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Gamers Defend Desktop and Notebook PC Market

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. ...

Is It Up or Down? Depends on How & What You Count

Gartner and IDC last week (Oct. 9) released their measurements of the PC industry. The dueling giant research firms have never agreed on the exact number. If they did, one of them would become instantly ...

Is It Up or Down? Depends on How & What You Count

Gartner and IDC last week (Oct. 9) released their measurements of the PC industry. The dueling giant research firms have never agreed on the exact number. If they did, one of them would become instantly ...

The 3D movie industry has a new champion

Gravity, by Alfonso Cuarón and his son Jonas represents the start of a new generation of 3D film that no longer needs to showcase depth effects, but draws the audience into the screen. The filmmakers ...

Trends and Forecasts in Computer Graphics –  power-efficient rendering

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Trends and Forecasts in Computer Graphics— power-efficient rendering

This is the second in a series of observations about computer graphics (CG) trends, opportunities, and challenges. (the first installment can be found at http://jonpeddie.com/blogs/comments/trends-and-forecasts-in-computer-graphics/ ) Introduction Today’s mobile processors are improving at an astonishing ...

TechWatch Quarterly Q3’13 is now available

We have compiled some of our best articles, reviews and editorials from the third quarter 2013 and made them available in a new quarterly review. You can download the new quarterly edition HERE. You will ...

JPR’s latest market study on Mobile Devices and the GPUs inside is available

The market for portable devices (mobile devices that we can carry including notebooks) continues to soar in spite of economic difficulties and general uncertainty. Although personal devices are not necessarily replacing the PC, they are ...

JPR’s latest market study “Mobile Devices and the GPUs inside” is now available

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Qualcomm Single Largest Proprietary GPU Supplier, Imagination Technologies the Leader in GPU IP

The total personal and portable GPU market opportunity projected to be 2.44 billion units in 2018

Intel launches next-generation Ivy Bridge-EP CPU

At Intel Developers Forum (IDF) this year, Intel formally launched the highly anticipated Ivy Bridge generation successor for high-performance, dual-socket capable servers and workstations. The appearance of Ivy Bridge-EP around now was no surprise at ...

Microsoft talks Xbox One and Kinect at Hot Chips

Beyond the block diagrams, FLOPS comparisons, and power requirements, the new system on a chip had to master complex human dynamics. . This year, Hot Chips provided a very clear picture of where chip vendors’ ...