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AMD Vega and Ryzen

Tested and evaluated, and impressive Releasing two top end parts, the Ryzen Threadripper CPU, and the Radeon RX64 at the same time is a bit overwhelming when trying to do an evaluation of either one. ...

Imagine ADAS Denso hopes to put Imagination in automobiles

Denso, another one of those companies where the caps lock got stuck in the marketing department, has been stuffing electronics into automobiles, trucks, and other wheeled machines for over 56 years, and they’ve come to ...

The Z VR Backpack: oddball or opportunity?

In the workstation industry, as in most, the high-volume mainstream providers tend to stick with tried-and-true formulas in product development. The niche and boutique products tend to be left to second tier OEMs, VARs and ...

Headsets—AKA HMD

Nobody likes headsets, and yet, more of them are introduced year quarter it seems. As result, we think this is too important a disruptive opportunity to miss, and in Q3 we will be introducing the ...

Get more, see more, do more

Put another monitor on your desk and watch your productivity increase (and your cool factor too) In late June, this year we launched our third survey on multi-monitor use and intentions. We found that the ...

MSI unveils its 17- inch gaming notebook

Joins the ranks of the monster octal Micro-Star International (MSI) has re-introduced its GT75VR gaming notebook that it showed at Computex. It features a 17-inch display, Intel’s top-end CPU and Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1080 or ...

Improving workstation processors

More than Moore's Law is at play A workstation can be anything from a remote workstation in a virtual machine mode, to an ultra-power­ful machine that is a small super­computer. Moore’s law is the basic ...

Apple TV is a modest surprise but a big advance for 4K

4K is rounding the corner, and Apple is flagging it on So, the great Apple event has come and gone and we’re left here in the future trying to figure out what has changed so ...

Siemens PLM focuses on additive manufacturing

Now that the technology industry has survived the great 3D printing hype cycle, the real changes coming from additive manufacturing are coming into focus. The major CAD manufacturers are all en-thusiastic about the potential and ...

A lot of people watching TV in the U.S.

You call that news? Actual TV usage is declining.  As of this moment, there are estimated to be 323 million people in the U.S.  And, according to Nielsen’s National Television Household Universe Estimates, there are ...

Khronos opens up its membership with new pricing

Associate membership expanded for smaller companies and a new membership tier created for nonprofit organizations If you’ve been planning to join the Khronos Group and you just haven’t had time, the open consortium for technology ...

Imagine ADAS in your BMW or Ford

Denso plans to put Imagination in automobiles Denso, another one of those companies where the caps lock got stuck in the marketing department, has been stuffing electronics into automobiles, trucks, and other wheeled machines for ...