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ATI and PalmSource announce licensing deal

Sometimes, all you have to do is speculate a little and suddenly the answers are handed to you. (It really works when you go out on a limb and speculate in public.) Recently, when writing ...

Toshiba opts for Spatializer in its Edge RD-X2 DVD recorder

Toshiba’s brand new RD-X2 recorder is a DVD-R/RAM product that enables users to record up to six hours of content on a single disk. The way this works out on formats is that users can ...

Graphics Industry shows resilience

Reduced shipment numbers are consistent Reduced shipment numbers are consistent with seasonal trends.
Market sees surprising increase in new product shipments.

ATI joins Intel’s Developer Network for PCI Express®

http://ati.amd.com/companyinfo/press/2002/4532.html

ATI issues earnings warning; pledges allegiance to PCI Express

http://ati.amd.com/companyinfo/press/2002/4533.html

ATI says we got yer digital TV tuners right here

There’s a lot of gnashing of teeth and general wailing in response to the FCC’s announcement that TV manufacturers will be required to add digital TV tuners to their large screen TVs by July 2004 ...

Jobs to world: Okay, if the Power PC processors aren’t as fast as x86s, we’ll just use t

With their customary audaciousness, Apple has introduced a new line of PowerMacs which feature dual Power PC processors at speeds from 867 MHz, 1 GHz or 1.4 GHz. The new G4 machines feature XServe, Apple’s ...

Palm 130 doesn’t quite make it to 65K colors but whose counting?

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2002/08/54647

Webcast During SIGGRAPH Features Computer Graphics

Spirited Session Moderated by Dr. Jon Peddie Available for Free Replay

PC Market Consumes 30% More GPUs than CPUs – and Prices Continue to Decline, says JPR

Industry saw growth in graphics in Q1 as shipments increased 5.2% from Q4’01 to Q1’02. Outlook mixed for Q2

Where’s Rick?

Rick Belluzzo is the new CEO of Quantum Corp. of Milpitas, California. As reported in the Wall Street Journal, this seems a step down for Belluzzo who has flown pretty high as CEO of SGI ...

Lunch with us at Siggraph 2002

This July 24 at an exclusive lunch during Siggraph, Jon Peddie will lead a panel of high-profile CG experts in a lively debate: