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Famous Graphics Chips: 3Dfx’s Voodoo

This is the latest installment of a series of short articles about graphics chips, controllers, and processors, that changed the course of the computer graphics (CG) industry. 3Dfx was founded in 1994 in San Jose, ...

Leap Motion acquired by Ultrahaptics for $30 million

Ultrahaptics and Leap Motion come together to push spatial interaction technology. (Source: Ultrahaptics)   Did it seem Leap Motion got awfully quiet? Well, it did, the company had seen its valuation drop and was clearly ...

HP makes huge new products launch

HP introduces a new design language—wood   At Computex, which was attended by over 120,000 people, HP rolled out a suite of twelve new products for consumer and commercial users. HP's lineup of products introduced ...

Siemens’ PAVE360 puts auto makers in the driver’s seat

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 ...

Intel at Computex

I’m so glad I didn’t go to Computex this year. It’s not the humidity, or the torrential rains, or even 130,000 people in my way at the show. No, it’s the almost overwhelming slew of ...

HPE buying supercomputer pioneer Cray

Cray Computer was founded in 1972 in Minneapolis by Seymour Cray (1925–1996). The company shipped its first Cray supercomputer, the Cray-1 to Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1976 and it cost $8.8 million. It boasted ...

Facebook, Google, HP, and Varjo’s new VR headsets

Facebook now offers three Oculus VR head-mounted display (HMD) systems, a revamped Rift S, all-in-one portable Go, and the latest, a gaming HMD, the Quest.   Facebook’s VR HMDs   For reference, a can of tomato soup ...

Augmented reality creeps closer

Hands-free voice commands, 4K HD adjustable, rotating camera, no wires or earbuds surround sounds, with bone-conduction (AVIwear) $350 (4K), $250 (1k), $150 audio only JP’s rules for AR:  Don’t be ugly or obnoxious Don’t be ...

On the horizon; AMD Intel, Lenovo, Nvidia, and Qualcomm tease new products and updates

Computex is shaping up to be another big year. Our friends at AMD, Intel, and Nvidia have been bugging us with hints and promises and demands because they’re lining up their big announcements and they want ...

Animation at FMX

The founding theme of the FMX conference in Stuttgart is special effects, but as the conference has evolved, driven by the energy of the students who attend, and the creativity of industry professionals and developers, ...

Nvidia’s Q1 FY20 results

Nvidia reported revenue from some platforms—Gaming and Automotive were up, while Data center, Professional Visualization, and OEM saw a decline quarter-to-quarter.    The company’s GPU business revenue was $2.02 billion, down 27% from a year ...

Jon’s musings on the tariff’s effects

  As can be expected, the latest battles in the U.S. trade wars have resulted in additional tariffs against exports from China and the prospect of more to come. The high-tech industry will encounter tariffs ...