More performance, less power. The M1 Pro memory bus is twice as wide as the M1 providing 200 Gb/s ~ 3x M1 bandwidth. It has 32 GB unified memory and the SoC has 33.7 b transistors—4x the M1.Apple knows how to make transitions. The company proved it by transitioning away from the PowerPC platform to Apple and now they’re showing the same discipline as they move away from … [Read more...] about Apple rolls out the chips—M1 Pro and Max
Germ-free ultrathin notebook from Acer
Windows 11, <$1k, 15-inch 144 Hz HD Acer America announced the Aspire Vero notebook. The company says it is their first sustainability-focused product. It is one of Acer’s first products powered by Windows 11, is eco-friendly, EPEAT Silver-certified, which features post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic throughout the chassis and keyboard with 100% recyclable packaging. … [Read more...] about Germ-free ultrathin notebook from Acer
Xiaomi Smart Glasses
Closest step yet to what AR glasses should be. Xiaomi (pronounced show-me) announced their cleverly named Xiaomi Smart Glasses—the latest entry in new smart wearable devices. Xiaomi says their Smart Glasses (XSG) combine imaging systems and sensors into a subtle, ordinary glasses design using MicroLEDs with optical waveguide technology. The XSFs weigh 51 g. By comparison, … [Read more...] about Xiaomi Smart Glasses
Facebook reveals smart glasses: Ray-Ban stories
Would you pay $300 for a 5mp camera? Facebook worked with Ray-Ban to design sunglasses to take photos, record video, answer phone calls, and play podcasts. You need to be a Facebook subscriber to use those services, but who isn’t a Facebook user? The unstylish-looking Wayfarer sunglasses is the first product from a multiyear collaboration with EssilorLuxottica, the … [Read more...] about Facebook reveals smart glasses: Ray-Ban stories
Q2 GPU shipments soar year-to-year
The PC GPU market shipments increased by 3.4% sequentially from last quarter and increased by 37% year-to-year. Jon Peddie Research reports the growth of the global PC-based Graphics Processor Units (GPU) market reached 123 million units in Q2'21 and PC CPU shipments increased by 42% year-over-year. Overall, the installed base of GPUs will grow at a compound annual growth rate … [Read more...] about Q2 GPU shipments soar year-to-year
What the Olympic visitors saw
A humongous floating video wall and a virtual badminton game. For the Olympics, NTT Docomo built and launched (literally and figuratively) a barge with a very large NTT Docomo display, the company has named Kirari! The barge displayed live transmissions of 12k ultra-wide composited images of an entire sailing event to remote locations. NTT's goal was to provide the sense … [Read more...] about What the Olympic visitors saw
Anari—come together, over me
Khronos tries to get everybody meet at their house. In November 2019, open standard API developer and harmonizing industry force, Khronos, enthralled developers and users alike with their proposed data visualization initiative to work on a cross-platform analytical rendering API. Prior to Khronos gathering the SciViz world, developers working in scientific visualization … [Read more...] about Anari—come together, over me
Nvidia’s Q2 FY22 results
Revenue of $6.52 billion, up 68% from a year earlier, profit up 282% to $2.3 billion. The company again reported record revenue gains. For the second quarter ended July 30, 2021, the company reported sales of $6.51 billion, up 68% from a year earlier and up 15% from the previous quarter, with record revenue from the company’s Gaming, Data Center, and Professional Visualization … [Read more...] about Nvidia’s Q2 FY22 results
The Arc of the story—Intel brands its GPU
It takes a village to tell a story, and this is a long story. After years in the process, Intel has come up with several names for their proposed someday dGPUs. To tell the world about it, Intel’s marketing department shed a little of the spotlight on some of the troops who are valiantly struggling to fulfill Raja Koduri’s promise. A group of them made a video you can … [Read more...] about The Arc of the story—Intel brands its GPU
SiliconArts released its ray tracing accelerator core to the Intel Solutions Marketplace
Open source release of ray tracing examples, APIs, and drivers on GitHub with FPGA macro. SiliconArts is releasing a dedicated ray tracing accelerator core into the Intel Solutions Marketplace. As an Intel Partner Alliance (IPA) Gold Member, SiliconArts is expanding its support for FPGA design services to incorporate its ray tracing IP into a dedicated IP core that can be … [Read more...] about SiliconArts released its ray tracing accelerator core to the Intel Solutions Marketplace