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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, ...

The Year of the Snake

Chinese New Year is a major celebration in the Bay Area. For at least a week in the city, the sound of fireworks is a day and night constant, and a casual walk downtown will ...

Start-up continues to build out its browser-based design collaboration site.

Browser-based 3D design collaboration site Sunglass is rolling out new features to its users this week. The well-funded start-up continues to pursue the dream of making any browser the portal to collaborative product design. When ...

Dassault tops €3 billion revenue in 2012

Dassault Systèmes today reported annual revenue topped €2 billion in revenue—and also $3 billion—for the first time in 2012. During the announcement of quarterly results, Dassault also announced the acquisition of SquareClock, maker of cloud-based ...

LightWave update introduces modular rigging system

A new modular rigging system, improved bullet dynamics, and improved connections to other software highlight the newest update to LightWave. LightWave 11.5 introduces the Genoma character rigging system, a new modular instant-rigging system used to ...

Dell goes private

Dell goes private in a transaction valued at approximately $24.4 billion. The Board acting on the recommendation of a special committee of independent directors unanimously approved a merger agreement under which Michael Dell and Silver ...

Mechdyne makes the world smaller with Connection Portal

Mechdyne is a company that represents a major brain trust for visualization technologies. The company plays a critical role in pushing visualization technology as it adds the connective pieces to enable people to build customized ...

Macworld opens today in San Francisco

Moscone West is hosting Macworld/ iWorld this week through February 2nd. The conference will offer over 60 tech talks, live music performances, film festivals, art showcases and product demonstrations. Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad are ...

The lost fortnight

It was a short little work trip. No real heavy lifting would be needed on the road, but a Windows device for ongoing projects would be nice, so I thought I’d take along the Windows ...

The lost fortnight

Maybe a 12-step program is called for It was a short little work trip. No real heavy lifting would be needed on the road, but a Windows device for ongoing projects would be nice, so ...