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Khronos Group updates OpenCL

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Randall Newton

OpenCL is designed to empower graphics processing units for non-graphical computing. The additions to the consortium-driven Open Computing Language include ...

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Nvidia unveils Maximus to unlock a workstation’s full potential

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Randall Newton

New technology allows formerly sequential tasks such as design, analysis, and rendering to be processed simultaneously. Workstation manufacturers and leading ...

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Third quarter graphics chip shipments up 18.4%

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GfxS staff

Intel led the quarter with 36.5% growth, Nvidia had 30% growth, according to Jon Peddie Research.  Graphics chips and component ...

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Jon Peddie Research releases new report on Embedded Graphics Processors

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GfxS staff

The market dynamics created by EGPs are killing off Integrated Graphics Processors, not the newer GPUs. Jon Peddie Research has ...

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Jon Peddie Research publishes white paper on GPU market

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GfxS staff

The free analysis of the graphics processing unit market takes a close look at how the new generation of embedded ...

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We are Moore’s Law

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Jon Peddie

The good old days ended when graphic processing units (GPUs) stuck a rocket in the pocket of Moore’s Law. Now ...

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Review: AMD Cayman-generation FirePro V7900 and FirePro V5900

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Randall Newton

The graphics arm of AMD, what we once called ATI, is clearly on the rebound. Alex Herrera takes a close ...

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Nvidia Iray and GPUs supercharge Mercedes Benz visualizations

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Randall Newton

Freelance CG artist Jeff Patton went from one hour per rendering to eight minutes inside Autodesk 3ds Max. Jeff Patton ...

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AMD taps Optis for open ray-tracing

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Jon Peddie

The importance of highly realistic rendering drives both companies to work for a common goal of an open technology visualization ...

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Will Fusion propel AMD back into the workstation processor market?

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GfxS staff

It has been a rough few years for AMD as a player in workstations. But JPR senior analyst Alex Herrera ...