GDC: Robot Overlords By 2015?
http://www.crn.com/software/216300449
GDC 2009 slides now available
http://www.jonpeddie.com/slides/
Jon Peddie speaking at GDC 09
http://www.khronos.org/news/events/detail/gdc_san_francisco_2009/
The End of 3D – Just a Fad That Started 70 Years Ago
http://www.mtbs3d.com/cgi-bin/newsletter.cgi?news_id=75
The hammer falls – Intel hits AMD and Nvidia – who’s next?
Intel hits AMD and Nvidia 64-bit x86 could be withdrawn – this is MAD. Remember all those clever comments about how Intel is a hammer so everything looks like a nail to them? Well the hammer is smacking its competitors. First up was VIA who just threw in the towel and gave up on the chipset business. Next was Nvidia … Read more
Lego Universe online game built for everyone in Massively Multiplayer Online games
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cotown-lego17-2009mar17,0,901447.story
ARM based netbooks?—not exactly. But how about a new category?
Is this the future ARM-based cloud client? ARM netbooks are coming and it’s not about price because ARM silicon won’t be that much cheaper than an Intel or VIA solution. It will be about power management, always on, thin cloud client apps, and freedom from Microsoft—but will it be a “netbook?” I think not. ARM and its partners (i.e. Freescale, … Read more
Graphics AIB Market Anything But Spared in Q4’08, Reports Jon Peddie Research
TIBURON, California March 16 2009 Jon Peddie Research–The market for graphics add-in boards (AIBs) proved anything but impervious to the downward pull of fourth quarter’s economic collapse, according to a new report from market analysts at Jon Peddie Research (JPR). Markets in every corner of the economy – and every corner of the globe – contracted, and the AIB market … Read more
NEW Q4’08 Add-in-board report now available
http://www.jonpeddie.com/special/AIBReport.shtml
No longer in Dell’s rear-view mirror, HP now shares the workstation market lead
With ’08 seeing long-time graybeard Sun drastically trimming back its workstation business and fellow industry pioneer IBM dropping its business altogether, the on-going between Dell and HP has become one of the more entertaining dynamics to watch in the marketplace. Dell’s been trying fervently to hold on to market leadership, while HP’s been working even harder to take it away. … Read more
NEW Q4’08 WorkStation report available
http://jonpeddie.com/special/Workstation.shtml
Integrated Graphics Chip Market to Disappear by 2012
https://jonpeddie.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=JPRP&Category_Code=IG