Jon Peddie Research Adds Cryptomining to its Data
New data including in Market Watch and Add-in-Board Reports
Israeli software will let your smartphone see in low light
New technique called Light Invariant Video Imaging Ben-Gurion University’s technology transfer company BGN Technologies, announced that researchers Negev (BGU) have developed a new Light Invariant Video Imaging (LIVI) software technology that can significantly improve picture clarity of cameras in sub-optimal lighting, thus enhancing object recognition. The new software app can be added to any existing smart camera system for various … Read more
Jon Peddie Research Adds Cryptomining to its Data
New data including in Market Watch and Add-in-Board Reports In spite of boost from crytocurrency mining, GPU shipments decrease in the fourth quarter of 2017. Shipments were -1.5% compared to the previous quarter. Year-to-year total GPU shipments decreased -4.8%, desktop graphics decreased -2%, notebooks decreased -7%. Over 363 million graphics units shipped in 2017. AMD has increased its market share, … Read more
Hey buddy, wanna buy a cheap super computer?
After alerting the media at the Supercomputing Conference in 2016, Nvidia introduced the DGX-1 supercomputer at GTC 2016, as the world's first deep learning supercomputer to meet the unlimited computing demands of artificial intelligence. The price was $149,000 and came equipped with eight Tesla V100s GPUs, linked together via next-gen Nvidia NVLink interconnect technology that ups the bandwidth per GPU … Read more
Nvidia claims real time ray tracing now possible
At GDC, Nvidia and Microsoft made a joint announcement about the possibility of doing real time ray tracing, something the CG community has striven for since ray tracing was popularized by Turner Whitted in 1979. Whitted did it on big computers at Bell Labs, just before the PC was introduced. Since then, scores of papers and books have been written … Read more
Nvidia claims realtime ray tracing now possible
Using AI techniques, and powerful processor
Toshiba enters the AR market with Vuzix
The deal between Toshiba and Vuzix was announced late last year and now Toshiba has introduced their dynaEdge AR glasses that employ Vuzix’s assembly. The glasses are Toshiba’s first Windows-based smart glasses. They are used with Toshiba’s dynaEdge DE-100 Mobile Mini PC, and connected via USB Type-C. The glasses can be fitted with a safety helmet or with a headband. … Read more
Seeing, hearing, and now feeling
Smelling and tasting next? VR resurgence into the consumer space has brought with it a host of wants. It is pretty clear that people want to have VR experiences and want them more realistic. One by one the challenges are being reduced if not totally eliminated. Resolution and FOV have been improved, screen door effect minimized, better apps and faster … Read more
VRgineers and Leap Motion develop VR headsets
Knowing where your hands are is critical in VR VRgineers is a VR engineering company producing enterprise-grade HMDs for engineering and design professionals. Leap Motion is the developer of hand-tracking technology for VR and AR HMD. The two companies have announced their intention to combine imaging in VR with natural hand-tracking interaction. VRgineers is currently marketing its VRHero 5K Plus … Read more
Big screen TVs used for gaming to be stutter proofed
FreeSynch on HDMI tears our tarring. Why should PC gamers have all the fun? Indeed. Just because you can get a beautiful, large screen 4K UHD monitor and drive it with a powerful GPU that is used in supercomputer, doesn’t mean folks who can’t afford that kind of rig, or people who want to sit back and game on a … Read more
Major new versions of SPECviewperf coming on its 30th anniversary
Major versions of SPECviewperf and SPECwpc (to be renamed SPECworkstation) are on tap for Q2 of this year. SPECviewperf 13 will feature new volume visualization viewsets for energy and medical applications, radically new shaders, and updated viewsets to match more recent versions of the applications on which they are based. SPECworkstation 3.0 will include new GPU performance measurement, completely redesigned … Read more
SPEC celebrates 30th anniversary with SPECviewperf update
Expanded SPECworkstation benchmark slated for Q2