After months of leaks, rumors, and speculation, Intel formally and officially released the details of its 11-generation processor, code-named Tiger Lake. The processor leverages Intel’s SuperFin 10 nm process and introduces Intel’s first integrated Iris Xe GPU claiming 2× the performance over the previous generation — 2× is a lot. The CPU and other processors as well as the communications … Read more
San Jose based Pixelworks is announcing the i6 processor, its sixth generation mobile visual processor, and the first with low-power AI tech (built on the Company’s mobile display datasets).
11th Gen core and new thinner, lighter platform
Intel held an on-line architectural day., with Raja Koduri SVP, Chief Architect, and GM of Architecture, Graphics, and Software taking over as master of ceremony and technology explainer. He spoke about the company’s forthcoming GPU initiative known as X, and then introduced all the other speakers. Raja Koduri Senior Vice President, Chief Architect, And General Manager of Architecture, Graphics, and … Read more
Varying FPS rates caution motion artifacts. The Pixelworks thinks they have a solution, which they are calling TrueCut Motion Grading—think of it as color grading but for motion.
Semiconductor Industry Association Moore’s observation about memory density doubling every one and a half years or so was in retrospect somewhat obvious. Nonetheless, it laid the foundation for futurists and forecasters to predict technological miracles that are still forthcoming. I remember Jensen Huang saying in the early days of Nvidia, “Moore’s Law is our friend.” He was right then, … Read more
(Source: EPFL) Ecole Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)scientists, working in association with Canon, have developed a camera that can take 3D images with record-breaking speed and resolution. MegaX is extremely fast and can take up to 24,000 images per second. It also has three other important advantages: a very large dynamic range can produce 3D representations and can perform in-depth … Read more
Smartphones have held the high ground in acuity and PPI for a few years now, exceeding PCs and TVs by a factor of 1.5× or more, even as the screen size has increased. However, PPI is one part of the equation, dynamic range and tone mapping are another, and frame rate is yet another. In recent years, smartphone display technology—notably … Read more
Intel beat Wall Street’s expectations again with its fourth-quarter financial performance sending the company’s stock up to an all-time high Friday after the chipmaker reported late-Thursday afternoon terrific results for the last quarter in 2019. Twenty billion dollars. Think about that for a moment. If every human, man, woman, child or politician, oh wait, I did say, human, if … Read more
Unreal Engine 4.24 is now shipping. This release is a significant expansion in Epic’s market reach. On the non-gaming side, big news is that Unreal Studio has been discontinued and all its components are freely available just like the Unreal Engine. Doesn't that simplify things? Unreal Studio, the company’s tools for content import are now part of the Unreal Engine … Read more
Intel’s new Xe-architecture-based discrete GPU will be deployed in Aurora supercomputer at the Argonne National Laboratory
Intel made a few significant and interesting announcements at the 2019 supercomputer conference (SC19) in Denver. The company officially launched its OneAPI, a unified and scalable programming model for heterogeneous computing architectures. Announced a general-purpose GPU-based on the X architecture, code-named “Ponte Vecchio.” claiming it is optimized for HPC/AI acceleration Revealed additional architectural details of the exascale Aurora Supercomputer at Argonne … Read more
