VSI Labs Capability Demonstrator (Source: VSI) Siemens has signed an important deal for its PAVE360 development platform for automotive design. PAVE360 is a system of systems, in the same way, that a car is a system of systems and through Siemens’ Mentor Group, Siemens has simulation tools for the validation and testing of processors, electronics, sensors, and systems. It … Read more
Maxon has been making the most of its pandemic. The company’s engineers have been hunkered down and developing. The company’s development teams for Redshift and Red Giant are putting out new releases and according to Maxon’s Head of Community and Customer Experience, Paul Babb, they are working together as a Maxon family. The end result is the Cinema 4D R24 … Read more
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the City University of Hong Kong have developed a deep learning-based solution for sketch-to-image translation. The team presented their technical paper (requires login) at Siggraph 2020 that concluded recently. They demonstrated a system that uses rough or incomplete freehand sketches and produces high-quality realistic face images (resolution: 512 × 512), which faithfully … Read more
Autodesk’s second-quarter revenues for fiscal 2021 were absolutely on course for the company underlining several points: the resilience of the subscription model, the ongoing progress of Autodesk’s revamped licensing plan, and the relative powerlessness of customers. Autodesk is in the process of transitioning from multi-user licenses to named license, which boils down to one license person rather than a company … Read more
San Jose based Pixelworks is announcing the i6 processor, its sixth generation mobile visual processor, and the first with low-power AI tech (built on the Company’s mobile display datasets). AI comes into place to adaptively optimize picture quality. The i6 processor, says the company, uses AI to intelligently upscale the dynamic range of video and gaming content while concurrently optimizing … Read more
(Source: Bradley Hook, Pixels) Nvidia introduced its virtual client concept called Grid in 2008. The idea was to employ powerful GPU-based AIBs in an internet server (the cloud) and stream pixels over the internet to a local client machine that probably lacked the graphics power to run the desired application. Then in 2013, Nvidia extended its Arm-based shield platform … Read more
Nemetschek is ahead of the adapting to the new normal curve. The company has been in the process of a major restructuring for a couple of years, and some of the most obvious changes became evident in 2019. In his annual address to shareholders, Alex Kaufman, spokesman for the management board and the company’s CFOO, wrote in the company’s annual … Read more
There is no doubt some industry people sighed in relief when PTC's third-quarter financial results came in above guidance. In design and engineering, people are looking at this quarter as an indicator of what the year might look like. PTC's results look good in spite of this year’s extreme challenges. The companies in design and engineering have performed reasonably well through the … Read more
Source: energepic.com The open letter to Autodesk landed on the desks of editors, analysts, and interested observers with a thud—if a digital letter could land on a digital desk at all. The letter, signed by major architectural firms, complained about the state of Autodesk’s Revit development and was evidence of fraying relationships within the Autodesk community. Basically, the complaints … Read more
Dassault’s diversity continues to serve the company well. Like all companies, Dassault is seeing some of its segments suffer as the Coronavirus shuts down businesses and production. The company’s traditional business in PLM is hitting rough road, but the company has moved well beyond its traditional business with significant investments in simulation, data management, supply chain management, and most significantly, … Read more
The latest batch of winners in Epic’s ongoing MegaGrants program includes games, a couple of which break the mold but most intriguingly technology companies that are pushing on the walls of game engine technology to expand where games and game engines haven’t gone before and that of course is one of the major reasons there is an Epic MegaGrant. In … Read more
Source: Depositphotos Leonardo Chiariglione, an Italian engineer best known as the co-founder and former chairman of MPEG, is proposing to establish a new organization called Moving Picture, Audio, and Data Coding by Artificial Intelligence (MPAI). The organization will have a twofold mission: to develop standards for compression of video, audio, and data, and to bridge the gap between its … Read more
