There’s going to over 2 million happy kids this holiday
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There’s going to over 2 million happy kids this holiday
Microsoft and Sony set new sales records Was there a pent up demand for a new gen console? Duh, you think so? Prior to the announcement that MS and Sony were going to do a gen 8 console, shortly after Nintendo announced the Wii U, console sale dipped even further. Who would buy an old box when a new one … Read more
Qualcomm moves to 4K with Snapdragon 805 – Adds console features and new LTE companion modem
The mobile world is moving at lightning speed as it adds features for movies, gaming, and even content creation. As JPR has been saying, 4K and console quality graphics for mobile is not the new frontier, it’s next gen, and Qualcomm Technologies’ latest chip is poised to deliver. Qualcomm Technologies has introduced the new Snapdragon 805, expanding the already widely … Read more
Focusing on the big picture
As the players jockey for position, they look for territory to claim When you’ve been all over the place, it gets kind of hard to concentrate. The fragmenting digital market is just a huge challenge for companies to keep up with, and as a result, small companies have to make hard choices before their aspirations outstrip their budgets and big … Read more
Intel and Nvidia raised shipments levels for the quarter Quarter-to-quarter total graphics up 1.6%
TIBURON, CA-November 18, 2013—Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry's research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, announced estimated graphics chip shipments and suppliers’ market shares for 2013 3Q. Q3’13 was the second quarter in a row to show a gain in shipments, up 1.6% quarter-to-quarter, but down 8.8% compared to the same quarter last year. AMD’s overall unit shipments … Read more
Seasonality – Although it often seems to be lost, it still exists
We’ve been tracking PC graphics, and PC shipments since the late 1980s. As a result, we have some fantastic historical data. One of the things we used to observe was the seasonality of shipments: shipments would drop in Q2, rise in Q3 and Q4, and wiggle or drop a little in Q1, but the overall trend was up. Then the … Read more
Intel and Nvidia raised shipments levels for the quarter; Quarter-to-quarter total graphics up 1.6%
Q3’13 was the second quarter in a row to show a gain in shipments, up 1.6% quarter-to-quarter, but down 8.8% compared to the same quarter last year. AMD’s overall unit shipments decreased 4.2%, quarter-to-quarter, Intel’s total shipments increased 3.5% from last quarter, and Nvidia’s increased 2.3%. Continue the story on our MarketWatch page.
3D Experience Platform could solve problems
At Dassault Systèmes’s annual 3D Experience Customer Conference in Las Vegas, the mechanical engineering software giant shed glimmers of light on its soon-to-be delivered 3D Experience Platform. This appears to be an extension of their Catia/Enovia V6 software, first released in 2008. But it contains extensions of capabilities that could improve engineering productivity of multinational manufacturers – See more at: … Read more
Are we suffering a confidence gap?
We seem to be an industry of extremes, and short memories When Apple started the tablet craze, the industry was doubtul. The commenting classes dismissed it as a big iPhone and called it a loser, until they didn’t after seeing the phenomenal sales. Proving once again the pundits don’t really know what consumers want after all, despite all their authoritative … Read more
Amazon Web Services deploys Nvidia GRID GPU-on-demand service
http://gfxspeak.com/2013/11/05/amazon-web-services-deploys-nvidia-grid-gpu-on-demand-service/
Computer Graphics: Power-Efficient Rendering
http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1319916
AMD Vows to Increase Share on the Market of Professional Graphics Cards.
Advanced Micro Devices believes it can further gain share on the market of professional graphics adapters. The lucrative market is controlled by Nvidia Corp’s Quadro graphics cards, but AMD now believes it can capture a part of it. AMD has a long road ahead as Nvidia Corp. keeps dominating the market with its Quadro solutions. Read on at X-Bit Labs.