Tribute: the father of the pixel
Frederic Crockett Billingsley was an American engineer who developed techniques for digital image processing while at JPL working on U.S space probes to the moon, Mars, and other planets.
SIGGRAPH Pioneers: Ed Kramer interviews Jon Peddie, CGI Industry Guru
Ed speaks with Jon about his company, his personal history, his relationship with SIGGRAPH, his books, and his visions about the future of Augmented Reality and other imaging technologies. Jon Peddie has been a guiding force in the CGI industry for decades.
Intel’s GPU could bruise AMD and Nvidia 5 ways
It’s no longer if, but when Intel will reveal its consumer-class discrete GPU (dGPU) family. And when it does, it will initially have a negative impact on the incumbent PC dGPU suppliers AMD and Nvidia. Later in 2021 or 2022, the company will ship its high-end Ponte Vecchio AIB for the Aurora supercomputer. If everything goes right for Intel and … Read more
A 5-year vision for workstation graphics performance
Every day in their engineering jobs with leading OEMs and graphics card manufacturers, the representatives of the SPEC Graphics and Workstation Performance Group (SPEC/GWPG) assess the latest technologies designed to make their products run professional applications faster and more efficiently. In their role with SPEC/GWPG, they take that knowledge and develop benchmarks that test real-world performance in ways that … Read more
The overall CG market grows to $150 billion by 2022
Industry expected to see 2% CAGR for next few years
Think Silicon secures investment round
Funding for tiny IP for tiny devices
Giant Intel gears up for dGPU battle
Former PR manager at AMD and now head of engineering at Intel, the invincible Chris Hook called together his team of 500 engineers in Folsom, CA, who are building Intel’s dGPU and asked them what was being done right and what needed improvement. They told him, and he says (representing management), “we’re listening.” Hook’s real job, however, is Discrete Graphics … Read more
Ray-tracing in games — a dissenting POV
Heretical comments from a RT lover
Ray-tracing in games — a dissenting POV
Just in case you are new to my ramblings, and passions, allow me to tell you about my background and interests. I am an avid game player, specifically AAA FPS single player. I am also a ray-tracing lover, having been involved with it since 1979. And, I am computer graphics advocate, sometimes expert, and always a promoter. Computer graphics (CG) … Read more
Ryff brings dynamic product placement to OTT video streaming
Take a little bit of AI, mix it with 3D technology, add marketing advertising experience and you might come up with something like Ryff, a new company with the ability to seamlessly add products in video content after the content has been published. Ryff is built around its new technology called Placer. Using Placer, content can be placed dynamically, and … Read more
Jon Peddie Research releases update to the Q2, 2018 add-in board report
Quarter-to-quarter graphics board shipments decreased 22% with a 2% INCREASE year-to-year
Jon Peddie Research’s Market Watch reports GPU shipments up
Revised data reveals PC GPU market increased 0.2% quarter-to-quarter