TIBURON, CA- December 29, 2018 —Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry's research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia has just released its annual review of GPU developments for 2017. In spite of the slow decline of the PC market overall, PC-based GPU sales, which include workstations, have been increasing. In the mobile market, integrated GPUs have risen at the same rate as mobile … Read more
LG showed a prototype integrated display, tethered PC-based HMD at GDC 2017. It featured two 3.64-in OLED displays with a resolution of 1440 × 1280 pixels (540 ppi) a wide 110-degree field of view, and a refresh rate of 90 Hz, which was a higher quality display at the time. The prototype also featured pass-through holes that could be used … Read more
32-bit is so Windows 95 In a no frills, no hoopla, in an a very un-Nvidia like fashion, the company announced that after Release 390, Nvidia will no longer release drivers for 32-bit operating systems for any GPU architecture. The company is currently shipping WHQL driver version 388.71 which suggests there will be a few more 32-bit drivers before the … Read more
It’s a game changer whatever you call it. In December 2016, at WinHEC in Shenzhen, Qualcomm announced that they were collaborating with Microsoft to enable Windows 10 on mobile computing devices powered by the next-generation Snapdragon. And although both parties said it would enable a mobile power efficient, always-connected cellular PC, and supporting full compatibility with the Windows 10 ecosystem, … Read more
10nm plus architectural improvements packs more performance in smaller package using less power Rumored since mid-year, Qualcomm has taken some of the wraps off its new flagship SoC, the Snapdragon 845, and although it won’t actually be available in phones till second half 2018, it will definitely be worth waiting for. The 845 is more than an upgrade or just … Read more
Supplement to Q3’17 Market Watch Jon Peddie Research estimates that Crypto-currency mining accounts for $1.05 billion dollars in AIB revenue since Q1’15, and accounts for sales of 4.6 million AIBs. Ethereum and Bitcoin, are among the best known crypto currencies but many more have appeared in the market. Some have already come and gone. Bitcoin arrived in 2009 and set … Read more
Seeing more isn’t just about spatial resolution The concept of being able to do more if you can see more by employing higher resolution, larger, and multiple monitors is now well understood and appreciated. A case in point is the recent 50 megapixel set up described in my review of 8K monitors. However, we are now in the realm of … Read more
Back in the go-go years leading up to the Internet bubble. I developed an adage which proved to be faultless, and a dire predictor of a company’s fate—as the building goes up, the company comes down. However, today with well-established firms like Apple, Nvidia, the amazing Salesforce Benioff tower in down town SF, Amazon, Google, and now Microsoft, that adage … Read more
As the wedding between GPUs and AI move from the honeymoon to the serious setting up of a household and becoming a member of society, it will have to find a new name for itself. The term artificial intelligence, and AI, strikes fear into the psyche, heart, and groin of most of the people beyond its developers. Morgan, Ava, David, … Read more
Now you can walk away from your computer—maybe HTC has announced the Vive Focus, which they say is an all-in-one mobile device free from any connections to PCs or smartphones. HTC’s wireless VR HMD Through the power of that amazing Qualcomm 835 super SoC, HTC has been presumably able to do all the processing in the Vive … Read more
Revolutionizing it I could watch Jensen Huang read the damn phonebook and be enthralled. He’d make me willingly, and enthusiastically believe that not only did Nvidia invent the phone and the phone book, but all the people in it as well. And, as soon as the presentation was over, I’d rush out and buy a phone book, and a phone—but only if … Read more
Not only taking longer, costing more too—do we care?
