Working better together
From the Adobe Max keynote. When you have exciting updates, you want to share them with the world. Sure, you can do it remotely, as Adobe and others had done during the height of ...
Adobe’s integrated strategy
Whether you attended Adobe’s 2022 Max or not, it’s clear that the company’s product line continues to expand. But just as designers no longer operate in silos, the company doesn’t believe its tools should, ...
Dell gets rugged with a change in Latitude
The newest in the rugged line improved on the ergonomics of the last design, increasing its productivity out in the field. (Source: Dell) Dell recently unveiled their sleek new Latitude 7230 Rugged Extreme tablet. ...
Basemark introduced platform agnostic ray-tracing benchmark
In March 2022, Basemark announced their Vulkan-based ray-tracing benchmark called GPUScore. GPUScore supports all modern graphics APIs, such as Vulkan, Metal, and DirectX, and operating systems such as Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, and iOS. Basemark ...
3D of Substance
Substance Modeler. (Source: Adobe) At Adobe Max 2022, Adobe came through on its promise to advance Adobe Substance 3D, its portfolio of 3D content creation tools, by releasing a series of key new features ...
Intel’s XeSS is agnostic, but is it asymmetric?
At Intel’s Architecture Day in August 2021, the company announced it would include with the forthcoming GPU an AI-based upscaling capability called XeSS that was similar to Nvidia’s DLSS. Not only that, but it would ...
Adobe MAXes out on AI
As Adobe prepares to celebrate its 40th anniversary at the end of the year, Shantanu Narayen, Adobe chairman and chief executive officer, couldn’t resist using the stage at Adobe MAX 2022 to highlight some major ...
Rumor: Apple Mac Pro to get a big GPU
Noted Apple follower Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman recently shared some of his inside information and opinions about Apple’s plans for the Mac Pro. “Work continues on the first Apple Silicon Mac Pro. As I reported ahead ...
China’s Biren to feel the heat of US sanctions
Founded in Shanghai in 2019, Biren Technology, also known as Biling Technology, is backed by China’s leading venture funds and government agencies, and raised 1.1 billion yuan (approximately $160 million) in its first round ...
Immortalis GPU in new MediaTek 9200?
MediaTek has been a loyal and long-term customer of IP provider Arm for CPUs and GPUs, so it comes as no surprise that the company is expected to introduce its newest SoC with Arm’s newest ...
Tim Cook sniffs at metaverse; gives the nod to AR
The metaverse is hot stuff right now, and there are big companies and big bucks chasing the idea. Apple’s CEO Tim Cook is not one of them. During a recent tour through Europe, Tim Cook ...
Vectorworks 2023 focuses on efficiency
(Source: Vectorworks; courtesy Atelier 5) Data and time management are both important elements in BIM workflows. When Vectorworks last month released a new version of its CAD and BIM software, they concentrated their efforts ...