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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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jon Peddie on GPUs, at Siggraph 2012

Design World editor Evan Yares asks 3D Graphics expert Jon Peddie why CAD vendors aren’t taking advantage of the power offered by modern GPUs. Check out the interview HERE.

2012 SIGGRAPH luncheon photos

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Graphics shipments in Q2 increased 2.5% over last quarter

A new issue of Market Watch has been released today and we are reporting a 2.5% increase in GPU shipments over last quarter. Market Watch gives market share (in units) of all suppliers of graphics ...

Graphics shipments in Q2 increased 2.5% over last quarter and 5.5% over last year

Intel led the quarter with 7.8% quarter-to-quarter growth—second quarter in a row TIBURON, CA-16August, 2012—Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, announced estimated graphics chip shipments and suppliers’ ...

NASA uses NVIDIA 3D Vision glasses to see Mars in 3D

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) that controls the rover Curiosity is using NVIDIA 3D Vision glasses to see Mars in 3D and plan rover missions in a virtual, game-like environment. JPL developed the technique to ...

New extensions for Maya and 3ds Max automate workflow

Autodesk will soon release new extensions for Autodesk Maya 2013 and Autodesk 3ds Max 2013 that will help users create more sophisticated physical simulations, and move data more easily through complex pipelines and also augments ...

All-star CG panel assembled for Siggraph JPR Press Luncheon

JPR has named the panelists that will speak at the company’s annual Siggraph Press Luncheon, August 8 in Los Angeles. The five bring strong and varied credentials to the annual event.The event will be at ...