Another contributor to sluggish PC sales for this year Even though one of the applied tenants of Moore’s law is that prices will drop over time (Moore never said that, it’s just a statement that has been applied to his original observation about feature size shrinkage over time), it appears the rising price of oil will change that as nations … Read more
Common people now, smile on your brother, everybody get together, try to love one another – for a while… We’re getting closer to the dream, the vision, of ubiquity mutual connectivity in the home – and maybe beyond a bit. My vision, since 1999, has been that everything in the home will talk to everything in the home. Everything that … Read more
M.C Escher: Hand with Reflecting Sphere A number of months ago I visited a defense contractor who is making virtual reality training simulations for the military. To use the system people put on a VR headset which has a resolution of 800 x 600. At this meeting I asked the developers what the “virtual resolution” of their world was and … Read more
TIBURON, Calif—May 19, 2008—The first quarter often presents a mixed bag for graphics add-in board vendors, and Q1’08 was no exception. After completing its tabulations, Jon Peddie Research reports both gains and declines for the quarter, depending on the perspective. Sequentially, units were down around 8% from the fourth quarter of ’07 (to 24.4 million), with revenue down just over … Read more
Guest blogger Andy Marken has weighed in with his very opinionated view on how, exactly marketing professionals are going to have to change their ways in order to take advantage of the new order: Web 2.0. It’s not business as usual and it’s going to require new attitudes as more people get in on the act. By G.A. “Andy” Marken, … Read more
Biggest drop in Q4 shipments in four years – foretells of overall market slow down.
With all the rumors and information coming out of Taiwan and IDF Shanghai about Intel’s plans, I decided it was time to wipe the palm prints off the crystal ball and have another go at the 5 megaton elephant in the room. That elephant is, of course, Intel’s Larrabee processor. Now, some think it’s going to be a GPU killer, … Read more
In computer games we have one word terms that are taken for multiword definitions. For example, if I said simulation what would think of? Probably you’d think of a game that requires you to use a strategy to simulate an aspect of reality but your actions would be mitigate by the sim engine’s rules, as is done in a life … Read more
As I pondered this ponderous title and the challenge it represents for me to lead the round table at COFES it got me thinking about how we learn. Studies have shown that children learn fast and do so until they become 19 to 20 years old, then their brains become less flexible and learning takes longer, and it’s more difficult. … Read more
Actually this entry should be named Special Plastic, because we don’t really use glass in our displays anymore do we? But we do specialize because one size doesn’t fit all (needs.) I have eight screens that I use. I watch TV on my 32-inch LG LCD.TV. I watch movies with either my PS3 for HD, or my Xbox360 for regular … Read more
TIBURON, Calif—March 24, 2008—Jon Peddie Research announces the release of the CAD report for 2008 to 2012. The CAD industry has been undergoing a remarkable renaissance over the last five years as a result of several factors. Among those factors are hardware advances that put 64-bit, multi-core computers into the mainstream. In addition, there is broadening acceptance of 3D techniques. … Read more
Last quarter, the GPU industry reached a milestone—one hundred million chips were shipped. Mind you, that was the fourth quarter, which is seasonally high, and we may not see that level in this first quarter, that will end in a few weeks, but even if shipments do dip due to seasonality or recession fears, it will just be temporary as … Read more
