Greg Corke is DEVELOP3D’s Managing Editor and resident workstation specialist. There’s nothing he likes more than putting the latest kit through its paces in 3D design, visualisation and simulation tools… well, there’s always travel, cooking, music and Arsenal as well.
ATI has just unveiled a brand new high-performance graphics card called the FireGL V7700. But what’s so interesting about that I hear you ask? Well, apart from delivering some impressive…
It’s been a long time coming, but HP has finally released a Blade Workstation solution specifically designed for the MCAD market. The concept is that you run all your CAD/CAM/CAE…
It’s not often I get animated about printing, but when I first saw Oce’s new CrystalPoint technology in action on YouTube recently I was genuinely excited – so much so…
SPECviewperf is a worldwide standard for assessing graphics performance. It’s easy to use, freely downloadable and doesn’t require a design software license to run. It uses datasets from a variety…
ESI Group is driving the industry trend to give order to the seemingly endless pit that is becoming enterprise CAE data. The simulation specialist announced today that it will enhance…
They say computers stifle creative talent, but in Erik Nordenankar’s crazy little Swedish mind the computer – in this instance a GPS in a briefcase – is the driving force…
Bentley Systems and McNeel and Associates both recently announced new modelling tools which are primarily designed for architects. This wouldn’t normally be of interest to DEVELOP3D, but there’s increasing trend…
Blade Workstations are exactly like standard workstations – insofar as they run desktop CAD/CAM/CAE applications, perform complex calculations and offer powerful 3D graphics – but instead of sitting under an…