Robert Dow

Announced at CES, the entry-level Ampere RTX 3050 is tested

The RTX 3050 in its natural habitat   Nvidia made a splash at CES this year. Nvidia’s senior vice president, Jeff Fisher proclaimed that 150 million new gamers will enter the market in 2022.” The market has grown to $300 billion in sales in 2021, up to $70 billion from just three years ago,” said Fisher, and “Nvidia is well-positioned … Read more

GPU developments of 2021

Jon Peddie Research has just released its annual GPU developments report. It is a summary of GPU developments for 2021 and includes announcements by the leading GPU suppliers. Although we think it is through, we do not claim it to be exhaustive of every announcement made by the suppliers. The information is presented in chronological order, by quarter. The GPU … Read more

In Q3’21, the Workstation Market Blows Past Previous Record Levels

Tiburon, Calif. – December 6, 2021­ – As part of its ongoing research on the workstation market, Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has released its JPR Workstation Report Market Quarterly for Q3’21. The workstation market’s record levels — set in Q1 and essentially sustained in Q2 — now seem like a distant memory, as the third quarter obliterated both. All told, the … Read more

Qualcomm handheld game machine—Snapdragon G

Qualcomm’s handheld, game console, reference design. (Source: Jon Peddie)   In December 2021, Qualcomm announced a handheld game console reference design. Qualcomm has had a long and effective history of developing reference designs to illustrate how their SoCs could be successfully employed. Often, some OEMs would use the entire design either because they had limited design resources, time, or because … Read more

Campfire days

AR headset and system builder Campfire is going on the road to show off their wares. If you live in or near Austin, Brooklyn, or San Francisco you can see one.