This is the third in a series of short articles about graphics chips, controllers, and processors, that changed the course of the computer graphics (CG) industry. When IBM introduced the Intel 8080-based Personal Computer (PC) in 1981, it was equipped with an add-in board (AIB) called the Color Graphics Adaptor (CGA). The CGA AIB had 16 kilobytes of video memory … Read more
With the introduction of the Apple iPhone’s Retina display, the industry moved into high-resolution, large, bright, fast refresh displays on a smartphone. That was around 2012. Other companies like Samsung followed the trend and some The EyeQue in-home vision testing system is a miniature optical scope, smartphone application, and cloud-based processor for people to gather corrective vision measurements at their … Read more
Heretical comments from a RT lover
Just in case you are new to my ramblings, and passions, allow me to tell you about my background and interests. I am an avid game player, specifically AAA FPS single player. I am also a ray-tracing lover, having been involved with it since 1979. And, I am computer graphics advocate, sometimes expert, and always a promoter. Computer graphics (CG) … Read more
AMD reported its quarterly results for calendar Q3 2018, revenues and operating income were up year-over-year as well as its graphics and compute groups revenue and profits. We delivered our fifth straight quarter of year-over-year revenue and net income growth driven largely by the accelerated adoption of our Ryzen, EPYC and datacenter graphics products, said Lisa Su. “Client and server processor … Read more
Intel reported its calendar Q3 2018, revenues were up 19% year-over-year driven, says the company, by strength across the business and customer demand for performance-leading Intel platforms. ”Stronger than expected customer demand across our PC and data-centric businesses continued in the third quarter. This drove record revenue and another raise to our full-year outlook,” said Bob Swan, Intel CFO and … Read more
Intel offers their Xeon brand CPU as the preferred solution for high-performance workstations. OEMs like Dell, Fujitsu, HP, and Lenovo tote the line and offer workstations based on Xeons. A couple of mavericks also offer workstations based on core in processors. When Intel introduced the Core i9 (Gen 8), there wasn’t an equivalent Xeon processor, and so boutique workstation suppliers … Read more
Qualcomm held a 5G conference in Hong Kong in late October to introduce its new Snapdragon 675 Mobile Platform. The company is claiming the new SoC will offer outstanding gaming, a leap in AI capability and a cutting-edge camera. To accomplish all this, the company has incorporated an AI Engine, upgraded its Spectra ISP, designed a new Kryo CPU, and … Read more
Xilinx held its annual Xilinx Developer’s Forum (XDF) in San Jose at the ritzy Fairmount hotel. The place was packed and rightly so because Xilinx had a lot to say. Best known for its FPGA, which its stuck in all kinds of systems and machines, the company has building a broad and deep infrastructure for the past three years beginning … Read more
The U49 will put 7.4 megapixels in your face, and you’ll like it
Intel officially announced its 9th Gen Intel Core processors based on their 14 nm++ process. The processors are initially targeted at the high-end and bring some exciting new features and performance capabilities. The 9th Gen Intel Core processors (i5-9600K, i7-9700K, and i9-9900K), have up to 8-cores and 16 threads, up to a 16 MB Intel Smart Cache, up to 5 … Read more
In 1992, Pixel, a subsidiary of Circus Logic, introduced two new digital video chips, the CL-PX2070 and CL-PX2080. Those chips were the most sophisticated and complex chips for multimedia and video applications we had seen and were designed to process and display multiple streams of full motion video at the same time. The PX2070 had four major functional units: the … Read more
