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SpaceClaim rapid growth continues in 2011

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Randall Newton

110% license sales growth and another round of VC funding. Ford gives its seal of approval. We compare SpaceClaim to ...

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Stratasys posts record fourth quarter revenue, up 28%

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Randall Newton

Net income in 2011 was 119% higher than in 2010. High-end 3D printers for manufacturing continue to lead the way. ...

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Alan Kay to return as COFES keynote

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Randall Newton

Kay is the inventor of object-oriented programming and considered the father of portable computing. Now he wants to re-invent programming ...

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Cyon Research opens 2012 engineering software user survey

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Randall Newton

Annual survey explores the business outlook and technology plans of firms that use CAD, CAE, PDM, PLM, and BIM software. ...

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New augmented reality platforms jazz up mobile

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Kathleen Maher

Qualcomm’s Vuforia and HP’s Aurasma can make objects or the passing scene part of the mobile experience. By Kathleen Maher ...

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Lucid takes GPU virtualization to the cloud and beyond

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Jon Peddie

Intelligent real-time graphics flow can synchronize CPU and GPU output. By Jon Peddie Started in 2004 Lucid came out at ...

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New benchmark brings testing standards to OpenCL

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Randall Newton

Rightware says Basemark CL will improve all applications using GPUs for general purpose computation. Last year the Khronos Group introduced ...

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Geometric launches JT-based mobile viewer

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Randall Newton

Glovius runs on Windows, iOS, and Android; requires use of online conversion service. Small vendors are continuing to beat the ...

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Lattice extends XVL mobile viewing

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Randall Newton

New iXVL Player and iXVL Publisher go beyond iXVL View, offering a deeper dive into manufacturing data.   Digital mock-up ...

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Proficiency Collaboration Gateway adds Autodesk Inventor translator

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Randall Newton

Inventor is the first mid-range MCAD product to be supported by Collaboration Gateway. All parts, assemblies, and related data can ...