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Taking strategic advantage of digital thread through Siemens–SAP partnership

The fortunes of Siemens and SAP have been intertwined for a long time. This week, the industry giants announced a partnership that will provide their complementary software solutions for product lifecycle, supply chain and asset ...

Graphisoft releases ArchiCAD 24 and a big new attitude

We’re all virtual now. Graphisoft convened a meeting of our virtual selves for their annual worldwide meeting. This year the theme was Building Together as CEO Huw Roberts and his team unveiled a new version ...

Adobe makes major updates throughout Creative Cloud

Apparently, when you lock a bunch of creative people up, they keep on creating. Adobe has fired out a barrage of updates, blogs, and user stories to talk about the ways in which the world ...

Will AMD be the next casualty of Apple’s verticalization?

All kinds of great rumors came out of Apple’s WWDC including Apple dropping Intel in favor of their own Arm-based CPU. A few years ago, Apple terminated its long relationship with Imagination for GPU IP, ...

Another dGPU from China—Zhaoxin?

Strong murmurs and rumors out of China indicate Zhaoxin might introduce a dGPU. How did they manage to do that? Well, it starts back in the late-1980s with the founding of Via Technologies. In 1987, ...

PC shipments up in Q2 breaking traditional seasonal decline

The seasonal pattern of PC shipments used to be flat to down in Q1, way down in Q2 as OEMs and the channel stopped buying stuff and cleaned out old inventory, then up in Q3 ...

Gensler blox: algorithm-powered, data-driven workflows for design visualization

A global architecture, design, and planning firm, Gensler says it believes in creating a better world through the power of design. Gensler has developed a proprietary set of digital design tools around information metrics and ...

The dragon’s latest snap—865

I remember back oh those many years ago when the sky was peaceful and calm before the dragons came. We thought we were done with them, that they had all been put in the dungeons. But ...

Catching up with AR

There is nothing but good news on the AR front as the duel mobile platform giants Google and Apple improve their mobile AR SDKs.  Apple went big with the introduction of ARKit 4 through its ...

Imagination Technologies’ GPU IP makes cars safe

Imagination is probably best known for its 10+ year relationship with Apple, having powered the original Apple iPhone and iPad and on but what may not be as well known is the company’s long-term work ...

Arm is elbowing its way into your car

Based on Arm’s conversations with automakers and tier-one automotive suppliers, Arm says it’s clear there are increasing demands from consumers for a smartphone-like experience in their vehicles. In fact, says the company, despite the current ...

Bentley Systems acquires NoteVault

The construction industry has emerged as a major opportunity within the AEC segment of design and engineering tools. There has been a pent up demand for new construction for affordable housing, new commercial projects, and ...