The company embraces open source with game library and register data AMD plans to give developers unprecedented access to the innards of its GPUs next year, when it launches its GPUOpen initiative. AMD is the only company that can claim a clean sweep across gaming platforms, from desktops, notebooks, to all the consoles, and even a few dedicated pachinko machines. … Read more
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I know how to talk the talk I’m going to get me a few of the IoT development kits every semiconductor and IP company is offering—all I’ll have to do is pick the one or two I can get as a demo unit, and start IoT’ing. I’ve decided my first project will be a Virtual Reality device of some type … Read more
After a surprisingly disappointing first quarter of 2015, followed up by a welcome rebound in Q2, all eyes were on Q3 to find out exactly which script the workstation market would follow. Would it track PCs downhill, like Q1, or separate from the PC pack and keep on a long-term growth trajectory, like Q2? According to the market and technology … Read more
After a surprisingly disappointing first quarter of 2015, followed up by a welcome rebound in Q2, all eyes were on Q3 to find out exactly which script the workstation market would follow. Would it track PCs downhill, like Q1, or separate from the PC pack and keep on a long-term growth trajectory, like Q2? According to the market and technology … Read more
Fragmentation threatens market expansion Google representatives recently spoke with several SoC builders about developing chips based on Google’s designs. It is part of a push by the company to bring uniformity to what they fear is a fragmented universe of Android phones. What would this mean for GPU vendors? Avoiding fragmentation in the Android platform is good for all—but Google … Read more
Quarter-to-quarter AIBs shipments increased 27.6% and decreased -3.8% year-to-year
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Year-to-year total GPU shipments decreased -19% -desktop graphics decreased -13%, notebooks decreased -22%.
New platforms, new requirements, and rules will challenge the suppliers Do you have a GPU in your boat? Your car? Your airplane, tractor, or your motorcycle? Maybe not today, but developments in all those categories are underway. Automobiles, such as the Nvidia powered Tesla S have captured the industry’s attention but they are far from the only platform in development. … Read more
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The PC Gaming Hardware Market, which consists of personal computers, upgrades, and peripherals used for gaming, is strong and healthy amongst the backdrop of general declines in the PC market. Ted Pollak, Senior Gaming Analyst at JPR notes that the $21.5 billion market is over twice the size of the console gaming hardware market. “We continue to see a shift … Read more
