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What can’t your personal companion do—for you? It depends on your age and budget
When your personal companion has almost every sensor imaginable and always-connected capability, what it can do is only limited by your imagination and the imaginations of the applications developers. A scenario recently suggested by ARM is one where you are driving and don’t have a Bluetooth connection to your car radio or an earphone stuck in your ear mic/earplug, and … Read more
Autodesk moves simulation to the cloud
Autodesk has rolled up many of the simulation and analysis tools acquired in recent years and put them online as a new cloud-based service, Autodesk Simulation 360. Scott Reese, VP for Simulation and Cloud Platform, says the goal is to make the service as accessible as possible. Read more on Simulation 360 on GraphicSpeak.
The Workstation Market Remained Sluggish in Q2’12
The results from the workstation market’s first quarter were disappointing, as it marked the first two consecutive quarters of negative growth since 2008. Alex Herrera, Senior Analyst, reports that around 883,000 workstations shipped worldwide, down 3.8% from the quarter prior and 2.6% from Q2’11. The new Q2 2012 Market Quarterly is now available to subscribers HERE.
The workstation market remained sluggish in Q2’12, reports Jon Peddie Research
The workstation market remained sluggish in Q2’12, reports Jon Peddie Research TIBURON, California September 9, 2012 – The results from the workstation market’s first quarter were disappointing, as it marked the first two consecutive quarters of negative growth since 2008. And if industry observers needed more evidence of the market’s listlessness, they need look no farther than the second quarter’s … Read more
Eye-tracking poised to become a standard computer-graphics feature
SolidWorks is only one of many companies looking to incorporate eye tracking into future updates to the user interface. The art of designing great computer controls will depend in part on combining eye-tracking with older input technologies such as keyboards, mice, touch screens, and 3D navigation devices. Read more on the developments in eye-tracking HERE.
Cringely and Jobs famous interview restored by video magic
The lost interview from 1995 was recorded in low-resolution VHS, and restored by state-of-the-art technology from MotionDSP. After Jobs’ death in October 2011, director Paul Sen started looking for the tapes and found a VHS copy of the interview. “This,” says Cringely “is undoubtedly the only surviving copy of the best TV interview Steve Jobs ever gave. Read more on … Read more
Lifer–The game companies want us in chains
Developing a good AAA first or third-person game is expensive, takes a long time, and is tricky as hell to get right. You’ve got to have great (not just good) art; a really good, compelling story (wack-a-zombie doesn’t get it). And you have to use the latest hardware but be able to degrade gracefully to last generation’s so you don’t … Read more
Graphics Add-in Board Shipments seasonally down from Last Quarter
We found that AIB shipments during Q2 2012 did behave according to past years with regard to seasonality, but in unit shipments was lower on a year-to-year comparison and on a quarter-to-quarter comparison for the quarter. Total AIB shipments decreased this quarter, from the previous quarter, by 6.5% to 14.8 million units. Subscribers can download the the report HERE.
Graphics Add-in Board Shipments seasonally down from Last Quarter
Seasonal drop is less than in previous years; AMD continues market share increase, but Nvidia still the leader TIBURON, CA-August 27, 2012—Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, announced estimated graphics Add-in Board (AIB) shipments and sales’ market share for Q2’12. The JPR AIB Report tracks computer graphics boards, which carry discrete graphics … Read more
Lightwave 3D Group spins out of Newtek to take on virtual production
One of the newest companies to appear on the scene is Lightwave 3D Group. The Lightwave team has spun out from Newtek and is ready to stand on its own. It is being headed by Rob Powers, who led the Lightwave team within Newtek. Dominick Spina has joined the company from Nvidia. Read more on Lightwave here on GFXspeak.
FinalWire Rolls Out AIDA64 v2.60
FinalWire Ltd. announced this week the release of AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.60 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool. The new AIDA64 release implements full support for Microsoft Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 operating systems, adds optimized 64-bit benchmarks for AMD A-Series “Trinity” APU and VIA VX11 platform, and supports the latest GeForce GTX graphics accelerators by Nvidia. Check … Read more