The newest edition of Tech Watch is available
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May the tablet be with you—really
There’s probably a seven-inch in your and/or your kid’s future— it’s going to change the world December last year you could buy an Android 4.0, 7-inch IPS screen tablet almost anywhere in China for $90, and for less in Shenzhen. Those tablets typically had an Allwinner SoC in them. If you could be satisfied with a dual-core VIA 8850–based unit, … Read more
Visual Magic 3D book review
Compute Scotland takes a look at Jon Peddie’s new book “The History of Visual Magic in Computers”. In his First Law, Jon Peddie “In graphics, too much is not enough,” notes that “It is impossible to trace a single line of development to generating beautiful realistic images with a computer. There is the complex pedigree of the computer itself- the … Read more
Add-in board-market down in Q2, AMD gains market share
Our new Q2’13 AIB report shows that Quarter-to-quarter AIBs down 5.4%, year-to-year 5.2%-less than PCs overall. On a year-to-year basis we found that total AIB shipments during Q2’13 dropped 5.2%, less than the overall desktop graphics decline of 9.3% or the total PC graphics decline of 12.8% overall. GPUs are traditionally a leading indicator of the market. Subscribers can download … Read more
Systems thinking and the individual
Companies and users are not on the same page Recently, I wrote an article in CGW about Adobe’s march to subscription and a long time Adobe customer sent a simple terse comment: ain’t ever going to subscribe, ever, she said. She, like so many people, hates the idea of renting software and of not owning it. She said she has … Read more
Q2’13 issue of Market Watch is now available
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Add-in board-market down in Q2, AMD gains market share
Quarter-to-quarter AIBs down 5.4%, year-to-year 5.2%-less than PCs overall
AMD winner in Q2, Intel up, Nvidia down
AMD overall unit shipments increased 10.9%, quarter-to-quarter, Intel increased 6.2%, and Nvidia decreased by 8%.The overall PC market declined 2.5% quarter-to-quarter while the graphics market increased 4.6%. Overall this net 7.1% increase reflects an interest on the part of consumers for double-attach—the adding of a discrete GPU to a system with integrated processor graphics, and to a lesser extent dual … Read more
Speculating vs. reporting
It’s much more fun, and easier to speculate One of the reasons the trade press has been decimated and so many so-called reports/writers are looking for jobs is because for the most part they were untrained, cheaply hired, and basically lazy kids. The ones who still have jobs, or a freelance gig, write one to three 300- to 400-word stories … Read more
AMD winner in Q2, Intel up, Nvidia down
Quarter-to-quarter up 4.6%—Notebook graphics sales up
Global PC Gaming Hardware Sales Shrug off PC Market Decline
In a challenged PC market one user group is standing firm against the winds of change. Ted Pollak, Senior Gaming Analyst at JPR said “The effect that key titles have on hardware sales is phenomenal. Enthusiast PC Gamers embrace content creation and modding,” JPR believes that PC’s have an advantage in casual gaming as X86 tablets expand the market.
Global PC Gaming Hardware Sales Shrug off PC Market Decline
TIBURON, CA – AUGUST 7, 2013 – In a challenged PC market one user group is standing firm against the winds of change blowing many casual computer users to the “good enough” mindset behind sales of tablets and cloud computing devices-PC gamers. PC gamers continue to buy and build with a fervency that could be compared to motorcycle, 4X4, and … Read more