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Imagination Technologies fires photon ray
Image courtesy Movieclips.com Imagination Technologies has introduced its latest ray tracing IP, the IMG CXT for its flagship B-series GPU IP. The announcement marks the debut of Imagination’s PowerVR Photon ray tracing architecture. Photon, says Imagination, is the industry’s most advanced ray tracing architecture, bringing desktop-quality visuals to mobile and embedded applications. The biggest news is that it has already … Read more
3D data visualization gets communitive
Earth day 2021. (Source: Nasa Earth) How do you know if an airplane will fly, a nuclear boom will explode, or what Jupiter is made of? You take a bazillion tons of data (that’s how we measure data in today’s zettascale of data creation) and create a simulation that generates a visualization of it. Weather and climate change forecasting, … Read more
Qualcomm upgrades mobile roadmap
Qualcomm Technologies has introduced four new mobile platforms—Snapdragon 778G Plus 5G, 695 5G, 480 Plus 5G, and 680 4G—which the company claims will enable increased performance and capabilities across its high-, mid-, and entry-tiers. The company reports that there is: significant traction and momentum across all Snapdragon tiers. Qualcomm is betting that by bringing improved features from the Snapdragon 8-series … Read more
UPDATE – HP’s Reverb G2
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VESA upgrades Embedded DisplayPort
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) announced Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) Standard version 1.5. It retains all key features of the previous specification while adding additional capabilities and performance such as an improved panel self-refresh protocol coupled with enhancements to VESA’s Adaptive-Sync protocol. VESA says it should result in added power savings and improved motion image quality. For devices such as … Read more
AMD accelerate the HPC center with Instinct
The era of exascale is here. With it comes an immense amount of computational power coupled with the merging of HPC and AI. And all that is enabling researchers to tackle grand challenges once thought beyond reach. Jumping into the lofty world of HPC and AI, AMD has introduced its Instinct MI100 accelerator and claims it is the world’s fastest … Read more
HP adds a few tweaks to the Reverb G2
HP announced that it has launched an updated version of its Reverb G2 headset in the US that brings improvements to controller tracking, eye-relief, and AMD compatibility.
Qualcomm upgrades mobile roadmap
Qualcomm Technologies has introduced four new mobile platforms—Snapdragon 778G Plus 5G, 695 5G, 480 Plus 5G, and 680 4G—which the company claims will enable increased performance and capabilities across its high-, mid-, and entry-tiers.
UPDATE – HP’s Reverb G2
I heard back from HP and they told me this: Changes are rolling out in the US first and will be rolled out subsequently in other countries. The tracking improvement is a result of hardware changes to the physical camera module on the new Reverb G2 units. These changes are not backward compatible and are only available with the purchase … Read more
HP adds a few tweaks to the Reverb G2
HP announced that it has launched an updated version of its Reverb G2 headset in the US that brings improvements to controller tracking, eye-relief, and AMD compatibility. Alongside the headset’s improvements, there are changes to the Mixed Reality Portal software in Windows 11 with the aim to streamline the experience for SteamVR users and improve performance. When HP launched Reverb … Read more
AMD’s Q3 2021 results
AMD reported revenue for the third quarter of 2021 of $4.3 billion, an operating income of $948 million, and a net (GAAP) profit of $923 million. “AMD had another record quarter as revenue grew 54% and operating income doubled year-over-year,” said AMD president and CEO Dr. Lisa Su. “3rd Gen EPYC processor shipments ramped significantly in the quarter as our … Read more