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Big Day in Tech with the GDC in full swing and anticipated Apple announcemt

Posted by Robert Dow on March 7th 2012 | Permalink
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San Francisco is serving as the soul center of the technology universe with the expected iPad 3 introduction by Apple at the Yerba Buena Center and the opening day of the Expo at GDC taking place at the Moscone Center. You can follow the action going on at GDC HERE.

An Open Letter about the future of Collada from the Khronos Group

Posted by Robert Dow on March 6th 2012 | Permalink
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The growing use of Collada as an open, non-proprietary file format for 3D asset exchange presents new challenges and opportunities. The Khronos Board of Directors released a letter regarding the future of Collada and invited people to attend a Meetup at the Game Developers Conference this week in San Francisco. You can read the open letter HERE.

Microsoft’s top Windows execs demo Windows 8 running on ARM

Posted by Robert Dow on March 2nd 2012 | Permalink
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Microsoft has selected three silicon venders, TI, Qualcomm and Nvidia to build ARM SOCs for Windows 8. Steven Sinofsky, president of Windows and Windows Live Division, and Michael Angiulo, corporate VP of Windows Planning and Ecosystem team demoed Windows 8 on a Tegra 3 powered device at MWC. You can view the demo HERE.

Its Mobile World Congress week in Barcelona

Posted by Robert Dow on February 29th 2012 | Permalink
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Augmented reality is one of the hottest capabilities demoed at MWC in Barcelona this year. In this video, Julia Duvall of Qualcomm shows us how Qualcomm's Vuforia AR lets you play with a pet T-Rex, inspect hiking gear. You can view the Qualcomm video HERE and get a sneak peak into what going on in Barcelona

NEW Market Watch now available

Posted by Webmaster on February 23rd 2012 | Permalink
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Market Watch for Q4 2011 is now available for download.

Q4 graphics shipments increased 8.9%

Posted by Robert Dow on February 23rd 2012 | Permalink
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Jon Peddie Research has released its latest edition of MarketWatch. AMD's overall graphics market share increased 1,8% from last quarter due mostly to HPU shipments.Intel continues to be the overall market share leader, elevated by Core i5 EPG CPUs, Sandy Bridge, and Pineview Atom sales for Netbooks. Nvidia showed good desktop discrete market share gain (3.7% qtr-qtr), and 0.1% in notebooks.

Simulation paves road for Trek racing

Posted by Robert Dow on February 22nd 2012 | Permalink
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Using the latest tools from SolidWorks, Nvidia, and Dell, Trek designed a new mountain racing bike that took top honors in 2011. "By powering 3D simulations in SolidWorks, the Quadro cards let us see hot spots in the frame structure right away. Faster iterations in simulation meant we were able to design the bike more cost-effectively and get to tool prototype much faster.” Read more on the Trek design HERE.

Registration open for third GPU Technology Conference

Posted by Robert Dow on February 17th 2012 | Permalink
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Registration is now open for its third GPU Technology Conference in the U.S., one of the world’s fastest-growing events focused on computational science and visualization. GTC 2012 will be May 14-17, 2012 in San Jose. Nvidia’s global series of events focuses on how GPUs are transforming science, engineering, and many other computational-based endeavors. Register HERE.

HP Introduces World’s First 27-inch All-in-One Workstation

Posted by Robert Dow on February 15th 2012 | Permalink
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HP unveils the world’s first all-in-one workstation with a 27-inch diagonal display. The HP Z1 features Intel Xeon processors and NVIDIA Quadro graphics, HP is targeting CAD, digital media and entertainment professionals with the new workstation. The new HP Z1 Workstation is expected to be available worldwide in April. Pricing starts at $1899.00. Read more on the HP Z1 HERE.

Strong fourth quarter caps solid year for Dassault Systèmes

Posted by Robert Dow on February 13th 2012 | Permalink
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Quarterly revenue topped a half-billion euros for the first time in company history. Dassault Systèmes ended 2011 on a strong note, with solid growth for both the quarter and in full-year results. Revenues broke all-time highs for both SolidWorks and the PLM products in the quarter and for the year. Read more on Dassault's record quarter HERE.