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2015 was …

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Jon Peddie

Amazing developments, shocking corporate changes, and a slowly recovering economy— what’s not to like? By Jon Peddie It’s that time ...

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Nvidia updates Iray plug-ins for Maya and 3ds Max

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Randall Newton

Gensler has been using the new technology for months on the design of Nvidia’s new Santa Clara headquarters. Nvidia has ...

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Aveva-Schneider Electric reverse merger is dead

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Randall Newton

It’s a Grinchy Christmas for the British plant engineering developer. The stock dropped 36% on the news. The reverse merger ...

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AMD GPUOpen offers developers access to its libraries and “metal”

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Jon Peddie

AMD embraces open source with game libraries and register data. A second release, the Boltzmann Initiative, supports high-performance applications. By Jon ...

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ODA Teigha update provides new clipping engine

BY
Randall Newton

As usual, the full list of improvements is long. Documentation is now aimed at generalists as well as developers. The ...

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Onshape moves to commercial release

BY
Randall Newton

A private beta begins today for its app store and API, as Onshape seeks to build a complete ecosystem around ...

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Startup Figma takes on Adobe in UI design

BY
Randall Newton

With $14 million in venture capital, Figma wants to be the Onshape of interface design. San Francisco startup Figma has ...

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Autodesk introduces Forge developer platform

BY
Kathleen Maher

Autodesk introduces Forge Initiative to accelerate its transition to the cloud.

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Siemens moves into application lifecycle management with Polarion acquisition

BY
Randall Newton

  The browser-based technology enhances will enhance Teamcenter as a PLM solution for system-driven product development. Siemens has acquired Polarion, ...

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11 myths of computer graphics

BY
Jon Peddie

Jon Peddie interviews himself for Electronic Design; taking on the limits of game physics, integrated graphics, and why 4K is not ...