Can you even believe an in-person CES happened? CES 2022 started the year out with a bang, staging an in-person event in that charming little burg in Nevada, However, several dozens of the biggest and smartest companies chose not to go share the air with the unknown, unwashed, and unvaccinated throngs populating the casinos. AMD, Intel, and Nvidia all held virtual … [Read more...] about CES 2022 highlights: AMD, Intel, Nvidia, Qualcomm
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Intel Q3 2021 results
Third-quarter GAAP revenue of $19.2 billion, up 5% year over year. Intel reported its third-quarter revenue had a strong recovery in the Enterprise portion of Data Center Group (DCG) and the Internet of Things Group (IOTG), which saw higher demand amid recovery from the economic impacts of COVID-19. The Client Computing Group (CCG) was down due to lower notebook volumes … [Read more...] about Intel Q3 2021 results
Apple rolls out the chips—M1 Pro and Max
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 Intel and on to their own Arm-based family of chips. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, says the company is a year into a two-year transition that started with the all-Apple M1 SoC. Now Apple has revealed its … [Read more...] about Apple rolls out the chips—M1 Pro and Max
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
The case for desktop workstations
By Neal Leavitt Jon Peddie Research (JPR) recently reported that the overall workstation market volume in Q1’21 grew about 27.7% YoY, a milestone for workstation sales. The strong rebound in workstation shipments was no surprise, as positive signs regarding the pandemic by mid-quarter (in the US and EMEA particularly), along with successful deployment of vaccines (though … [Read more...] about The case for desktop workstations
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gets Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award by Asian American Engineer of the Year
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been honored with the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award at the 19th Asian American Engineer of the Year Award and Conference ceremony that took place virtually on July 18, 2021. The AAEOY Award is a prestigious program that pays particular tribute to the STEM professionals of Asian heritage for their technical achievements, leadership, and … [Read more...] about Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang gets Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award by Asian American Engineer of the Year
What happened this year in GPU land?
Nothing as we know it has been, or will be, the same. The year started with uncertainty and half-way in, things still haven’t settled down; maybe they never will. Nvidia kept introducing new GPUs and AIBs. Its Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) has given the company an edge with dedicated hardware accelerated ray tracing. They kept making ray tracing more compelling … [Read more...] about What happened this year in GPU land?
Nvidia’s Q1 FY22 results
The company’s revenue is $5.66 billion, up 84% from a year earlier, profit up 109% to $1.9 billion. Nvidia the company that makes the most sought-after GPUs, reported an 84% increase in sales last quarter. The company reported record revenue for the first quarter ended May 2, 2021, of $5.66 billion, up 84 percent from a year earlier and up 13 percent from the previous … [Read more...] about Nvidia’s Q1 FY22 results
Khronos standardizes texture compression in KTX 2.0
The democratization of the texture zoo means textures take up less space and can be automatically uncompressed at runtime. Over the years of computer graphics, stretching back to Ed Catmull’s pioneering 1974 paper that introduced the concept of subdivision, wrapping, and unwrapping, the CG industry has been trying to find ways to make texture mapping faster and more efficient … [Read more...] about Khronos standardizes texture compression in KTX 2.0
Intel Q1 2021 results
Q1 revenue $19.7 billion, down 1% YoY, $1.1 billion above expectations. First-quarter revenue exceeded Intel’s January guidance by $1.1 billion, said the company, led by continued strong PC demand. PC unit volumes were up 38% YoY, and notebook volumes set a new Intel record. The company also saw an initial recovery of Enterprise and Government sales in the Data Center … [Read more...] about Intel Q1 2021 results