The latest release of Unity (2019.3) with High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP) has been released. HDRP, says Unity, focuses on optimizations that can render resource-intensive visuals while maintaining constant, steady frame rates. With HDRP, claims Unity, creators can cut loose and make stunning projects without worrying about throttling graphics to optimize for low-end devices, enabling them to create jaw-dropping … Read more
The PC GPU market shipments increased 10.7% sequentially from last quarter, but decreased 5.6% year-to-year
The evolution of graphics processors has profoundly changed over the last 20 years. The first specialized graphics architectures were almost purely fixed-function and could only accelerate a very limited range of computation such as geometry or lighting transformations. Programmable shaders gave developers new levels of capabilities, but with allocated functionality. Unified shaders offered dynamic load balancing and advanced branching. … Read more
AMD announced the Radeon RX 5500 series GPU based on their RDNA gaming architecture and promising the ultimate in high-performance, high-fidelity 1080p gaming. The company claims the Radeon RX 5500 series provides up to 37% faster performance on average than the competition in select titles at 1080p, supercharging top AAA and eSports games. Acer, HP, Lenovo, and MSI to … Read more
Intel’s new Xe-architecture-based discrete GPU will be deployed in Aurora supercomputer at the Argonne National Laboratory
Intel made a few significant and interesting announcements at the 2019 supercomputer conference (SC19) in Denver. The company officially launched its OneAPI, a unified and scalable programming model for heterogeneous computing architectures. Announced a general-purpose GPU-based on the X architecture, code-named “Ponte Vecchio.” claiming it is optimized for HPC/AI acceleration Revealed additional architectural details of the exascale Aurora Supercomputer at Argonne … Read more
Microsoft is all-in on ray tracing, and well they should be as the dominating PC gaming platform and a significant console supplier. When Nvidia announced its RTX series Turing-based GPUs at Siggraph in July 2018, Microsoft was right behind with its Windows 10 OS and SDK to support for DirectX raytracing (aka DXR tier 1.0) in October 2018. Within one … Read more
Intel has tried several times to get into the stand-alone graphics chip market. Its first attempt in 1982 was the cross-licensing of the NEC 7220, which became the Intel 82720. Then in 1983, Intel made the iSBX 275 Multibus-based add-in graphics board (AIB) with the chip. Its second attempt was in 1988 when it released the 82786, which it billed as … Read more
Everybody dance now: the Intel machine seems back on track Intel released their third-quarter results (see TechWatch, Intel Q3 2019 results) and reported record results. In the analyst call, Intel’s CEO Bob Swan said the company is on target to return to a schedule of major manufacturing upgrades every 2 to 2.5 years. In addition, Swan said, “We are on … Read more
The GeForce Now Alliance is spreading cloud gaming severs everywhere
4th generation path tracing engine
The education and gaming market is ill-defined but those applications represent a significant market. And it’s growing.
