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Nvidia winner in Q1, AMD flat, Intel down

Posted by Robert Dow on May 16th 2013 | Discuss (0)
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The GPU shipment numbers are available for Q1'13, The news was disappointing for Intel, but encouraging for Nvidia and for AMD on the desktop. AMD lost 0.3%, quarter-to-quarter, Intel slipped 5.3%, and Nvidia increased by 3.6%. The overall PC market declined 13.7% quarter-to-quarter while the graphics market only declined 3.2%. Subscribers can download the Q1'13 version of Market Watch now.

The New Market Watch now available

Posted by Robert Dow on May 16th 2013 | Discuss (0)
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The new Q1'13 version of Market Watch is now available for download

The New Market Watch now available

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The new Q1'13 version of Market Watch is now available for download

SIGGRAPH advance program details available

Posted by Robert Dow on May 13th 2013 | Discuss (0)
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The SIGGRAPH 2013 advance program is now available, get detailed information on who's speaking and what's happening at SIGGRAPH 2013.The Advance Program is your best planning resource for five days of learning, exploring, and amazing interaction with tomorrow's technologies. Get more information at SIGGRAPHITTI.

New Tech Watch is available

Posted by Robert Dow on May 8th 2013 | Discuss (0)
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Tech Watch for May 07, 2013 is now available for download.

Adobe fills out its line, announces next-generation products

Posted by Robert Dow on May 7th 2013 | Discuss (0)
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Adobe had a whole lineup of new products and strategies to announce at NAB 2013 including the rollout of Adobe Anywhere. The company gave previews of new features coming in its next round of Creative Suite products, which may or may not be named CS 7. (Adobe is reserving the right to come up with a new name.)

Adobe fills out its line, announces next-generation products

Posted by Robert Dow on May 7th 2013 | Discuss (0)
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Adobe had a whole lineup of new products and strategies to announce at NAB 2013 including the rollout of Adobe Anywhere. The company gave previews of new features coming in its next round of Creative Suite products, which may or may not be named CS 7. (Adobe is reserving the right to come up with a new name.)

Download Jon Peddie’s Tech Watch Quarterly

Posted by Robert Dow on May 3rd 2013 | Discuss (0)
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We have compiled some of our best articles, reviews and editorials from the first quarter in 2013 and made them available in a new quarterly review. You can download the new quarterly edition HERE, along with some other talks and presentations from Q1.

Tech Watch Quarterly, Q113

Posted by Robert Dow on May 3rd 2013 | Discuss (0)
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Download our quarterly review of Jon Peddie's bi-weekly report on trends in the PC graphics industry.

Dolby 3D just might save stereoscopic 3D

Posted by Robert Dow on May 1st 2013 | Discuss (0)
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Last year at NAB, Dolby introduced a new 3D autostereoscopic display designed and devel­oped in conjunction with Philips. The display has been mak­ing victory laps around the world and winning awards wherever it goes. This year, Dolby came back to NAB with a new 3D platform strategy to enable 3D content creation and distribution. Phil­ips and Dolby have been using the beau­tiful 4K display to demonstrate their au­tostereoscopic technology.

Bringing mummies back to life

Posted by Robert Dow on April 30th 2013 | Discuss (0)
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Richard III took the world by storm after his bones were discovered under an English parking lot and his face was recreated using 3D organic modeling software.While not diminishing that accomplishment, the world knew a bit about what Richard III might have looked like. We knew nothing about what two child mummies dating back 2,000 years might have looked like before forensic artist Joe Mullins used the same software to bring the faces of those children back to life.

Organovo creates first 3D bio-printed human liver

Posted by Robert Dow on April 26th 2013 | Discuss (0)
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3D bio-printing research firm Organovo announced this week it has crafted an in vitro three-dimensional human liver using its bio-printing technology. Organovo CEO Keith Murphy made the announcement at the Experimental Biology Conference in Boston.

“architecture has barely scratched the surface of what computers can do.”

Posted by Robert Dow on April 23rd 2013 | Discuss (0)
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Smart Geometry co-founder says customers will demand 1 million architectural design iterations per project architecture. Lars Hesselgren is director of research at PLP Architects of London and a Smart Geometry board member. GraphicSpeak sat down with Hesselgren during the event at The Bartlett.. Read the interview on Graphicspeak.

GrabCAD Workbench cracks the door on open engineering

Posted by Robert Dow on April 19th 2013 | Discuss (0)
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GrabCAD is a free portal anyone could use to post and share engineering models. The company has made no secret that it had more in mind. This week GrabCAD introduced a new site for design collaboration. The goal of GrabCAD Workbench, currently in limited beta, is to simplify the process of sharing CAD models with both CAD users and non-users.

Reinventing the wheel for a racing motorcycle

Posted by Robert Dow on April 16th 2013 | Permalink
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Olaf Seger, an engineer at KTM, just reinvented the wheel. To be more specific, he designed a new wheel for the 2013 KTM 690 Duke, a powerful single-cylinder motorcycle used in racing and road riding.“The KTM 690 wheel introduces a new generation to the product line,” says Seger. “Going forward, KTM will use these wheels on many of its new models.”

DEVELOP3D LIVE free Conference

Posted by Robert Dow on April 11th 2013 | Permalink
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Next week at the University of Warwick - Designers, hardware and software developers will be showing the latest in product development technology that will change the way you design. Demonstrations of what R&D teams will soon be bringing to market, and organisations that have rethought their use of engineering and design technology to gain an edge mean you can learn about new strategies and methods. DEVELOP3D LIVE.

This week at NAB

Posted by Robert Dow on April 9th 2013 | Permalink
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As the person on the monorail said, “it’s raining, we might as well go to the sessions.” The weather is surprisingly unpleasant for Las Vegas but inside, there is a lot going on. Perhaps no other industry has gone through so many changes as the TV industry. TV doesn't mean networks or cable it means video. We’re all broadcasters now. Follow Kathleen at NAB.

The National Association of Broadcasters show begins in Las Vegas

Posted by Robert Dow on April 8th 2013 | Permalink
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NAB opens up in Las Vegas today and will run through April 11th, the show draws over 100,000 industry insiders media and entertainment professionals to the desert once a year. The show features over 1,500 exhibiting companies and over 500 skill building sessions. You can follow the show and find access to NAB social media sites on the NAB Show homepage.

Making faces is harder than it looks

Posted by Robert Dow on April 3rd 2013 | Permalink
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Facial animation is a very tough business for a number of reasons. When it comes to realistic human faces, one part of the equation is probably done, the ability to create a realistic human face. Paul Debevec and his team at the University of Southern California did an astounding job of recreating actress Emily O’Brien’s face for the Digital Emily Project.

FX legend says Hollywood reluctant to embrace the future

Posted by Robert Dow on March 30th 2013 | Permalink
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Oscar-winner Douglas Trumbull is among a handful of technologists working on new technologies to transform cinema. But adoption is not certain. This year’s first big “tentpole” movie, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” pioneered a new film technology, using a recording rate of 48 frames per second (fps) instead of the standard 24FPS.

The Game Developers Conference this week in San Francisco

Posted by Robert Dow on March 25th 2013 | Permalink
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The GDC attracts over 22,500 attendees, and is the primary forum where programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, business decision-makers and others involved in the development of interactive games. This conference features over 400 lectures, panels, tutorials and round-table discussions and is taking place at San Francisco's Moscone Center.

Nvidia announces Grid

Posted by Robert Dow on March 20th 2013 | Permalink
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Nvidia today made good on past promises, announcing its new Nvidia Grid Computer Appliance. The device delivers remote GPU acceleration and a turnkey sensibility, enabling what Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang calls graphics as a service. The Grid VCA is a GPU-based system that runs complex 3D professional creation applications such as those from Adobe, Autodesk and Dassault Systèmes.

Bentley Pointools reveals prehistoric artwork on Stonehenge

Posted by Robert Dow on March 18th 2013 | Permalink
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Turning 850 gigabytes of 3D scan data into one coherent visualization led to the discovery of 71 carvings.The UK’s York Archaeological Trust was recently commissioned to use contemporary technology to spatially and digitally record England’s historic Stonehenge. The team decided to visualize the original point-cloud data and created a workflow using Bentley Pointools.

The Workstation market settles into more sustainable growth pattern in Q4’12

Posted by Robert Dow on March 12th 2013 | Permalink
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While numbers on the surface weren't much to cheer about, a deeper look at the results show a market that appears to be settling into a healthier, sustainable growth pattern. Subscribers can download the new Q4 2012 Market Quarterly and read more about the direction of the market on the JPR Workstation Report Series Page.

The foreseeable future is wearable

Posted by Robert Dow on March 11th 2013 | Permalink
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Functional accessories will be the next hardware trend. Google has demonstrated its Google Glass technology and is hard at work getting production-ready units built in time for a 2013/2014 release. The company’s New York office brought in journalists to let them try out the newest thing ever, and Google founder Sergey Brin was recently spot­ted on a New York subway trying out Google Glass.

Nvidia extends Quadro line with four new Kepler-class cards

Posted by Robert Dow on March 6th 2013 | Permalink
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Nvidia is now shipping four new cards in its Quadro line of professional graphics cards. The power consumption of the Quadro K4000 running the previous generation Fermi technology was 420 Watts; in the Kepler edition of the K4000 electricity consumption has been reduced 80 Watts. Check out the new line on GraphicSpeak.

Sony’s processor choices give them the edge

Posted by Robert Dow on March 4th 2013 | Permalink
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The PS3 came out in 2006 with a new IBM-Power-based SIMD CPU structure they called the Cell. Now, in 2013 Sony introduced the PS4 with an X86-based architecture that looks like a PC. The eight X86 CPUs will give the PS4 long legs in the market with plenty of headroom for physics and AI. Read more on the PS4 on GraphicSpeak.

Crytek on why it’s impossible for consoles to match the power of gaming PCs

Posted by Robert Dow on February 28th 2013 | Permalink
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Crytek boss Cevat Yerli before the PS4 launch party: "We used Moore's Law, If you predict how hardware evolves at the current speed of evolution, and then take consumer pricing evolution, already two years ago you could see, whatever launches in 2013 or 2014 or 2015, will never beat a PC again." check out the full article on Eurogamer.net.

Year-end surge pushes Autodesk to record fourth quarter

Posted by Robert Dow on February 27th 2013 | Permalink
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A late sales surge lifted Autodesk to record fourth-quarter revenue to close its fiscal year 2013. For the full year Autodesk revenue has roughly returned to where it was in 2008. Revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 was $607 million, up 2% from a year earlier. Read more on Autodesk's record quarter on GraphicSpeak.

Graphics add-in board shipments crash

Posted by Robert Dow on February 25th 2013 | Permalink
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Worst seasonal drop since 2008, -25x of 10-year average, JPR found that AIB shipments during Q4 2012 behaved according to past years with regard to seasonality, but the drop was considerably more dramatic. AIB shipments decreased 17.3% from the last quarter (the 10 year average is just -0.68%). Subscribers can download the new Q4'12 report now.

Graphics add-in board shipments crash from last quarter

Posted by Robert Dow on February 25th 2013 | Permalink
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Worst seasonal drop since 2008, -25x of 10-year average. JPR found that AIB shipments during Q4 2012 behaved according to past years with regard to seasonality, but the drop was considerably more dramatic. Subscribers can now download the new Q4'12 report.

Computer graphics changed the course of history; can it save the PC?

Posted by Robert Dow on February 20th 2013 | Permalink
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Computer graphics got its start in the late 1950s due to the Soviets setting off their first atomic bomb and scaring the hell out of the US military—something they still haven’t gotten over. The history of computer graphics is part of America's legacy of invention and innovation.

AMD, Intel, and Nvidia all down in Q4, overall quarter-to-quarter

Posted by Robert Dow on February 19th 2013 | Permalink
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Holding steady: 28.8 Million discrete GPUs shipped, down almost 16% over last quarter and declined 9.7% from last year. There was an 8.2% dip in overall graphics shipments in Q4 from the third quarter. Read the latest on the Q4 GPU numbers.

PC market healthy, Graphics, not so. Nvidia increases market share, Intel dominates.

Posted by Robert Dow on February 15th 2013 | Permalink
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Graphics market is down 8.2% quarter to quarter while PCs grew 2.8%. The numbers reflect a decline in the double attach rate in Personal Computers. Q4 Results.

8Tree delivers single-purpose FastCheck 3D scanner

Posted by Robert Dow on February 13th 2013 | Permalink
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Started just a year ago by former TI DLP manager Arun Chhabra and photonics expert Erik Klaas, 8tree is bringing a new approach to the scanner market. The idea is simple: build a completely self-contained, portable, low-cost scanner that does one thing, in this case, scan airplane fuselage rivets. They call it FastCheck. Read more on 8Tree at GraphicSpeak.

Start-up continues to build out its browser-based design collaboration site.

Posted by Robert Dow on February 12th 2013 | Permalink
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Browser-based 3D design collaboration site Sunglass is rolling out new features to its users this week. The well-funded start-up continues to pursue the dream of making any browser the portal to collaborative product design. When a 3D model has been uploaded to the Sunglass “stage” it can be viewed in real time by one user or several. Sunglass on GraphicSpeak.

Dassault tops €3 billion revenue in 2012

Posted by Robert Dow on February 8th 2013 | Permalink
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Dassault Systèmes today reported annual revenue topped €2 billion in revenue—and also $3 billion—for the first time in 2012. During the announcement of quarterly results, Dassault also announced the acquisition of SquareClock, maker of cloud-based applications for 3D space planning and product shelf configuration. SquareClock started as a spin-out from Dassault Systèmes in 2008.Read more on Dassault financial results on GraphicSpeak.

LightWave update introduces modular rigging system

Posted by Robert Dow on February 6th 2013 | Permalink
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A new modular rigging system, improved bullet dynamics, and improved connections to other software highlight the newest update to LightWave. LightWave 11.5 introduces the Genoma character rigging system, a new modular instant-rigging system used to quickly rig a simple biped or quadruped for animation in Modeler without the need for specialized rigging tools.

Dell goes private

Posted by Robert Dow on February 5th 2013 | Permalink
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Dell goes private in a transaction valued at approximately $24.4 billion. The Board acting on the recommendation of a special committee of independent directors unanimously approved a merger agreement under which Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners will acquire Dell and take the company private. Microsoft which was rumored to be in on the deal provided a $2 billion loan. See the details of the deal at Dell.com.

Mechdyne makes the world smaller with Connection Portal

Posted by Robert Dow on February 1st 2013 | Permalink
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Mechdyne is a company that represents a major brain trust for visualization technologies. The company plays a critical role in pushing visualization technology as it adds the connective pieces to enable people to build customized systems with available technology. This week Mechdyne announced the Connection Portal.

Macworld opens today in San Francisco

Posted by Robert Dow on January 31st 2013 | Permalink
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Moscone West is hosting Macworld/ iWorld this week through February 2nd. The conference will offer over 60 tech talks, live music performances, film festivals, art showcases and product demonstrations. Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad are set to take the stage this morning to talk about their experiences playing Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in the upcoming film, JOBS.

The lost fortnight

Posted by Robert Dow on January 29th 2013 | Permalink
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It was a short little work trip. No real heavy lifting would be needed on the road, but a Windows device for ongoing projects would be nice, so I thought I’d take along the Windows 8 Surface RT device we’ve been sharing in the office. Slim, lightweight, long battery life, just the thing for four days on the road. Except... Check out Kathleen Maher's latest editorial HERE on the JPR Blog Page.

PTC net income rises 61% on flat revenue

Posted by Robert Dow on January 25th 2013 | Permalink
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PTC is reporting sharply higher net income on essentially flat revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2013, as compared with a year ago.Revenue for the quarter ending December 29, 2012 was $319.7 million, up 0.4% compared to a year earlier. Net income was $35.8 million, up 61% from a year earlier. Read more on PTC's financials on GraphicSpeak.

AMD posts higher than expected Q4 revenue

Posted by Robert Dow on January 23rd 2013 | Permalink
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AMD posted fourth-quarter revenue of $1.16 billion, compared to $1.69 billion in the year-ago quarter. Analysts had expected $1.149 billion in revenue for the December quarter and $1.108 billion in revenue for the current quarter. AMD had a net loss of $473 million compared to a net loss of $177 million in the same quarter the year before.Shares of AMD rose 2.04 percent in extended trading.

How ILM created The Hulk

Posted by Robert Dow on January 21st 2013 | Permalink
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A new behind the scenes video from Industrial Light and Magic describes how the visual effects team built a CG version of actor Mark Ruffalo that maintained his unique look while transforming him onscreen into The Hulk for Marvel’s The Avengers. Read more on the Hulk and ILM on GraphicSpeak.

IDEX achieves higher PSI through integrated design and simulation

Posted by Robert Dow on January 21st 2013 | Permalink
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Nvidia invites you to a party

Posted by Robert Dow on January 16th 2013 | Permalink
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Nvidia is extending an open invitation to a party this Saturday, January 19 at its Santa Clara headquarters. The party is for the Grand Finals for Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Rivalries. “It is going to be an afternoon of amazing match-ups, food, drinks and fun,” says Nvidia’s Brian Del Rizzo, a senior PR manager. To attend this free event you must register online; there is no charge. The fun begins at 1:00pm, RSVP HERE.

Taking 3D printing into softer realms

Posted by Robert Dow on January 15th 2013 | Permalink
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A leading researcher on 3D printing has accepted an appointment at Harvard University to run a new lab and design studio exploring how to bring a more diverse set of materials into additive fabrication. Jennifer A. Lewis will work on the integration of multiple platforms for materials synthesis, assembly and characterization. The goal is to design novel inks and high-precision 3D printing methods using gels, polymers, and colloidal suspensions.

Autodesk teams with Organovo for 3D bio-printing

Posted by Robert Dow on January 8th 2013 | Permalink
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Organovo is teaming up with Autodesk to create CAD tools that will let Organovo’s scientists design specific organic structures such as blood vessels, liver tissue and other parts for implantation. 3D printing technologies are used to build 3D scaffolds. Cells can be placed in the structures as it is being built by the printer. Read more about the new collaboration on GraphicSpeak.

3D Systems to acquire Geomagic

Posted by Robert Dow on January 3rd 2013 | Permalink
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3D Systems today announced it will acquire Geomagic, Inc., provider of 3D authoring products,Geomagic made news recently with the announcement of Spark, a new scan-to-CAD program that combines elements of Geomagic Studio with SpaceClaim 3D CAD software. 3D Systems stock is up 2% to 56.99 on the news. Read about the acquisition on GraphicSpeak.

Penguin releases “Bend Not Break” life story of Geomagic CEO Ping Fu

Posted by Robert Dow on January 2nd 2013 | Permalink
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Today Penguin releases “Bend, not Break”, the personal story of Geomagic CEO Ping Fu. Penguin is planning a major book tour/media blitz for early 2013, which means you can expect to see Ping Fu on your favorite news-talk program soon. “Bend Not Break” will soon be featured on Bloomberg News, BBC World News and many more media outlets in the coming weeks.

Year in review: Retread, repeat, relaunch

Posted by Robert Dow on December 24th 2012 | Permalink
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The year is drawing to a close, and as it goes out, it takes with it the nasty US election, and hopefully this persistent recession—hopefully. Before I make my useless new year’s res­olutions (I vow to stop smoking, gaining weight, buying plaid pants and white shoes, and kicking homeless people and cats), I like to lean back and contemplate the year.

Year in Review: The workstation separates from the PC pack in 2012

Posted by Robert Dow on December 17th 2012 | Permalink
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Like the PC market, the market for workstations has also seen its shares of ups and downs in the last four years, but in 2012 we’re seeing some clear separation in the contrasting fortunes of these two sister platforms. Shipments of workstations, like that of PCs or virtually any other discretionary product, will rise and fall with the tempo of the global economy. Continue @ Year in Review.

Be Careful What You Wish For: A conversation with Jon and Brian David Johnson

Posted by Robert Dow on December 13th 2012 | Permalink
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Intel Futurist, Brian David Johnson speaks with author Jon Peddie about his story contribution to the Tomorrow Project Anthology, Imagining the Future and Building It. Listen to the conversation and check out Intel's Tomorrow Project.

Be Careful What You Wish For: A conversation with Jon and Brian David Johnson

Posted by Robert Dow on December 13th 2012 | Permalink
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Intel Futurist, Brian David Johnson speaks with author Jon Peddie about his story contribution to the Tomorrow Project Anthology, Imagining the Future and Building It. Listen to the conversation HERE. Check out Intel's Tomorrow Project.

The Workstation market finds its groove in Q3’12

Posted by Robert Dow on December 11th 2012 | Permalink
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Workstation vendors had to be relieved by third quarter market results, as the industry found some sorely-needed footing, yielding some positive — and very welcome — gains. All told, workstation vendors shipped about 932 thousand branded workstations, representing an increase of 5.5% over Q2'12. Download the new Q3 Workstation Market Quarterly HERE.

Caustic introduces ray-tracing AIBs

Posted by Robert Dow on December 7th 2012 | Permalink
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Imagination Technologies (IMG) acquired Caustic in late 2010 when the company had a barely functioning field-programmable ray-tracing chip. Since then IMG has invested in the group, and moved the design to a full application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC).The Caustic Series 2 is the first family of ray tracing accelerator PC boards using IMG’s ray tracing chipset. Read more about the new AIB on GraphicSpeak.

Geomagic Spark unites 3D scan data with MCAD geometry

Posted by Robert Dow on December 3rd 2012 | Permalink
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Last week at Euromold Geomagic announced a new product that combines 3D point cloud data, mesh editing, and MCAD solid modeling in one product. Geomagic Spark is the result of a close collaboration between Geomagic and and SpaceClaim. Read more about Spark on GraphicSpeak.

Nvidia enjoys market share gains shows latest report from JPR

Posted by Robert Dow on November 29th 2012 | Permalink
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Nvidia saw its share of the graphics chip market rise during the third quarter of 2012 at the expense of rivals AMD and Intel. But the victory is not completely encouraging—the total market shrank compared to a year ago and last quarter. Read more about our latest MarketWatch and subscribers can down load the report HERE.

Panelists ready for Democratization of 3D at JPR Siggraph Asia Press Luncheon

Posted by Robert Dow on November 26th 2012 | Permalink
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An accomplished trio of graphics industry leaders will join the panel discussion as Jon Peddie Research brings its annual press luncheon to Siggraph Asia. The topic, “The Democratization of 3D: 3D for the People” will no doubt be a lively and wide-ranging discussion. View our Event Page and please join us if you are press, RSVP HERE.

Siemens acquires LMS International

Posted by Robert Dow on November 20th 2012 | Permalink
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It was a busy week in the Siemens universe and that universe is growing just a little bit larger thanks to the Siemens PLM division. Siemens PLM has announced the acquisition of LMS International of Leuven, Belgium. Siemens PLM CEO Chuck Grindstaff said the acquisition is complementary to recent deals made by the company including the acquisition of Vistagy, read more on Siemens and the new deal on GraphicSpeak.

New JPR Report - Dynamics in SoC, GPU, and IP

Posted by Robert Dow on November 19th 2012 | Permalink
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The new report covers mobile GPU market and the major devices in which such components are used.The market consist of three classes of suppliers: companies that are vertically integrated and develop their own GPU design, companies that buy GPU IP designs and then develop a SoC, and companies that provide the GPU IP. Read more on Dynamics in SoC, GPU, and IP markets HERE.

Intel Announces 60-Core Xeon Phi

Posted by Robert Dow on November 13th 2012 | Permalink
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Built on Intel's most 22-nanometer, 3-D tri-gate transistors, Intel is introducing two new Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor families.The Intel Xeon Phi 3100 family will offer more than 1000 Gigaflops (1 TFlops) double-precision performance, support for up to 6GB. Intel Xeon Phi coprocessor 5110P reaches 1,011 Gigaflops (1.01 TFlops) double-precision performance, and supports 8GB of GDDR5 memory at a higher 320 GB/sec memory bandwidth. With 225 watts TDP. Read more on the new 60-Core Xeon HERE.

Siemens to acquire LMS International

Posted by Robert Dow on November 9th 2012 | Permalink
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Siemens’s acquisition of LMS International demonstrates the commitment of the PLM group to integrating tools for design through production. With its own manufacturing as well as design, simulation, and data management Siemens AG has more puzzle pieces than the PLM competitors. Kathleen Maher discusses the acquisition Here on GraphicSpeak.

3D Modeling for the Masses Debuts with Autodesk 123D Design

Posted by Robert Dow on November 8th 2012 | Permalink
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Autodesk today introduced Autodesk 123D Design, a free 3D modeling tool that allows users to create a digital model and then 3D print or fabricate their idea whether on the iPad, Mac, PC or via their web browser. Autodesk 123D Design allows makers to easily design things without learning complex CAD concepts. Get started with 123D HERE.

Imagination Technologies aquires MIPS

Posted by Robert Dow on November 6th 2012 | Permalink
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Imagination Technologies is to buy the operating business of MIPS Technologies for $60 million adding 160 engineers and 82 patents to its arsenal in the deal. “The MIPS architecture is widely respected, and is complementary to Imagination’s existing CPU capabilities..., Imagination will continue to support and expand the MIPS architecture and ecosystem, with the combined effort aiming to create a new industry-leading force in CPU development and licensing.” said Imagination CEO Hossein Yassaie.

Benchmarking the FirePro W9000

Posted by Robert Dow on November 5th 2012 | Permalink
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The AMD FirePro W9000, one of the first members in a full family of new professional-caliber graphics cards from AMD, is now available. JPR got a hold of one and ran it through our standard battery of workstation-relevant tests. We’ve got numbers to review not only stand-alone, but in context with results from bench-marking the company’s previous family of cards.Check out the review on GraphicSpeak.

Aesthetica moves perceived quality simulation into concept design

Posted by Robert Dow on November 1st 2012 | Permalink
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Icona Solutions today releases Aesthetica Version 4, the latest release of its high-end simulation software for perceived quality simulation and visualization for product design. It builds on earlier versions of the software to enable a continuous cross-functional focus on perceived quality driven from concept design and styling. Read more on the new release on here on GraphicSpeak.

Qualcomm ships most System on a Chip GPUs in first half

Posted by Robert Dow on October 25th 2012 | Permalink
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Qualcomm shipped the most System on a Chip (SoC) GPUs in a fast-growing market during the first half of 2012, according to a new research report from Jon Peddie Research. Shipments from all suppliers were up 69.4% from a year earlier. Samsung saw the biggest increase in compound annual growth rate (CAGR) year-over-year. Read more on JPR's new report HERE.

Nvidia announces first virtual workstation GPU

Posted by Robert Dow on October 23rd 2012 | Permalink
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Nvidia announced the launch of its first GPU card designed specifically for use in a virtualized enterprise data center. The VGX K2 offers cloud-based workstation capabilities, allowing high-performance graphics and GPU compute to be delivered as a virtualized workstation solution. Read more on the new Nvidia AIB Here on GraphicSpeak.

Weta Workshop artists give physical reality to digital fantasies

Posted by Robert Dow on October 15th 2012 | Permalink
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Weta Workshop is the Oscar-winning CG house behind such hits as “The Lord of the Rings”. In the company’s early years almost all physical creative pieces were the result of handcraft, but the company found it necessary to shift to one that utilizes all available digital technology, primarily laser cutting, plasma cutting, 3D modeling and printing, and CNC milling. Read more HERE.

AMD jumps into Windows 8 tablet market

Posted by Robert Dow on October 9th 2012 | Permalink
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AMD opened up a new front in the processor fight with the announcement of the Z-Series of APUs for Windows 8 tablets. AMD is touting "all-day" power with the dual-core Z-60 running at 1 GHz supporting resolutions upto 1920x1200. The first tablets based on the AMD Z-60 APU are expected to launch globally this year in conjunction with availability of Windows 8. Read more on the Z-Series HERE.

Felix Baumgartner set to attempt Mach 1 skydive

Posted by Robert Dow on October 9th 2012 | Permalink
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Pending weather conditions daredevil Felix Baumgartner will attempt to become the first skydiver to hit supersonic speeds by leaping from a helium balloon at an astonishing 120,000 FT. If successful, his jump will break both a 52 year sky-diving record and the sound barrier. The jump is set to take place today over Roswell, earliest possible Launch 11:30 MDT - watch it HERE.

Designing autos takes plenty of power

Posted by Robert Dow on October 3rd 2012 | Permalink
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Daniel Simon a professional designer who works in Hollywood talks about his move to a Boxx WS and Nvidia Maximus. “I often handle both vehicle design and modeling in the film projects that I work on, so I need efficiency,”. “My first experience with Nvidia GPUs was a single Quadro 6000. The rendering speed in iRay was an eye opener, and it also helped my editing process.” Continue on GraphicSpeak.

Vectorworks and Maxon select rendering competition winners

Posted by Robert Dow on October 1st 2012 | Permalink
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Vectorworks and Maxon Computer, have announced the winners of the Visions Global Rendering Competition. The winner in each of the four categories received $2,500. Contest manager Theresa Downs, the communications director at Nemetschek Vectorworks, said the addition this year of a monochromatic category “definitely added some variety to the competition. Meet the winners HERE.

The Foundry acquires Luxology

Posted by Robert Dow on September 25th 2012 | Permalink
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London’s The Foundry acquires Bay Area 3D modeling and animation company Luxology and plan to forge a strong new player in the digital content creation market. The Foundry and both sides are looking forward to working together and developing new tools together. Luxology will continue to operate under its own name in California. Read more on the merger on GraphicSpeak.

Lightmap’s HDR Light Studio 4 offers point-and-light control

Posted by Robert Dow on September 24th 2012 | Permalink
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Precision lighting is crucial to content creators, yet it has been a tedious process. Lightmap’s HDR Light Studio 4, released today, offers an alternative. HDR Light Studio creates a single HDRI map containing the entire lighting for a scene. New LightPaint technology, allows lighting artists to point in the rendered view directing the light to the exact location where needed. Read more on GraphicSpeak.

Autodesk moves simulation to the cloud

Posted by Robert Dow on September 17th 2012 | Permalink
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Autodesk has rolled up many of the simulation and analysis tools acquired in recent years and put them online as a new cloud-based service, Autodesk Simulation 360. Scott Reese, VP for Simulation and Cloud Platform, says the goal is to make the service as accessible as possible. Read more on Simulation 360 on GraphicSpeak.

The Workstation Market Remained Sluggish in Q2’12

Posted by Robert Dow on September 12th 2012 | Permalink
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The results from the workstation market's first quarter were disappointing, as it marked the first two consecutive quarters of negative growth since 2008. Alex Herrera, Senior Analyst, reports that around 883,000 workstations shipped worldwide, down 3.8% from the quarter prior and 2.6% from Q2'11. The new Q2 2012 Market Quarterly is now available to subscribers HERE.

Eye-tracking poised to become a standard computer-graphics feature

Posted by Robert Dow on September 6th 2012 | Permalink
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SolidWorks is only one of many companies looking to incorporate eye tracking into future updates to the user interface. The art of designing great computer controls will depend in part on combining eye-tracking with older input technologies such as keyboards, mice, touch screens, and 3D navigation devices. Read more on the developments in eye-tracking HERE.

Cringely and Jobs famous interview restored by video magic

Posted by Robert Dow on September 4th 2012 | Permalink
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The lost interview from 1995 was recorded in low-resolution VHS, and restored by state-of-the-art technology from MotionDSP. After Jobs’ death in October 2011, director Paul Sen started looking for the tapes and found a VHS copy of the interview. “This,” says Cringely “is undoubtedly the only surviving copy of the best TV inter­view Steve Jobs ever gave. Read more on the restored interview HERE.

Graphics Add-in Board Shipments seasonally down from Last Quarter

Posted by Robert Dow on August 28th 2012 | Permalink
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We found that AIB shipments during Q2 2012 did behave according to past years with regard to seasonality, but in unit shipments was lower on a year-to-year comparison and on a quarter-to-quarter comparison for the quarter. Total AIB shipments decreased this quarter, from the previous quarter, by 6.5% to 14.8 million units. Subscribers can download the the report HERE.

Lightwave 3D Group spins out of Newtek to take on virtual production

Posted by Robert Dow on August 27th 2012 | Permalink
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One of the newest companies to appear on the scene is Lightwave 3D Group. The Lightwave team has spun out from Newtek and is ready to stand on its own. It is being headed by Rob Powers, who led the Lightwave team within Newtek. Dominick Spina has joined the com­pany from Nvidia. Read more on Lightwave here on GFXspeak.

FinalWire Rolls Out AIDA64 v2.60

Posted by Robert Dow on August 23rd 2012 | Permalink
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FinalWire Ltd. announced this week the release of AIDA64 Extreme Edition 2.60 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool. The new AIDA64 release implements full support for Microsoft Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 operating systems, adds optimized 64-bit benchmarks for AMD A-Series “Trinity” APU and VIA VX11 platform, and supports the latest GeForce GTX graphics accelerators by Nvidia. Check out the new benchmarking tool HERE.

Jon Peddie on GPUs, at Siggraph 2012

Posted by Robert Dow on August 21st 2012 | Permalink
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Design World editor Evan Yares asks 3D Graphics expert Jon Peddie why CAD vendors aren't taking advantage of the power offered by modern GPUs. Check out the interview HERE.

Graphics shipments in Q2 increased 2.5% over last quarter

Posted by Robert Dow on August 16th 2012 | Permalink
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A new issue of Market Watch has been released today and we are reporting a 2.5% increase in GPU shipments over last quarter. Market Watch gives market share (in units) of all suppliers of graphics chips, integrated, embedded, and discrete worldwide and can be downloaded HERE by subscribers.

NASA uses NVIDIA 3D Vision glasses to see Mars in 3D

Posted by Robert Dow on August 14th 2012 | Permalink
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NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) that controls the rover Curiosity is using NVIDIA 3D Vision glasses to see Mars in 3D and plan rover missions in a virtual, game-like environment. JPL developed the technique to account for the unique challenge in controlling a vehicle 352 million miles away. Read more on Curiosity HERE.

New extensions for Maya and 3ds Max automate workflow

Posted by Robert Dow on August 9th 2012 | Permalink
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Autodesk will soon release new extensions for Autodesk Maya 2013 and Autodesk 3ds Max 2013 that will help users create more sophisticated physical simulations, and move data more easily through complex pipelines and also augments the Particle Flow system. Check out more on the extensions here on GraphicSpeak.

All-star CG panel assembled for Siggraph JPR Press Luncheon

Posted by Robert Dow on August 1st 2012 | Permalink
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JPR has named the panelists that will speak at the company’s annual Siggraph Press Luncheon, August 8 in Los Angeles. The five bring strong and varied credentials to the annual event.The event will be at the JW Marriott, L.A. Live, in room Plaza 3, from 11:45 am to 2:00 pm. Check out the panelists and RSVP (if your are member of the press) HERE.

Siggraph releases official computer animation festival trailer

Posted by Robert Dow on July 30th 2012 | Permalink
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Siggraph has released the official trailer promoting it's Computer Animation Festival. This year’s selections will be featured during the conference through a series of daily Festival Screenings, allowing attendees to get a glimpse behind the making of computer-generated effects, visualizations, and animations. See view the official trailer HERE.

Siggraph 2012 to showcase advancements in real-time graphics

Posted by Robert Dow on July 23rd 2012 | Permalink
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Siggraph 2012 will feature the latest trends and techniques for pushing the boundaries of real-time visuals. A special session called “Real-Time Live!” will be the venue for the latest research. A series of 10 international jury-selected submissions are on the schedule. This year’s selected submissions showcase the latest advances in real-time graphics. Read more HERE.

NASA and Siemens crossing their fingers for perfect Mars landing

Posted by Robert Dow on July 16th 2012 | Permalink
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If all goes well on August 5, 2012, a robotic explorer from Earth will come to a bouncing landing on Mars, culminating years of planning and months of travel. At a press conference today executives from NASA and Siemens discussed how modern software technology was employed in Project Curiosity “to enhance competitiveness in the aerospace industry.” Read more HERE.

3D is five incompatible growing markets on 13 different platforms

Posted by Robert Dow on July 9th 2012 | Permalink
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JPR latest market study, Stereographic-3DMarket Opportunities is available. While the big screen generates the numbers ($10B in 2011) with just 11,000 screens worldwide, TV displayed 3D on over 23M screens in '11. Applications range from the entertainment to simulation, visualization, and medical interfaces on various platforms. Read more on our latest market study HERE.

Hollywood’s CG experts to reveal production secrets at Siggraph 2012

Posted by Robert Dow on July 2nd 2012 | Permalink
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Siggraph 2012 has released an all-star line-up of production sessions to will be featured as part of its annual Computer Animation Festival, which is open to the public. From blockbusters like Hugo and The Avengers to new upcoming films some of the biggest names in computer graphics will take the stage. Read more on the upcoming show HERE.

Google I/O kicks off today in San Francisco

Posted by Robert Dow on June 27th 2012 | Permalink
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Google is planning to unveil new hardware, new software today at Moscone Center West in San Francisco. On tap is the Nexus 7 tablet, Google Play, Google Now and Android 4.1, Jelly Bean. Follow the action and keynotes HERE.

CG pioneers seek mentors for youth at Siggraph 2012

Posted by Robert Dow on June 25th 2012 | Permalink
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Siggraph Pioneers is again recruiting computer graphics professional who will attend Siggraph to volunteer as a mentor for a high school students. Mentors will spend about 30 minutes a day providing on-site guidance to a high school student who has been selected to receive a full Siggraph conference pass. For more information visit the Siggraph Pioneers LinkedIn page HERE

3D is five incompatible growing markets on 13 different platforms

Posted by Robert Dow on June 12th 2012 | Permalink
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JPR latest market study, Stereographic-3DMarket Opportunities is available. While the big screen generates the numbers ($10B in 2011) with just 11,000 screens worldwide, TV displayed 3D on over 23M screens in '11. Applications range from the entertainment to simulation, visualization, and medical interfaces on various platforms. Read more on our latest market study HERE

Worldwide Developers Conference 2012 kicks off today in San Francisco

Posted by Robert Dow on June 11th 2012 | Permalink
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Tim Cook is giving his first keynote address this morning as Apple CEO at WWDC. Follow the events and the keynote HERE . The WWDC2012 runs thru June 15th at Moscone Center West and Yerba Buena Gardens

JPR releases Q1 2012 Workstation Market Quarterly

Posted by Robert Dow on June 7th 2012 | Permalink
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Responsible for 39.5% of units shipped in Q4, HP remains in control over the WS market, holding a lead over Dell at 32.4%. HP, the market leader will likely find tougher competition coming not only from Lenovo — currently number three and showing the most quarterly growth — but from a rejuvenated Dell as well. Subscribers can download the Q1'12 WS report HERE.

E3 is underway in Los Angeles

Posted by Robert Dow on June 5th 2012 | Permalink
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E3 kickoffs off today at the Los Angeles Convention Center, among the questions this year, what is going on with the Wii U, will it save the universe? There will also be an opportunity to check out Microsoft's SmartGlass. The show is running from June 5th thru June 7th this year. Check out the E3 show floor HERE.