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Nvidia updates CUDA programming platform for GPUs

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Randall Newton

New features aim to make better use of GPUs for scientific and engineering simulation. Nvidia today released a major update ...

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New filter uses on-screen curves to deliver finer level of color video control

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Randall Newton

Curve-based color adjustment available for Final Cut Pro, Motion, and After Effects Levels and Curves is a new filter pack ...

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Automated render farm power management saves studios money

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Randall Newton

Straightface Studios reduces idle time to less than 1%; Duber Studios saves 60% on power costs in a year with ...

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Processing air traffic pattern predictions in real time

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Randall Newton

Optimal Synthesis got a 250x speed improvement by turning to Nvidia graphics processing units. A research firm in Silicon Valley ...

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Software tools unfold the strange world of Bunraku

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Randall Newton

CG studio Origami Digital turns to LightWave, Maya, and Eyeon Fusion to bring director Guy Moshe’s vision to the big ...

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Adobe releases Lightroom 4 to beta

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Kathleen Maher

Imaging and management software for photo enthusiasts and professionals is hot. There are several strong new products coming to market ...

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MIT team invents cheap way to add 3D cameras to cellphones

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GfxS staff

A one-pixel pulse is tricked into decoding 3D data. Qualcomm is taking a close look. [Editor’s Note: A video explaining ...

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Lumatix Atrium Designer 2012 offers global illumination previews in milliseconds

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Randall Newton

As 3D modeling software has matured, most of the emphasis on visualization quality has gone to the final rendering. But ...

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Mashup 2.0: A new paradigm for professional graphics in 2012

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Randall Newton

It is time to rethink how we think about the future of graphics-based technologies. We are in transition from the ...

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The Nvidia Jen-Hsun Huang roadshow visits China

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Kathleen Maher

Nvidia takes the message of supercomputing on the desktop to the world’s hungriest market for advanced technology. Kathleen Maher reports ...