Graphics add-in board shipments crash from last quarter
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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
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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
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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 ...