Greg Corke, Author at DEVELOP3D

AMD gets some GPU compute action with OpenCL compliant release of Abaqus 6.11

Posted by Greg Corke - September 6, 2011

With the new OpenCL compliant release, structural and multiphysics simulations in Abaqus 6.11 can now been accelerated using a wide range of non-proprietary hardware platforms Back in May 2011 Nvidia…

Dimension 3D Printing challenges students in Extreme Redesign contest

Posted by Greg Corke - September 9, 2011

Here’s a nice competition for budding designers. Dimension 3D printing from Stratasys is holding its eighth annual Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge whereby it encourages students to submit an innovative…

Solid State Drives (SSDs) starting to come of age in mobile workstations

Posted by Greg Corke - September 13, 2011

Dell Precision M6600: the first mobile workstation to feature 512GB SSDs Solid State Drives (SSDs) are now seriously rivalling mechanical drives in the mobile workstation space. Dell reckons it’s the…

Nvidia Maximus looks to bring order to GPU compute workflows for simulation and rendering

Posted by Greg Corke - November 14, 2011

Nvidia Maximus consists of a Quadro graphics card and a Tesla GPU compute board, tied together by a unified driver in a certified Nvidia Maximus workstation. Ecce Maximus (behold Maximus),…

AMD re-defines entry-level professional 3D graphics with AMD FirePro V4900

Posted by Greg Corke - November 15, 2011

The AMD FirePro V4900 may come in a small package, but is still capable of driving up to six displays thanks to AMD Eyefinity and DisplayPort 1.2 technology The AMD…

Dell demonstrates Siemens NX running on a remote rack workstation over LAN

Posted by Greg Corke - November 21, 2011

Dell Precision R5500: Workstation performance in a compact package, all managed remotely with a thin client on the desk If you happened to be in Seattle last week (sadly we…

Live from AU: Autodesk and Nvidia deliver cloud-based GPU rendering in 3ds Max with Project Pandora

Posted by Greg Corke - November 30, 2011

Project Pandora: cloud based rendering for 3ds Max using Nvidia GPUs Imagine being able to render models in a snap when all you own is a low powered PC, laptop…

SPEC/GWPG seeks applications and workloads for proposed workstation performance benchmark

Posted by Greg Corke - January 4, 2012

The Catia viewset used in SPECviewperf 11, could play a role in SPEC’s forthcoming workstation benchmark The Standard Performance Evaluation Corp (SPEC) is seeking help to develop a new workstation…

AMD FirePro V3900 promises plenty for those who want professional CAD certification on a budget

Posted by Greg Corke - February 7, 2012

Despite its diminutive size, the AMD FirePro V3900 should still offer plenty for entry-level CAD users. The battle at the low-end of the professional graphics card market is warming up.…

AMD teams up with PTC to help boost 3D graphics performance in Creo Parametric 2.0

Posted by Greg Corke - April 13, 2012

With Creo 2.0’s new Order Independent Transparency (OIT) setting AMD claims that users can experience 900% faster performance in 3D transparency with AMD FirePro professional graphics cards AMD has spent…