To celebrate how great the Polaris GPU has been for AMD they are offering a new shrink version with a fantastic deal — a collection of new games. Since it was first announced in 2015, the 14nm “tick” of the Polaris GPU was built in GlobalFoundries’ fab. AMD launched the 14nm RX580 in April 2017 for $229 (8 GB GDDR5). … Read more
Polaris tick-tock plus a game library
Imagination has introduced a new compression scheme for GPUs that it claims provides visually lossless image compression with a guaranteed reduction in memory footprint. The company is offering its new PVRIC4, which is an image compression technology that it says will enable SoC customers targeting devices such as DTVs, smartphones, and tablets to reduce costs without a discernable loss of … Read more
An average improvement of 31% over the previous generation
The highly anticipated Turing GPU-based Nvidia RTC 2080-series AIBs were announced in late August at Gamecon 2018 and the top of the lines cards were promised for delivery in late September. They came out the week of the 17th, and everyone who could get their hands on one tested and compared them to the previous generation, the Pascal GPU-based 1080-series. … Read more
Nvidia, with its claim to be the leading AI training engine in the data center, has painted a big bullseye on their back. Nvidia’s outsize marketing strategy means that everyone who has introduced or shown an AI chip is going to come after Nvidia. Nvidia has raised the bar with their new Turing-based Tesla T4 AIB, and, strangely, is positioning … Read more
Today, we’re more likely to measure the progress of humanity by Blade Runner rather than biblical omens, plagues, locusts, etc. Even though we have plenty of that going on as well. By the Blade Runner scale, we’re hurtling towards the abyss. Japanese communications giant, NTT Docomo showed off a wealth of technology at the International Broadcasters Convention. It always does. … Read more
Quarter-to-quarter graphics board shipments decreased 22% with a 2% INCREASE year-to-year
Revised data reveals PC GPU market increased 0.2% quarter-to-quarter
Gamescom saw the introduction of new products from Dell under the brand name of Alienware and Dell. Dell used the event to preview new products coming soon in the September 2018 time frame. Dell showed two new Dell monitors and Alienware gaming laptops & desktops. Dell launched its 24-inch and 27-inch monitors with AMD Freesync support for a smooth gaming … Read more
A graphics processing unit (GPU) with the power and ability to present gamers with gorgeously rendered graphics and physics effects at high frame rates is a valued asset for a gamer. Increasingly AI is also going to become part of the equation. As better games evolve, the demand for more powerful graphics processors will continue to go up, and there … Read more
The Real Market for VR/AR … Right Now
