Archives for AMD
AMD Intros new macOS versions of Radeon ProRender—Plugins for Maya and Blender
AMD releases significant new rendering technology for the Apple Mac platform—with final release of Radeon ProRender for macOS utilizing support for Apple’s Metal 2 technology and qualified hardware.
SIGGRAPH 2017 — Detailed Show Reports on Computer Graphics Conference and Expo
At this year’s SIGGRAPH show returned to Los Angeles, the show gained momentum in the midst of the burgeoning VR/AR explosion happening across various 3D industries as well as foundational shifts happening at the developer level as game engines grow more important and low-level graphics APIs bloom further. Lurking in the background of this year’s SIGGRAPH is AMD’s resurgence as well as Apple’s promised return to pro markets at the workstation level.
SIG: SIGGRAPH 2017—The First Couple Days
Here is a preview of SIGGRAPH coverage to come. This small report from Akiko Ashley highlights a few items from her extensive show coverage, forthcoming.
Will Apple Forego Intel?—Why AMD’s New RYZEN Chips Look Smart for Future Macs
Apple’s Mac design philosophy change hasn’t been lost on the company’s pro users. AMD’s new RYZEN 7 CPUs look to promise more computing muscle per watt than Intel and offer a nicer philosophical fit for Apple. The 1700, in particular, is ideal for a future Mac Pro.
Maxon Taps AMD Radeon ProRender Technology for CINEMA 4D
OpenCL provides the platform agnostic architecture for AMD’s Radeon ProRender physically-based GPU rendering engine.
Nvidia Job Posting for Mac Software Engineer Points To GPU Return and OpenCL Push for Apple
Nvidia looks to be playing a key role in future Macs—new Nvidia Mac OS X centric job posts indicate Apple may be moving away from AMD in favor of what Nvidia is doing with AI with GPU compute.
VRLA Summer Expo — Apple Essentially Missing in Action from VR Market
Where is Apple in the VR revolution? VRLA certainly didn’t provide any clues or evidence of why the largest technology company on earth is a no-show in the world of VR.
SIG: Learning about AMD’s Radeon Pro WX Graphics Card Debut
AMD released some exciting news at SIGGRAPH last week about new Radeon Pro WX graphics cards, aimed at democratizing high-end graphics workloads with lower prices and higher performance.
SIG: Final Complete Siggraph 2015 Event Photos & Notes
Our complete Siggraph 2015 gallery, compliments of Akiko Ashley who covered the show in detail in an earlier report.
The Mac Pro: So what’s a D300, D500 and D700 anyway? We have answers
We have more details on the new Mac Pro D300, D500 and D700, including their architecture class
JPR analysts see AMD inside new Mac Pro as evidence of market share advancement on Nvidia
JPR analyst sees new Mac Pro as evidence that AMD’s new aggressive strategies to win market share in the workstation market from Nvidia are starting to work
SIG: Pictures from the SIGGRAPH 2013 Show Floor – Part 1
We have pictures from the SIGGRAPH 2013 show floor with accompanying notes on releases
Is a 5 GHz iMac coming for next Christmas? AMD has the goods, Apple may bite
Will Apple be tempted to shift to AMD if a new GHz race emerges between the two main chip producers?
Notes on the New Mac Pro – Details We Now Know
We review many of the issues that remain on pro users minds as they contemplate the new Mac Pro
Nemetschek, Maxon and AMD announced Global Design Competition
Nemetschek Vectorworks and Maxon partner again on global design competition, open to both students and professionals.
