Jon Peddie News

Jon Peddie to speak at the GPU Technology Conference today

2012-05-16T15:28:00Z

Nvidia's GPU Technology Conference is entering it's 2nd day today at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. You can follow the happenings at GTC HERE where you will be able to view a re-cap of Jen-Hsun's keynote along with press releases and updates from the show.

Anthropomorphic robot, 3D HD camera rig highlight Siggraph 2012 Emerging Technologies

2012-05-11T15:43:46Z

The annual display of Emerging Technologies is one of Siggraph’s most popular activities. This year’s Siggraph will be August 5-9, 2012 in Los Angeles. Read more on Siggraph's Emerging Technologies on our GFXspeak website.

NEW Tech Watch now available

2012-05-10T09:42:50Z

Tech Watch for May 10th, 2012 is now available for download.

Autodesk 123D Catch for iPad Turns Your Photos Into 3D Models

2012-05-09T14:45:48Z

The new Autodesk 123D Catch app allows users to capture the world around them in 3D. Photos of vacation memories, family or other mementos brought to life in 3D. Captures made in 123D Catch can also be used as the foundation for further 3D modeling, 3D animation, create a 3D printed object. Read more on 123D and see the gallery at http://www.123dapp.com/.

PC Gaming Hardware Market to Hit $23.6 Billion in 2012

2012-05-03T19:10:52Z

Jon Peddie Research estimates there are 54 million Performance and Enthusiast class PC gamers worldwide, with new entrants and console converts bolstering this to 72 million by 2015.

SolidWorks app for iPad

2012-05-02T15:39:31Z

Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks today releases eDrawings for iPad, an app to view and review drawings and models. It works with native eDrawings files, DraftSight files, and SolidWorks parts, assemblies, and drawing files. It also supports drawings in the DWG and DXF formats popularized by AutoCAD. The app is $1.99 and now on sale in iTunes. Check out a video of eDrawings HERE.

Adobe presents Creative Suite 6 in festive cloud raiment

2012-04-26T17:22:30Z

The first response from Adobe users is overwhelming positive. A new Creative Cloud makes it possible to rent all CS6 products for a monthly fee. The various technology updates in the products are worth the upgrade, but the big news is Creative Cloud, a subscription-based hub for making, sharing and delivering creative work using Adobe technology. See Creative Suite 6

Geometric annual revenue rises 22% to $167.5 million

2012-04-24T03:17:00Z

PLM software and services vendor Geometric Ltd. saw its annual revenue, as expressed in US Dollars, rise 22% year-over-year for fiscal year 2012. The company’s fourth-quarter revenue was up 18.7% year-over-year. For fiscal year 2012, which ended March 31, 2012, US Dollar revenue was $167.5 million. Read more on Geometric on GFXspeak.com

A midterm test for the CAD industry

2012-04-20T15:17:43Z

Pockets of economic uncertainty remain, but 2012 is shaping up to be a better year for CAD than 2011. In JPR’s 2012 CAD Report, we put the number of CAD users for 2011 at just over 5 million. That means over 5 million sets of CAD were bought or upgraded in 2011. In 2011 we estimated there were 19.3 million seats of CAD in active use worldwide. Revenues from CAD software will reach $7 billion in 2012.

Stratasys and Objet plan merger

2012-04-16T14:55:06Z

Confirming weeks of rumors, the two makers of industrial 3D printers will unite under the Stratasys name in an all-stock transaction. The combined company will be worth $1.4 billion. The merged company will have over 260 resellers and 42 direct channel managers, with a presence in 72 countries. The new company will still be called Stratasys. Read More on the new merger at gfxspeak.com

Khronos turns 12 with 15 APIs and counting

2012-04-12T15:39:29Z

The mobile industry has come to rely on Khronos’ APIs as much as the graphics industry. The future is rosy if all industry players pay attention to the bigger picture. The Khronos Organization took their name from the god of time. It is appropriate; in this industry timing rules the success and failure of almost everything we do.

Autodesk 2012 by the numbers

2012-04-04T16:02:34Z

Autodesk made its annual pitch to the media last week in San Francisco, and threw out a lot of numbers. When we parse the numbers, the picture emerges of a company happily running as fast as it can to transform digital art and design. Autodesk 2012

Review of AMD Radeon HD 7950 Tahiti - Better than even the HD 6970

2012-04-02T14:48:15Z

Announced in December, AMD began shipping the HD 7950 in mid-January, and through the magic of modern transportation, one arrived here already, in mid-March, so obviously you’re anxious to read all about its performance characteristics. Read our review of the HD 7950 HERE.

Imagination Technologies supplies more GPU IP than all others combined

2012-03-23T15:54:18Z

Jon Peddie Research announced estimated mobile devices graphics chip shipments for 2011. Mobile devices include smartphones, tablets, cameras, vehicles, and game consoles. The market for smart mobile devices is soaring. Mobile devices are not necessarily replacing the PC, but they are outselling PCs. Read our latest release HERE.

HP realigns to improve performance and drive profitable growth

2012-03-21T14:17:54Z

HP announces an organizational realignment to improve performance and drive growth across the entire HP portfolio. As part of this realignment, HP’s Imaging and Printing Group and its Personal Systems Group are joining forces to form the Printing and Personal Systems Group. The new group will be led by Todd Bradley, former EVP of PSG. Read more on HPs reorganization HERE.