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New iPad app melds SketchUp models into augmented reality scene

A new viewer app for iPhone and iPad can take Google SketchUp building models and display them in situ. Using GPS and the device camera, it is possible to physically visit a potential building site ...

“Steady as She Goes” for the Workstation Market in Q4’11

TIBURON, CA-March 12, 2012 -The workstation market proceeded ahead in the fourth quarter of 2011, completing a long climb back from the 2009 depths of the global economic recession that had slashed its shipments by ...

“Steady as she goes” for the workstation market in Q4’11

The workstation market proceeded ahead in the Q4’11, completing a long climb back from the ’09 recession. HP is firmly on top, but the spin-off talk of Q3’11 appeared to dent sales in Q4, HP ...

Big Day in Tech with the GDC in full swing and anticipated Apple announcemt

San Francisco is serving as the soul center of the technology universe with the expected iPad 3 introduction by Apple at the Yerba Buena Center and the opening day of the Expo at GDC taking ...

An Open Letter about the future of Collada from the Khronos Group

The growing use of Collada as an open, non-proprietary file format for 3D asset exchange presents new challenges and opportunities. The Khronos Board of Directors released a letter regarding the future of Collada and invited ...

Microsoft’s top Windows execs demo Windows 8 running on ARM

Microsoft has selected three silicon venders, TI, Qualcomm and Nvidia to build ARM SOCs for Windows 8. Steven Sinofsky, president of Windows and Windows Live Division, and Michael Angiulo, corporate VP of Windows Planning and ...

Its Mobile World Congress week in Barcelona

Augmented reality is one of the hottest capabilities demoed at MWC in Barcelona this year. In this video, Julia Duvall of Qualcomm shows us how Qualcomm’s Vuforia AR lets you play with a pet T-Rex, ...

Qualcomm shipped the most mobile devices GPUs last year

Apple has highest Q4quarter-to-quarter growth TIBURON, CA-27 February, 2012—Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, announced estimated mobile devices graphics chip shipments and suppliers’ market share for 2011. ...

Graphics Add-in Board Shipments down 6.5% from Last Quarter

Seasonality coming back? TIBURON, CA-February 27, 2012—Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, announced estimated graphics Add-in Board (AIB) shipments and sales’ market share for Q4’11. The JPR ...

Q4 graphics shipments decreased 10.4% over last quarter, and increased 8.9% over last year

AMD led the quarter with 7.8% quarter-to-quarter growth TIBURON, CA-22 February, 2012—Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, announced estimated graphics chip shipments and suppliers’ market share for ...

Q4 graphics shipments increased 8.9%

Jon Peddie Research has released its latest edition of MarketWatch. AMD’s overall graphics market share increased 1,8% from last quarter due mostly to HPU shipments.Intel continues to be the overall market share leader, elevated by ...

Simulation paves road for Trek racing

Using the latest tools from SolidWorks, Nvidia, and Dell, Trek designed a new mountain racing bike that took top honors in 2011. “By powering 3D simulations in SolidWorks, the Quadro cards let us see hot ...