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Fri, 9 May 2008 10:29:00 GMT

SID features '3D in cinema' update

MANHASSET, N.Y. ? Three-dimensional technologies will be probed at the Society for Information Display (SID) conference this year. Several 3D versions of recent films such as Beowulf have generated record-breaking, per-screen averages in 3D theaters,
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:29:00 GMT

Analysis: 3DLabs takes massive parallelism to portable video

Traditionally, massively parallel, multicore chips are usually aimed for high-performance line-powered applications, like WiMAX base stations or desktop video processing. But 3DLabs is headed in a different direction. The fabless chip company offers a
Fri, 9 May 2008 10:28:00 GMT

Autodesk Completes Acquisition of Kynogon SA

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Fri, 9 May 2008 10:12:00 GMT

Autodesk Acquires Assets of REALVIZ, Developer of Image-Based Content Creation Software

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Fri, 9 May 2008 10:11:00 GMT

McGraw-Hill Construction Extends Building Product Content to Millions of Autodesk Designers

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Fri, 9 May 2008 10:11:00 GMT

Autodesk Executive Chairman Carol Bartz to Present at Baird Growth Stock Conference

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Fri, 9 May 2008 10:10:00 GMT

CADnection Announces Integrated Support for Autodesk DWF files in SharePoint

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Fri, 9 May 2008 10:11:00 GMT

Superior 3D functionality provides the cornerstone of an award winning '60s addition

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Fri, 9 May 2008 10:10:00 GMT

3D Parts Integrated on Carbon-nanotube Wafer

Yosuke Ogasawara, Nikkei Electronics National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) manufactured integrated 3D carbon-nanotube components by using single-layer carbon nanotubes. A 'carbon-nanotube wafer' developed by densely
Fri, 9 May 2008 09:34:00 GMT

Autodesk Closes Kynogon Acquisition

Autodesk Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Kynogon SA, the privately held maker of Kynapse artificial intelligence middleware. Kynapse has been used to develop more than 65 big game titles, including Alone in the Dark 5,
Fri, 9 May 2008 09:26:00 GMT

Microsoft orders 65nm Xbox 360 graphics chip

Claims the next incarnation of the Xbox 360's internal workings is due to begin being built into the console in August appear to be on track. Microsoft was this week said to have placed orders with chip and motherboard makers. According to a Taiwanese
Fri, 9 May 2008 08:50:00 GMT

More skirmishing breaks out on the AutoCAD front

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Fri, 9 May 2008 08:43:00 GMT

NVIDIA nForce 780a SLI Motherboard Round-Up, Asus, MSI

- by Marco Chiappetta in Motherboards It is hard to believe that it has been almost two full years since NVIDIA released a new flagship chipset for the AMD platform. Since the nForce 590i SLI's official release in May of 2006, NVIDIA has introduced a
Fri, 9 May 2008 08:41:00 GMT

Nvidia Makes Available Hybrid SLI Graphics Technology.

Nvidia Corp., the No. 1 supplier of discrete graphics processing units (GPUs), on Tuesday once again unveiled its Hybrid SLI technology designed to boost performance of low-end graphics sub-systems as well as save energy in cases of high-end graphics
Fri, 9 May 2008 08:40:00 GMT

EVGA Begins to Sell Graphics Adapters for USB.

EVGA, a leading supplier of graphics cards, this week said it had begun to sell USB graphics adapters (UGAs) for personal computers (PCs) that can be plugged directly to USB connectors and do not require any spare PCI Express or PCI slots. The new
Fri, 9 May 2008 08:39:00 GMT

Nvidia Admits Issues with Product Naming Scheme.

Just about a week after re-branding its GeForce 8800 GS into GeForce 9600 GSO, Nvidia Corp., admitted that its product lineup was too confusing for consumers because of its model numbering scheme. But while the top supplier of discrete graphics
Fri, 9 May 2008 08:38:00 GMT

The Solaris 10 OS and Mentor Graphics Software

A Winning Combination for EDA Settings Find out how Mentor Graphics utilizes Sun platforms for application development and how Sun, in turn, utilizes Mentor Graphics software for the creation of hardware designs in a Sun white paper. Over the course of
Fri, 9 May 2008 08:35:00 GMT

Autodesk Acquires 3D Software Provider Realviz

By accessing research on this web site you are accepting Datamonitor's Terms and Conditions of Use CAD/CAM, PLM, and visualization technology provider Autodesk has acquired content-creation software provider Realviz for an undisclosed sum to strengthen
Fri, 9 May 2008 08:24:00 GMT

NASA ditches Itanic for new Xeon-based SGI giant

NASA has once again turned to SGI for a massive supercomputer. The two organizations announced today that SGI will build a whopping 20,480-core system for NASA Ames in Mountain View, California. The giant will run on four-core versions of Intel's Xeon
Fri, 9 May 2008 07:56:00 GMT

Nvidia paid the right amount for 3dfx, court affirms

Here's a blast from the past: graphics card maker 3dfx. The long defunct brandname - once the acme of computer graphics - briefly rose from the dead this month when erstwhile shareholders' failed to get $100m out of Nvidia. Nvidia, long-term Register
Fri, 9 May 2008 07:53:00 GMT

NVidia considers an across-the-board overhaul of its marketing strategy

To help casual consumers who may not be able to track every code name and official product launch, GPU maker NVidia now says it's considering plans to simplify its product range. The news comes from the company's Vice President of Business Content Roy
Fri, 9 May 2008 07:51:00 GMT

Earnings roundup: Nvidia, Dynegy

May 8, from AP Financial News: SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- Graphic chip maker Nvidia Corp. said Thursday its first-quarter profit rose 34 percent, but missed analyst estimates. HOUSTON (AP) -- Dynegy Inc. swung to a first-quarter loss as surging power
Fri, 9 May 2008 07:47:00 GMT

Apple offering fastest graphics ever in its iMac systems

Most of the product rumours surrounding Apple in 2008 have been related to the expected 3G iPhone this summer. However, some rumours have been circulating over the last few weeks that Apple was updating its line of iMac computers. Apple confirmed these
Fri, 9 May 2008 07:45:00 GMT

NVIDIA Hybrid SLI and HybridPower Benchmarked and Explained

NVIDIA Hybrid SLI and HybridPower Written By: Nathan Kirsch - NVIDIA Goes Hybrid To Boost Power Savings NVIDIA Hybrid SLI, based on NVIDIAâ??s SLI technology, allows users to manage the performance and power-saving features of multiple, NVIDIA
Fri, 9 May 2008 07:36:00 GMT

ArtZone 3D character set: Ninja Setsuko

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Fri, 9 May 2008 07:01:00 GMT

Former Pixar CFO Might Face Charges Of Stock Option Abuse

The ASSOCIATED PRESS is reporting former Pixar CFO Ann Mather is facing a possible legal battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission for alleged mishandling of stock options, according to documents filed Monday in San Francisco. Mather was CFO
Fri, 9 May 2008 06:32:00 GMT

Nvidia's Q1 revenue topped $1.15 billion

The not necessarily jolly green graphics giant of Santa Clara , Nvidia has finally announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. In the three month period that ended on April 27 Nvidia has seen its revenues reach $1.15
Fri, 9 May 2008 06:25:00 GMT

Intermap Technologies Completes 3D Digital Mapping Data Collection for Western Europe

Intermap Technologies Completes 3D Digital Mapping Data Collection for Western WIMAX.TMCnet.com Coming May 2008 ITEXPO West begins in: : Columnists: TMCnet TMCnet Columnists
Fri, 9 May 2008 06:14:00 GMT

PDF3D adds unified 3D file conversion in latest release

PDF3D has released PDF3D-SDK 1.5 which adds a new unified 3D file conversion architecture with wider support for more interface types. 'Version 1.5 has many features requested by developers using 3D PDF functionality to their applications,' noted Ian
Fri, 9 May 2008 06:07:00 GMT

Hardware Roundup: NVIDIA 780a SLI Edition

When manufacturers' release product for review they are often held under non-disclosure agreements until a given release date. Once those NDAs expire the flurry of reviews makes for some interesting reading. Such is the case with the NVIDIA 780a SLI
Fri, 9 May 2008 05:52:00 GMT