Robert Dow

FIGURE 1. JPR’s speculation on Intel’s Viiv architecture. (Source: Jon Peddie Research) Although Viiv is not finalized yet, at least not publicly (no doubt the OEMs preparing their holiday offerings know full well what’s in it), a couple of things seem pretty obvious to us up here on the mountain. Having achieved an admirable success in unit market share with … Read more

9 outwits mechanical beast. (Source: Shane Acker) Siggraph was, as always, a blast. Although it was smaller in booth size, the crowds felt larger, and they were for sure exciting. This was the 32nd event and my 27th. About 29,000 people came this year (27,800 last year) and there were 230 exhibitors (229 last year). SGI gets Jon’s award for … Read more

Seeing the future Figure 1. DVB-T deployment. (Source: DVB Project Office) I can see your future and what I see is TV. The world has had a love affair with TV ever since it was invented in the late 1930s. Its content has been, and continues to be, criticized and probably always will because of its massive 500-channel 24/7 supply … Read more

Last year the graphics chip industry shipped over 44 million high-end AIBs, about 54% of the total discrete shipments and 23% of the total desktop, for a total of 44.5 million AIBs. There aren’t 44 million game enthusiasts in the world, and they would have to be very enthusiastic to buy a new high-end AIB every year, wouldn’t they? So … Read more

CE companies better smarten up or they’re going to hand the home entertainment market to the PC You know how dogs can hear high-pitched sounds, and how some of us have really sensitive noses (like me)? Well, I also have a pretty keen video eye and a sense of proportion. That’s not a brag, it’s actually more of a whine, … Read more

FIGURE 1. Simple projection of Intel’s IGP growth in market share. (Source: Jon Peddie Research) I’ve made a lot of predictions in my 20+ years here at JPR/A, and fortunately most of them have been correct, making profits for our clients and allowing me to keep my job. One prediction I made in 1998 as SGI was about to launch … Read more

By now you have all heard of Ageia, the new company on the scene with a co-processor designed to run physics algorithms. It’s a clever and novel idea, and one that has people excited. It also has its fair share of naysayers. No doubt it’s not going to be an easy road for the company, but it follows interesting and … Read more

The games and videos of games we were shown at the press briefings by Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony, plus what was on the floor in the big stands like EA, Activision, Ubisoft, and others, had four things in common: • Very loud and overdriven subwoofers • Outstanding complex and beautiful 3D models of the world (in which the game is … Read more