SiliconArts signs ray tracing MOU with U.S. NewGenGraphics
New silicon solutions expected
Nvidia to buy Arm
In 2009 rumors started about the possibility of Nvidia acquiring AMD to give Nvidia a CPU capability. In 2011 Jensen Huang settled the subject decisively when he said, Arm is our CPU. Nine years later he put the period on that statement when he announced the acquisition of Arm for $40 billion. The rumor that Nvidia might acquire Arm has … Read more
Nvidia RTX 30×0 series graphics AIB introduced
Leaks, peaks, and sneaks took some of the explosive value out of Nvidia’s big RTX 30 reveal this week, but it was of no consequence because Nvidia had such a big story to tell. Whatever you thought you already knew was nothing compared to what Nvidia showed. Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s co-founder, and CEO, invited us into his kitchen again to … Read more
The effervescent rise of GPUs: ASWF updates OpenVDB and ColorIO
Siggraph has become an important gathering point for the open-source community. Many of the developers creating tools for digital content creation are working at studios serving the movie industry or at companies working with the studios. Naturally then, Siggraph is the site for the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) meetings to provide updates on the organization's work over the year. The … Read more
The rates of change and attachment
Over the years we have reported the attach rate of GPUs. Attach rate is the ratio of GPUs to CPUs or PCs. If a PC has two GPUs in it then that PC’s attach rate is 200%. Since most CPUs have a built-in GPU, an integrated GPU (iGPU), the attach rate can never get below 100%. However, not all CPUs … Read more
Pandemic distorts global GPU market results
Shipments surprise: Jon Peddie Research reports that PC GPU market shipments increased by 2.5% sequentially from last quarter
Intel is building a dGPU—are they serious?
Do they know how hard that is?
Intel is building a dGPU—are they serious?
Photo credit Cottonbro Pixels.com When Intel launched their Larrabee project back in 2009 to build a revolutionary MIMD style GPU they hired just about anyone who could spell GPU. Some of those people left when the project was canceled, but many of them stayed, scars and all. Then in 2018 when the company valiantly decided to take another run … Read more
AMD updates Radeon Pro software for enterprise
The new Radeon Pro Enterprise Drivers are designed to make the Radeon Pro W5700 look its best, at least until a new round of drivers come around. AMD says the new drivers are enabling a 15% increase in geomean SPECviewperf 13 benchmark Viewsets compared to the previous 19.Q3 driver. And the company claims its new power management features offer … Read more
Intel Architecture Day—what have we learned about Xe?
Intel held an on-line architectural day., with Raja Koduri SVP, Chief Architect, and GM of Architecture, Graphics, and Software taking over as master of ceremony and technology explainer. He spoke about the company’s forthcoming GPU initiative known as X, and then introduced all the other speakers. Raja Koduri Senior Vice President, Chief Architect, And General Manager of Architecture, Graphics, and … Read more
Intel Q2’2020 results
The new normal is not normal, and may not be again for a long time. Q2 which has traditionally been a down quarter was up for Intel year-to-year, and flat quarter-to-quarter. But Q3 is being guided down, and Intel still is dealing with manufacturing issues—the new normal. By midday the day after Intel’s report, AMD soared over 15% while Intel … Read more
What if what if?
If Nvidia did go for Arm, which I think would be a brilliant move, that would be a serious blow to Intel, and a potential torpedo for the open-source RISC-V adventure, of which Nvidia is a participant.