Compute Scotland takes a look at Jon Peddie’s new book “The History of Visual Magic in Computers”. In his First Law, Jon Peddie “In graphics, too much is not enough,” notes that “It is impossible to trace a single line of development to generating beautiful realistic images with a computer. There is the complex pedigree of the computer itself- the … Read more
Our new Q2’13 AIB report shows that Quarter-to-quarter AIBs down 5.4%, year-to-year 5.2%-less than PCs overall. On a year-to-year basis we found that total AIB shipments during Q2’13 dropped 5.2%, less than the overall desktop graphics decline of 9.3% or the total PC graphics decline of 12.8% overall. GPUs are traditionally a leading indicator of the market. Subscribers can download … Read more
Companies and users are not on the same page Recently, I wrote an article in CGW about Adobe’s march to subscription and a long time Adobe customer sent a simple terse comment: ain’t ever going to subscribe, ever, she said. She, like so many people, hates the idea of renting software and of not owning it. She said she has … Read more
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Quarter-to-quarter AIBs down 5.4%, year-to-year 5.2%-less than PCs overall
AMD overall unit shipments increased 10.9%, quarter-to-quarter, Intel increased 6.2%, and Nvidia decreased by 8%.The overall PC market declined 2.5% quarter-to-quarter while the graphics market increased 4.6%. Overall this net 7.1% increase reflects an interest on the part of consumers for double-attach—the adding of a discrete GPU to a system with integrated processor graphics, and to a lesser extent dual … Read more
It’s much more fun, and easier to speculate One of the reasons the trade press has been decimated and so many so-called reports/writers are looking for jobs is because for the most part they were untrained, cheaply hired, and basically lazy kids. The ones who still have jobs, or a freelance gig, write one to three 300- to 400-word stories … Read more
Quarter-to-quarter up 4.6%—Notebook graphics sales up
In a challenged PC market one user group is standing firm against the winds of change. Ted Pollak, Senior Gaming Analyst at JPR said “The effect that key titles have on hardware sales is phenomenal. Enthusiast PC Gamers embrace content creation and modding,” JPR believes that PC’s have an advantage in casual gaming as X86 tablets expand the market.
TIBURON, CA – AUGUST 7, 2013 – In a challenged PC market one user group is standing firm against the winds of change blowing many casual computer users to the “good enough” mindset behind sales of tablets and cloud computing devices-PC gamers. PC gamers continue to buy and build with a fervency that could be compared to motorcycle, 4X4, and … Read more
Tablets have screen sizes from 7-inches to 20-inches and sell for $70 to over $1,200. They have PPI ranging from 132 to 339. Factoring that data for some of the more popular devices we produced a chart of the cost per megapixel. Which you can check out at JPR Blogs – Seeing more. The lowest cost tablet, the 7-inch Ematic … Read more
Tablets have screen sizes from 7-inches to 20-inches and sell for $70 to over $1,200. They have PPI ranging from 132 to 339. Factoring that data for some of the more popular devices we produced the following chart of the cost per megapixel. Ironically, the lowest cost tablet, the 7-inch Ematic ($75) got the best score. The chart proves a … Read more
