On the heels of the Oak Trail announcement it appears that Intel will team with Android is a slew of new netbooks that will include offerings from Acer, Lenovo and Asus. This a day after word spread that AMD was hiring Android driver development engineers indicating it was set to enter the tablet and netbook segments. You can read more … Read more
Autodesk has released an Android version of AutoCAD WS, the mobile app that views and edits DWG files. Like the original version for the Apple iOS environment, the free web and mobile application uses cloud computing technology. The product will be available for download starting April 20, 2011. Read more on the new app here.
At least once a week someone asks us how many gamers are there? We then have to go into a long series of questions to qualify the answer so we can try to quantify it: PC, console, handheld, or mobile phone? “PC,” answer the person. So then we ask: Extreme enthusiast, enthusiast, mainstream, or casual? That usually gets an “Ahhhh… … Read more
Specifically designed to power tablet devices Oak Trail will start shipping in devices next month with design wins from customers including Evolve III, Fujitsu Limited, Lenovo, Motion Computing, Razer, and Viliv. The Oak Trail chipset is powered by the new Intel Atom processor Z670, read more on Oak Trail here.
In Las Vegas today at the 2011 NAB show Doldy Laboratories launched new Loudness Tools and Imaging Technology. Dolby will be showcasing its range of loudness products, including Dolby Media Meter 2 and Dolby Media Emulator for post-production, the Dolby DP568 Professional Reference Decoder, the Dolby DP600 Program Optimizer for distribution. You can visit Dolby at booth SU3117 in the … Read more
HP announces their first 3D capable notebook, the ENVY 17 has a expansive 17.3″ 1920×1080 display powered by AMDs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6850 graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 and Intel’s 2nd generation Core i7 quad core processor. The ENVY ships with a pair of shutter glasses for 3D viewing. You can check out the specs of the ENVY … Read more
The fourth quarter of 2010 saw the workstation market take a noteworthy step forward in its journey back from recessionary lows. Senior analyst Alex Herrera reports the industry shipped 903.7 thousand workstations, representing a solid-though-moderate 6.4% sequential gain. JPR’s Semi-Annual Report is now available read more on the report here.
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Production units of AMD’s 32 nanometer quad-core “Llano” A-Series Accelerated Processor Units (APU) with discrete-level graphics are now shipping. “Customers are very excited about Llano coming to market and we will look forward to seeing our “Llano”-based systems in the market this quarter — the second quarter.” said Interm CEO Thomas Seifert, you can more on the Llano here.
A research consortium have discovered a techique to make average computer chips better by trimming away rarely used circuits. Error correction more than makes up for the loss. The new technique could produce breakthrough performance in image capture, multimedia, and other data-capture applications such as hearing aids. Read more on the new process here.
The end of the historically long winter is finally upon us and hope springs eternal, Opening Day is here. Major League Baseball has introduced a new series of apps for the iPhone, iPad, Andrioid, Blackberry that allows you to follow every pitch and at-bat, you can find those at mlb.com here.
Image Metrics, best known for its facial animation technology used in leading games, surprised the industry with a reverse merger and a plan to address the consumer 3D market as a publicly traded company. Read the latest on Image Metrics on our Graphic Speak website at gfxspeak.com.
