they’ve done. Steam has opened up games in development and letting people take them out for a spin. Users are invited to … Read more

Think Silicon secures investment round

Think Silicon based in Patras, Greece, was founded by George Sidiropoulos and Iakovos Stamoulis in 2007 with the vision to supply configurable IP semiconductor modules for complex SoCs. The company went on to develop IP for a line of low-power, powerful GPUs, and has developed a following over the years.  Last week Metavallon VC announced they are leading the first … Read more

zSpace lets you see what you’re studying

  At CES this year, zSpace introduced their new 15-inch 3D laptop. It is a passive 3D display system, but those few words don’t really do it justice.  The laptop employs zSpace’s patented 3D screen technology and uses a pair of extremely lightweight circular polarized glasses. Inside is an AMD APU A9-9420, 8GB of DDR4 main memory, 256GB SSD, wireless … Read more

Stalking through Chernobyl

A cloud of radioactive material settled over Ukraine and Belarus after a critical failure blew apart a Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station reactor in 1986. The resulting death toll had exceeded 4,000. Twenty years later, we got our first view of Stalker at an Nvidia conference where they showed some clips of it. It was amazing than with debris, bits of … Read more