I know how to talk the talk I’m going to get me a few of the IoT development kits every semiconductor and IP company is offering—all I’ll have to do is pick the one or two I can get as a demo unit, and start IoT’ing. I’ve decided my first project will be a Virtual Reality device of some type … Read more
After a surprisingly disappointing first quarter of 2015, followed up by a welcome rebound in Q2, all eyes were on Q3 to find out exactly which script the workstation market would follow. Would it track PCs downhill, like Q1, or separate from the PC pack and keep on a long-term growth trajectory, like Q2? According to the market and technology … Read more
After a surprisingly disappointing first quarter of 2015, followed up by a welcome rebound in Q2, all eyes were on Q3 to find out exactly which script the workstation market would follow. Would it track PCs downhill, like Q1, or separate from the PC pack and keep on a long-term growth trajectory, like Q2? According to the market and technology … Read more
Fragmentation threatens market expansion Google representatives recently spoke with several SoC builders about developing chips based on Google’s designs. It is part of a push by the company to bring uniformity to what they fear is a fragmented universe of Android phones. What would this mean for GPU vendors? Avoiding fragmentation in the Android platform is good for all—but Google … Read more
Quarter-to-quarter AIBs shipments increased 27.6% and decreased -3.8% year-to-year
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Year-to-year total GPU shipments decreased -19% -desktop graphics decreased -13%, notebooks decreased -22%.
New platforms, new requirements, and rules will challenge the suppliers Do you have a GPU in your boat? Your car? Your airplane, tractor, or your motorcycle? Maybe not today, but developments in all those categories are underway. Automobiles, such as the Nvidia powered Tesla S have captured the industry’s attention but they are far from the only platform in development. … Read more
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The PC Gaming Hardware Market, which consists of personal computers, upgrades, and peripherals used for gaming, is strong and healthy amongst the backdrop of general declines in the PC market. Ted Pollak, Senior Gaming Analyst at JPR notes that the $21.5 billion market is over twice the size of the console gaming hardware market. “We continue to see a shift … Read more
TIBURON, CA-October 26, 2015– Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry's research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, today revealed three companies will be making major new product announcements at the Virtualize Conference, 29 October, at the Hyatt at SFO. http://www.jonpeddie.com/events/details/jpr-virtualize-2015 AMD will outline new multiuser graphics technology. “AMD Multiuser GPU technology embedded into AMD GPUs is designed to deliver … Read more
To build a truly heterogeneous SoC, you need at least four processors The announcement of ViriSilicon’s acquisition of Vivante heats up the IP space, and puts pressure on Synopsys (which recently acquire Virlogic, which previously acquired ARC) to get a GPU, and ViriSilicon to get a CPU, so they can compete across the board with ARM and Imagi-nation Technologies. Synopsys … Read more
