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GeForce Now—game anywhere on any device?

(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 ...

Nemetschek’s very interesting year

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 ...

The rates of change and attachment

Over the years we have reported the attach rate of GPUs. Attach rate is the ratio of GPUs to CPUs or PCs. If a PC has two GPUs in it then that PC’s attach rate ...

Foundry teases Katana 4.0

The Foundry’s Katana is a powerful tool for lighting and look development. Compared to so many tools used in entertainment content creation, it is a relatively young application. Foundry added Katana to its portfolio in ...

Nvidia’s Q2 FY21 results

Nvidia reported revenue, for the second quarter ended July 26, 2020, of $3.87 billion, up 50% from $2.58 billion a year earlier, and up 26% from $3.08 billion in the previous quarter. Nvidia closed its ...

The hot GPU chips

I didn’t have to drive one and a half hours each way to hear and see the GPU presentations at Hot Chips this year, something I will be eternally grateful for. I did miss getting ...

Intel is building a dGPU—are they serious?

Photo credit Cottonbro Pixels.com   When Intel launched their Larrabee project back in 2009 to build a revolutionary MIMD style GPU they hired just about anyone who could spell GPU. Some of those people left ...

AMD updates Radeon Pro software for enterprise

The new Radeon Pro Enterprise Drivers are designed to make the Radeon Pro W5700 look its best, at least until a new round of drivers come around.    AMD says the new drivers are enabling ...

Intel Architecture Day—what have we learned about Xe?

Intel held an on-line architectural day., with Raja Koduri SVP, Chief Architect, and GM of Architecture, Graphics, and Software taking over as master of ceremony and technology explainer. He spoke about the company’s forthcoming GPU ...

Apple updates 27-inch iMac, giving Apple heads a new dilemma

The big news for Apple came as it always did in June with the company’s big WWDC. This year’s event was no less explosive for being held as a virtual event. Instead, Tim Cook marched ...

After a rough second quarter, Trimble looks ahead to a happier 2021

Trimble came out of 2019 with record results and it made it through the first quarter reasonably well. Meanwhile, Rob Painter took over as CEO in January and articulated a Connect and Scale 2025 strategy ...

Skin deep won’t cut it: graphics benchmarks require real-world working models

Models, models, everywhere, but few suitable for a good benchmark. That statement pretty much sums up the conundrum faced by the SPEC Graphics and Workstation Performance Group (SPEC/GWPG), the international benchmarking organization. Do a search ...