A group of enthusiasts is proposing a new set of graphics instructions designed for 3D graphics and media processing. These new instructions are built on the RISC-V base vector instruction set. They will add support for new data types that are graphics specific as layered extensions in the spirit of the core RISC-V ISA. Vectors, transcendental math, pixel, and textures … Read more
Nvidia has been in the clouds for ten years or more and they know their way around. You may remember GRID, the VMware/Citrix remote computing solution that Nvidia was a part of. And then there’s GeForce Now, its game streaming platform. The company also offers Shield, cloud-based TV delivery, and of course, its render farms, cloud computer, and AI training. … Read more
Photo by Jeshoots.com on Unsplash While Apple and Samsung look on in envy, Qualcomm has been designing and supplying Snapdragon, the best SoC available for high-end phones, and midrange phones for years. In addition to smartphones and tablets, the SoCs have found their way into vehicles including automobiles, TVs, VR headsets, drones, and other devices. Snapdragon has become a … Read more
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Like PC sales and tablets, smartphone sales were down in Q1, according to Gartner, IDC, TrendForce, and others. IDC said smartphone shipment volumes for the first quarter of 2019 fell 6.6% on-year after a 4.9% year-over-year decline in the fourth quarter of 2018, and Gartner said Global sales of smartphones to end users declined 2.7% in the first quarter of … Read more
In addition to the HP leather accented launch reported earlier, some of the other notebooks introduced at Computex were equally interesting. Some of them were concept devices and may never be commercially available, but the ideas are inspiring nonetheless. The many faces of dual screen notebooks The added weight, cost, and power drain of a large second screen might make … Read more
Samsung to integrate custom AMD Radeon graphics IP into future SoCs for mobile applications
Siemens PLM has added another piece in the very complex digital twin puzzle for automotive, SoC design. Dave Fritz, Siemens Global Technology Manager for Autonomous and ADAS, describes PAVE360 as a platform, a collection of many different tools to help companies designing systems for the automotive industry get a clear path to building their own silicon. Citing Tesla as an … Read more
Source: Qualcomm You got to give Intel credit for trying. When the company forced out Paul Otellini as CEO in 2013 for his failure to push Intel into the mobile business, they opened their checkbook and bought ST-Ericsson’s GNSS business. The company also invested heavily in developing an SoC for smartphones. But it was too much too late, and the … Read more
Niantic is preparing the ground for their new game Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, which is coming later this year to Android and iOS devices. The game combines the real world with digital elements a la Pokémon Go. The developers are hoping they’ll have the same kind of crazy hit this time around. The game is available for pre-register on … Read more
Although the economic conditions have improved across the board, the PC market is not growing. It remains flat, to decline. Why?
