Graphics add-in board shipments crash from last quarter
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Graphics add-in board shipments crash from last quarter, reports Jon Peddie Research
Worst seasonal drop since 2008, -25x of 10-year average TIBURON, CA, February 21, 2013—Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry’s research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, announced estimated graphics add-in board (AIB) shipments and sales market share for Q4’12. JPR’s AIB Report tracks computer graphics boards, which carry discrete graphics chips. AIBs are used in desktop PCs, workstations, servers, … Read more
Computer graphics changed the course of history; can it save the PC?
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
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AMD, Intel, and Nvidia all down in Q4 with negative 8% overall quarter-to-quarter
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. TIBURON, CA-February 19, 2013– Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry's research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, announced estimated graphics chip shipments and suppliers' market … Read more
PC market healthy, Graphics, not so. Nvidia increases market share, Intel dominates.
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
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.
The Year of the Snake
Chinese New Year is a major celebration in the Bay Area. For at least a week in the city, the sound of fireworks is a day and night constant, and a casual walk downtown will almost certainly be complicated by hit and run Lion Dances. This year is the year of the Snake and it can’t come to soon. The … Read more
There’s a disconnect in our thinking – I think…
Ever since I can remember, we have been striving to design a machine that will make life easier and help us communicate better. Word processors are better than typewriters. Email is better than physical mail. The web is better than – well everything. Today we are looking at what Intel calls Perceptual Computing. We will talk to, wave our hands … Read more
Start-up continues to build out its browser-based design collaboration site.
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
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 … Read more
LightWave update introduces modular rigging system
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.