My mom figures everyone who works in the high-tech industry must know each other. She’ll ask if I know Julia O’Conner’s daughter, “She works in computers out there.” I don’t even know Julia O’Conner, but my mom sees the hightech industry as a monolithic group of people working in California who speak a foreign language. Sorting algorithms Now is the … Read more
I started my spring vacation by going to Boston, where it was –37 degrees, and anything that had ever been moist or wet was now a solid block of permafrost. OK, maybe it wasn’t Helsinki temperatures, but it was damn cold for my weather-weeny California butt. So I stayed inside and took advantage of the flood of information HP was … Read more
http://gfxspeak.com/2014/03/17/khronos-releases-specification/
The Scientific and Technical Academy Awards honor long proven No one comments on what they wore, and most moviegoers don’t realize what their work actually entails, but the winners of the Scientific and Technical Academy Awards make movie history as surely as did Marilyn Monroe. As usual, there is a solid contingent of winners coming from the Bay Area. There’s … Read more
http://jonpeddie.com/press-releases/details/workstation-and-professional-gpu-markets-march-onward-and-upward-in-q4/
2013 marked a return to “normalcy”
Conferences are a big commitment. Why go? As we wave good-bye to Barcelona and the excitement, madness, and competition for space, food, lodging, upgrades, and air, … hold on, I didn’t have to do any of that—I didn’t go to MWC this year. No wonder I’m so relaxed, not jet-lagged, and haven’t had any weight increase. Barcelona is one of … Read more
http://jonpeddie.com/press-releases/details/add-in-board-market-up-in-q4-nvidia-gains-market-share/
Autodesk has announced the debut of Autodesk Character Generator. It has been living in Autodesk Labs as Project Pinocchio. Now Autodesk is making the full product available to subscribers of all versions of the Entertainment Creation Suite, as well as Maya, 3ds Max, Softimage, MotionBuilder, Mudbox, and Maya LT. Read on Pinocchio on GraphicSpeak
Quarter-to-quarter AIBs shipments increased 3%, and grew 3% year-to-year
I want all of mine and some of yours. When markets have slow to negative growth, the only way a company can grow in them is to take market share from the other players. Consider the contests that are at work: • ARM is by far the leading RISC processor designer serving the mobile and TV markets as the incumbent … Read more
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