In a fast-paced game, players won’t be able to tell the difference. In their January 2022 driver update, Nvidia added an option to allow end users to add ray tracing-like quality to their games through the Nvidia game filters option and Screen Space Ray Traced Global Illumination (SSRTGI). SSRTGI, screen-space ambient occlusion, and dynamic depth of field filters allow … [Read more...] about Nvidia offers ray tracing like software filters for non-RT games
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CES 2022 highlights: AMD, Intel, Nvidia, Qualcomm
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
Done with ’21, what’s new for ’22
2021 was an uneventful year for GPUs and AIBs. Neither AMD nor Nvidia introduced a new GPU architecture, and only released AIBs based on derivatives of their 2020 GPUs. It will be mid-February before we get the final results, but we estimate the desktop PCs will hit 117 million, notebooks 297 million, workstations 3.5 million, and tablets 170 million units in … [Read more...] about Done with ’21, what’s new for ’22
Nvidia’s Q3 FY22 results
Revenue $7.1 billion, up 50% from a year earlier, profit up 84% to $2.46 billion. Nvidia's Q3’21 earnings report continues the company’s revenue gains and sets another record. For the third quarter ended October 31, 2021, the company reported sales of $7.1 billion, up 50% from a year earlier and up 9.2% from the previous quarter, with record revenue from the company’s … [Read more...] about Nvidia’s Q3 FY22 results
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
Nvidia’s Q2 FY22 results
Revenue of $6.52 billion, up 68% from a year earlier, profit up 282% to $2.3 billion. The company again reported record revenue gains. For the second quarter ended July 30, 2021, the company reported sales of $6.51 billion, up 68% from a year earlier and up 15% from the previous quarter, with record revenue from the company’s Gaming, Data Center, and Professional Visualization … [Read more...] about Nvidia’s Q2 FY22 results
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
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
Nvidia’s new supercomputer Cambridge-1 aims to accelerate U.K. healthcare research with AI and simulation
By Neil Leavitt Santa Clara, California-based Nvidia Corporation recently launched Cambridge-1—the United Kingdom’s most powerful supercomputer—to fully harness the capabilities of AI and simulation. The move is expected to accelerate the digital biology revolution, targeting diseases and propelling the life sciences industry in exciting new directions. Cambridge-1 will … [Read more...] about Nvidia’s new supercomputer Cambridge-1 aims to accelerate U.K. healthcare research with AI and simulation
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?