Sony’s processor choices give them the edge
The PS3 came out in 2006 with a new IBM-Power-based SIMD CPU structure they called the Cell. Now, in 2013 Sony introduced the PS4 with an X86-based architecture that looks like a PC. The eight ...
Crytek on why it’s impossible for consoles to match the power of gaming PCs
Crytek boss Cevat Yerli before the PS4 launch party: “We used Moore’s Law, If you predict how hardware evolves at the current speed of evolution, and then take consumer pricing evolution, already two years ago ...
What goes around, comes around
Watch out, looks like bricks and mortar are coming around. Somewhere, some time or another I’m reasonably sure someone around here predicted the end of bricks and mortar, and just a few short years ago, ...
Year-end surge pushes Autodesk to record fourth quarter
A late sales surge lifted Autodesk to record fourth-quarter revenue to close its fiscal year 2013. For the full year Autodesk revenue has roughly returned to where it was in 2008. Revenue for the fourth ...
Graphics add-in board shipments crash
Worst seasonal drop since 2008, -25x of 10-year average, JPR found that AIB shipments during Q4 2012 behaved according to past years with regard to seasonality, but the drop was considerably more dramatic. AIB shipments ...
Graphics add-in board shipments crash from last quarter
http://jonpeddie.com/press-releases/details/add-in-board-report-Q4-2012-crash-down/
Graphics add-in board shipments crash from last quarter, reports Jon Peddie Research
Worst seasonal drop since 2008, -25x of 10-year average TIBURON, CA, February 21, 2013—Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, announced estimated graphics add-in board (AIB) shipments and ...
Computer graphics changed the course of history; can it save the PC?
Computer graphics got its start in the late 1950s due to the Soviets setting off their first atomic bomb and scaring the hell out of the US military—something they still haven’t gotten over. The history ...
AMD, Intel, and Nvidia all down in Q4, overall quarter-to-quarter
http://jonpeddie.com/press-releases/details/amd-intel-nvidia-q4-graphics-gpu-shipments/
AMD, Intel, and Nvidia all down in Q4 with negative 8% overall quarter-to-quarter
Holding steady: 28.8 Million discrete GPUs shipped, down almost 16% over last quarter and declined 9.7% from last year. There was an 8.2% dip in overall graphics shipments in Q4 from the third quarter. TIBURON, ...
PC market healthy, Graphics, not so. Nvidia increases market share, Intel dominates.
Graphics market is down 8.2% quarter to quarter while PCs grew 2.8%. The numbers reflect a decline in the double attach rate in Personal Computers. Q4 Results.
8Tree delivers single-purpose FastCheck 3D scanner
Started just a year ago by former TI DLP manager Arun Chhabra and photonics expert Erik Klaas, 8tree is bringing a new approach to the scanner market. The idea is simple: build a completely self-contained, ...