Month: December 2013

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ARM acquires Geomerics

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Randall Newton

The lighting expert will become a wholly owned subsidiary, and will continue with a separate market identity. Semiconductor and mobile ...

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Autodesk updates new Maya LT with MEL scripting

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Randall Newton

The tweaked version of Maya is aimed at indie and mobile game developers. The update also includes new support for ...

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Who picks your colors for you?

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Kathleen Maher

As a public service, GfxSpeak provides an update on Pantone's color picks for Spring. We thought you should know.

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Workstations defy the PC decline in third quarter

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GfxS staff

More than 973,000 units shipped in the quarter, approaching a record. Workstation-caliber GPUs were up 19% in the quarter. “If ...

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V-Ray for Rhino gets big overhaul

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Randall Newton

HDR Light Studio leads the list of features that extend the rendering workflow inside Rhino. Chaos Group has released V-Ray ...

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Dassault acquires RTT; plans new brand for marketing automation

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Kathleen Maher

Dassault Systemes announces the acquisition of RTT in a deal valued at 179 Euros.

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The CG Story is a coffee table book for the graphics nerd in each of us

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Randall Newton

“The CG Story: Computer Generated Animation and Special Effects” by Christopher Finch (Monacellli Press) is a lovely coffee table book for the movie lover who has everything.

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Autodesk adds CAM 360 to the family

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Kathleen Maher

Autodesk’s new CAM 360 got a big piece of the spotlight at Autodesk University 2013. The new product is part ...

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Mainframe2 building cloud platform for workstation apps; shows stuff at AU 2013

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Kathleen Maher

Mainframe2 is gearing up for an early 2014 launch and plans to make workstation applications available on demand. To prove ...

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Construction deals for Thanksgiving

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Kathleen Maher

Autodesk has acquired assets from France’s Graitec and Trimble has added the UK’s CSC to beef up its Tekla line. ...