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Nvidia’s RTX 3060

Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1060 released in 2016 for $249 is currently the most popular graphics card on Steam (11.4%, Dec). Now, however, it’s starting to show its age as the production values of the latest ...

Lidar for everyone

Didn’t it seem like we’d all be measuring playing fields, creating 3D objects, and making virtual 3D playgrounds out of our living rooms by now? Phones have 3D sensors, and now Apple has added Lidar, ...

Is Nvidia about to change forever?

Nvidia was founded on April 5, 1993, by Jensen Huang, who used to be the director of CoreWare at LSI Logic, Chris Malachowsky, an electrical engineer who worked at Sun Microsystems, and Curtis Priem, previously ...

Sony’s big TVs

The number of “firsts” Sony has chalked up for TVs is too long to list. An important brand for over 50 years, Sony promises to amaze their customers, especially during CES time. For this virtual ...

Big Merc display powered by Nvidia AI

Dell just announced a slick 40-inch 5K display (see story this issue), and Acer has a new 27-in 4k 275 Hz display. Those are nice, but… if you want a big, really BIG, display then ...

Acer gaming monitors are fast

Acer unveiled some new products in its Predator and Nitro portfolios with three gaming monitors. Additionally, the company said it is the first to deliver TÜV Rheinland Eyesafe-certified gaming monitors that emit less high-energy blue ...

Dell’s 40-inch 5K

Dell has been a leader in displays for 15 years or more. The first to offer an 8k display, the first to offer a 49-inch curved display, and the first to offer a 2K mini-LED ...

Nvidia’s quadratic processor, the NV1

Founded in early 1993, Nvidia set out to revolutionize the PC and console gaming market with 3D. They succeeded beyond even their wildest dreams, but not without a few bumps and bruises to make them ...

Yamaha’s YGY611—a pioneer 3D chips

Yamaha was a developer of video display controllers or processors (VDP) in the late 1980s. The company made IBM compatible CGA display controllers such as the YGY603. The company also made the video display processor ...

Bentley Systems issues financial results for 3Q 20

Indisputably, 2020 was a big year for Bentley Systems and the third quarter a major milestone, as the company provided its financial results as a public company. The company is a big data company through ...

The dark side of game streaming

If I can take my crappy 10-year-old Pentium with its no-name AIB, put in a 5g NIC for $55, and play 2020 FPS games, why would I ever buy a new PC or game card? ...

Graebert follows through on BIM

The upcoming Ares Commander 2022 enables users to access BIM content to take off DWG files for documentation that stay current with the BIM model. (Source: Graebert)   At one time it may have been ...