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macOS Mojave to Include Support for HTC Vive Pro

by Andrew Fenn

Mojave, the next major update for MacOS, will include plug-and-play support for HTC Vive Pro, a collaboration between Apple, HTC and Steam. Current Mac systems lack the power for VR functions — even the …

Tags:AR/VR| GPUs| HTC| iOS (Apple)| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 24

 Intel Confirms Plan for Discrete Graphics Cards

by Bob Raikes

There was a flurry of activity in personnel, with staff moving between Intel and AMD some months ago and now Intel has confirmed plans to enter the discrete graphics card market in 2020, after …

Tags:AMD| GPUs| Intel| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 23

Rumour: New Nvidia GPUs to Feature HDMI 2.1 Connectivity

by Andrew Fenn

Nvidia’s new GPU product range — based on its new Turing GPU architecture and scheduled for release later this year — is rumoured to include support for HDMI 2.1 connectivity, which can provide far …

Tags:Back Panel| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 25 - Issue 23

ARM VPU Mali-V76 Has 8K Support

by Milos Pavlovic

Arm has announced new CPU, a GPU and a VPU design for video processing. The Cortex A-76 is claimed to be 35% faster and 40% more power efficient than last year’s designs and the …

Tags:Arm| Chips| CPUs| GPUs| Mobile Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 25 - Issue 21

JPR: GPU Market Saw Year-on-Year Growth in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

A new report from Jon Peddie Research finds the cryptocurrency market is continuing to influence the PC graphics market, though its influence is waning. The report found that year-on-year total GPU shipments increased 3.4% …

Tags:GPUs| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 20

Ekioh Launches Multithreaded HTML Browser

by Andrew Fenn

UK software company Ekioh has unveiled Flow, a multithreaded HTML browser specifically designed for multi-core processors that claims to deliver a vastly improved user experience, with layout and animation performance said to be more …

Tags:GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Software| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Architecture Firm Announces GPU Webinar with Chaos and Nvidia

by Andrew Fenn

Architecture firm Woods Bagot will host a live webinar alongisde Nvidia and Chaos Group, on May 15th at 9 am PT. The webinar will explore Woods Bagot’s journey to GPU rendering with Chaos’ V-Ray …

Tags:Back Panel| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| ray tracing| Vol 25 - Issue 17

Taiwan Graphics Card Shipments Plummet as Cryptocurrency Boom Wanes

by Andrew Fenn

Shipments among Taiwan’s graphics card manufacturers are set to decline by over 40% month-on-month, according to Digitimes, due to a sharp drop in demand for cryptocurrency mining hardware witnessed earlier this month. The publication’s …

Tags:GPUs| Graphics Cards| Large Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 16

JPR: AMD is Number-One Gaming Graphics Platform (on x86 Devices)

by Andrew Fenn

Jon Peddie Research says that, taking into account all x86-based PCs and gaming consoles, 53% of gamers are now playing on systems powered by AMD Radeon graphics, in spite of the fact that Nvidia …

Tags:AMD| Back Panel| Game Playing| GPUs| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 25 - Issue 16| xBox

Nvidia GPU Enables Photo Matching

by Bob Raikes

A group of scientists has developed an algorithm for Nvidia GPUs called FastPhotoStyle that will copy the style from one photograph to another. The results are surprisingly good and the algorithm is said to …

Tags:Back Panel| Digital Photography| GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| Vol 25 - Issue 12

Nvidia and Microsoft Team for Real Time Ray Tracing

by Bob Raikes

Ray tracing in real time has long been the ‘holy grail’ of graphics engineers. Up to now, that has not been possible, although as we have reported, companies have worked on ray-tracing just the …

Tags:GPUs| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Nvidia| ray tracing| Vol 25 - Issue 11

JPR: Add-In Graphics Board Market Decreased Sequentially in 2017 Q4

by Andrew Fenn

According to Jon Peddie Research, the add-in graphics board market behaved seasonally in the fourth quarter of 2017, decreasing 4.6% sequentially. This figure is just below the seasonal ten-year average for the fourth quarter …

Tags:GPUs| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 08