by Bob Cramblitt Views of SPEC/GWPG members. Every day in their engineering jobs with leading OEMs and graphics card manufacturers, the representatives of the SPEC Graphics and Workstation Performance Group (SPEC/GWPG) assess the latest technologies designed to make their products run professional applications faster and more efficiently. In their role with … [Read more...] about A 5-year vision for workstation graphics performance
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Foundry Katana gets significant overhaul
Intel and Foundry ally to update Katana convert it to a multithreaded program. As a result, developers see performance improvements of 2×–30×. Katana, Foundry’s professional lighting and look development software is a powerful tool developed for cinematic and video production teams. As a procedural, asset-based tool, Katana enables people on a project to work with specific … [Read more...] about Foundry Katana gets significant overhaul
HP’s AIO-32: the ultimate all-in-one?
With the powered Display Port, and the HDMI out, you can drive external displays. HP has got everything right on this machine. HP has been a leader in all-in-one PCs and has introduced several innovative versions over the years including the Z-series. The Envy AIO-32 is one of, if not the biggest, they’ve introduced, and is ideal for any small living space, or on any desk … [Read more...] about HP’s AIO-32: the ultimate all-in-one?
AMD’s holiday gift to the Blender community
AMD to release an updated Radeon ProRender plug-in for Blender 2.81. AMD’s Radeon ProRender is a physically-based rendering engine that is built on Radeon Rays technology, which, AMD says, is a scalable ray tracing engine that uses open industry standards to harness GPU and CPU performance for swift, impressive results. Built on industry-standards, Radeon ProRender … [Read more...] about AMD’s holiday gift to the Blender community
Unity HDRP and all those rays
Software that enables jaw-dropping experiences. The latest release of Unity (2019.3) with High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP) is coming soon. HDRP, says Unity, focuses on optimizations that can render resource-intensive visuals while maintaining constant, steady frame rates. Creators can cut loose and make stunning projects without worrying about throttling graphics to … [Read more...] about Unity HDRP and all those rays