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AMD Radeon GPUs headed to Google Cloud

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Randall Newton

Google Compute Engine and Cloud Machine Learning services will have FirePro boards as compute accelerators. One more unknown success story ...

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Khronos launches VR standards initiative

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Randall Newton

Rapid growth of virtual reality is causing platform fragmentation; Khronos is in a unique position to create a common set ...

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It was a busy autumn for Chaos Group

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Randall Newton

A €2 million VR partnership and a new rendering engine for Revit confirms leadership status in AEC visualization. The last ...

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OpenBOM updates visualization and CAD management

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Randall Newton

Using cloud technology to replace spreadsheets and paper for the Bill of Materials is a small but vital advance for ...

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NGCodec takes video codec to Amazon cloud

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Randall Newton

4K resolution for virtual and augmented reality video compression; only send pixels to the head mounted display. Video services start-up ...

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Autodesk revenue down 18% in third quarter

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Randall Newton

The warnings about lower revenue during business model transition are still true. AutoCAD business is in the cellar. By Randall ...

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Industry vendors join in new model based enterprise interoperability research project

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Randall Newton

Purdue University joins with Anark, ITI, Lockheed Martin, and others to increase the use of intelligent assets in 3D models. ...

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Graphisoft adds Google Cardboard support to BIMx architectural presentation app

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Randall Newton

Virtual reality for viewing the virtual building model. BIM software developer Graphisoft, maker of ArchiCAD and BIMx for architects, has ...

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Affinity Designer now available on Windows

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Randall Newton

A top seller on the Mac goes after Adobe Illustrator in a wider marketplace, offering speed, a rich feature set ...

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Graphics add-in board shipments up 9.2% in third quarter

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Randall Newton

In the past 12 months AMD has taken 11 points of market share from Nvidia. New market data from Jon ...