August 7, 2012, Siggraph, Los Angeles—We talked with Zoran Veselic from Christie about their HoloStation. The system is intended for scientific visualization and simulation where interactive immersion is needed. This is a four projector personal-sized CAVE (Computer Assisted Virtual Environment) for users who need a smaller environment than the traditional caves, which are the size [...]
August 8, 2012, Siggraph, Los Angeles—We talked with Barthold Lichtenbelt from Nvidia and Khronos at their 20th anniversary celebration. In addition to looking at their accomplishments in the past two decades, they continue to drive open standards into the industry. The latest releases include OpenGL ES 3.0, OpenGL 4.3, texture compression for both Open GL [...]
August 8. 2012, Siggraph, Los Angles—We talked with Larry Paul from Christie about high frame rate projectors for cinema. The changes in projection will be as significant as those from film to digital, and will focus on perceived image resolution. This transition is being driven by the oncoming changes in cinema from 2k to 4k [...]
August 8. 2012, Siggraph, Los Angeles—The Jon Peddie Research organization presented some research findings on the growth of hardware for the computer graphics markets. After the presentation, a short panel discussed the impact of multi-core processors on their graphics work. Although growth has been uneven, it has been averaging over $10B per decade, and seems [...]
August 7, 2012, Siggraph, Los Angeles—We talked with Adam Glick from AMD about their accelerated processor products. The new integrated processors can accelerate the workflows for graphics workers by offering high performance at low power. AMD is positioning the latest chip as the first part in this next generation of computing. The entry-level workstation platform, [...]
July 2012 – We had a chance to meet with the folks from Smart Storage and tour their domestic prototype and special products manufacturing facility in Newak, CA that they share with parent company Smart Modular. The enterprise storage supplier recently split from the parent company to a new facility due to their high growth [...]
July 2012 – With the rise of PCIe interface peripherals, especially in the industrial marketplace, Samtec introduced a new optical fiber solution for extended distances to suppliment the current copper based extension technology. The products have been submitted and has been approved by the PCI SIG as part of their standard. The cabling supports a [...]
July 2012 – In a recent press tour we had a chance to meet with new Exar CEO Lou DiNardo at the company’s bay area headquarters. After time most recently at Xicor and Intersil, he is taking on the challenge of turning around the 40 year old semiconductor company. The company has over 4,000 parts [...]
