As a rule, game technology doesn’t get much play at GTC, Nvidia’s technology conference. The company gets enough of that all year round. After this year, we don’t think there’ll be much confusion about what kind of company Nvidia is. It’s a technology company with interests in almost every compute platform: edge, mobile, consoles, PCs, workstations, HPC, the data center, … Read more
Workstations have proved their mettle during the pandemic—sometimes by their absence. People, who have had to relinquish their powerful computers to work on home computers, have found out how much the workstation’s power, processing, and fast access to data means to them. Others have found it’s well worth the inconvenience to take the office machine home if that’s part of … Read more
Maxon’s sleek new logo is designed to be more inclusive as the company grows. (Source: Maxon) Maxon held its annual press event for new updates and products right around the traditional NAB time frame because, why not? We’re all presumably dressed and staring at our computers. The company has news across its product lines and it will be showing … Read more
Autodesk says it has made good progress toward digitizing AEC, advancing its design and manufacture workflow, and pushing into the Enterprise. One of Autodesk’s key fundraising strategies is to convert “non-compliant users” into paying customers and to upgrade all subscribers to user-identified subscriptions. Autodesk says this program has been a big success, and also, they’ve raised their full-year subscription revenues … Read more
PTC was one of the busiest companies in the design and engineering segment through 2020, and that’s saying something after a year of shutdown and buildup. CEO Jim Heppelmann said, “Fiscal 2021 is off to a great start” and that’s a pretty good way to describe double-digit growth, strong cash flow, new customers, and new growth in partnerships with Microsoft, … Read more
Adobe’s first quarter ended March 5, 2021, and the company says it is seeing plenty of more growth throughout the year. In fact, after the company’s cheerful assessment of the quarter, it also raised its expectations for 2021. Adobe’s Digital Media segment saw revenue of $2.86 billion, 32% year over year growth. Creative revenue grew to $2.3 billion, for a … Read more
The company performance was just about right on the nose as far as the company’s expectations and those of their investors; but, it’s easy to get the impression that as 2020 was unfolding over Bentley execs were a touch nervous. Greg Bentley says that 2020 was not a normal year. The transcript of Greg Bentley’s comments are here, and, if … Read more
This week, Autodesk announces its latest updates for Maya, 3ds Max, and MotionBuilder. In addition, Autodesk says it’s supporting USD, the Open Source format originally developed by Pixar with strong industry support from customers and software developers. Support for USD is more complex than it might seem at first, and that’s because its purpose is to enable disparate companies to … Read more
Corel, a venerable player in vector graphics, has signaled a reset by rolling out the latest version of the software with an introduction by the CEO Christa Quarles who took over the reins at Corel. The company has spiffed up its corporate look quite a bit, which was evident in the presentations given by the company’s executives. Corel really should … Read more
Unity had a pretty good Covid year. The company went private in September 2020. The share price surged 30% over its IPO price giving it a value of $20 billion. The company raised more than $1.3 billion in the IPO. Unity has just gone public, so the data chart is just going to have to look like this for a … Read more
Trimble and LeddarTech have announced an alliance around LeddarTech’s VayaVision and Trimble’s machine control technology. The companies say they’ll be able to develop an innovative hardware and software portfolio to improve autonomous machine performance and support safety-critical applications. The two companies will focus on multi-sensor systems including LiDAR, cameras, and GNSS, and bring their expertise to bear on improving data … Read more
Doesn’t this picture make you think about how badly this could go on a real site where there are loose nails, and other surprises lying around? Still, AR has found a place in AEC. (Source: Unity) Unity has been having very good success with developing business in AEC. The company started with a partnership with Autodesk for Unity Reflect, … Read more
