Greg Corke, Author at DEVELOP3D

IBM invests in a future without silicon chips

Posted by Greg Corke - July 10, 2014

IBM’s CMOS Integrated Silicon Nanophotonics chip technology integrates electrical and optical devices on the same piece of silicon, enabling chips to communicate using pulses of light (instead of electrical signals).…

WS and MSI unveil new ultraslim mobile workstation

Posted by Greg Corke - July 29, 2014

Workstation Specialists is expanding its mobile workstation range, courtesy of a brand new ultra slim machine from MSI – the Workstation Specialists WSM150S also known as the MSI WS60. It’s…

A peek inside Dell’s Precision Workstation labs

Posted by Greg Corke - August 4, 2014

In an eye-opening visit to Dell's headquarters in Round Rock, Texas, Greg Corke discovers some of the hidden lengths the company goes to, to deliver optimum performance and reliability in…

AMD extends 50% cash back offer on high end FirePro GPUs

Posted by Greg Corke - August 8, 2014

With its 16GB ultra high-end FirePro W9100 GPU AMD shows it is just as serious about compute as it is 3D graphics AMD has extended its FirePro Experience Cashback Program…

AMD unveils new FirePro GPUs and seeks professional CAD apps for its Mantle graphics API

Posted by Greg Corke - August 12, 2014

Today at Siggraph, AMD unveiled four new cards to complete its next generation family of professional FirePro GPUs based on the Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture. The company also unveiled…

Dell embraces Haswell-EP Xeon E5 CPUs with new Precision workstations

Posted by Greg Corke - August 12, 2014

In addition to launching new workstations, Dell has also extended the reach of its Dell Precision Performance Optimizer (DPPO) software to tune its machines for 3ds Max and Inventor Dell…

Dell to offer Teradici PCoIP workstation access software on Precision workstations

Posted by Greg Corke - August 12, 2014

Teradici made a name for itself in remote workstations thanks to hardware, both host and client side. The new PCoIP Workstation Access software, which is used instead of a host…

OTOY to put CAD in the cloud with X.IO app streaming service

Posted by Greg Corke - August 14, 2014

OTOY’s OctaneRender software running via X.IO App Streaming OTOY is hoping to establish itself as a key component supplier for ‘CAD-in the-cloud’, launching a new application virtualisation service for 3D…

SPEC pushes forward with new CAD-focused 3D benchmarks

Posted by Greg Corke - August 15, 2014

Fulmine Concept car from the SPECapc benchmark for SolidWorks 2013 SPEC’s application performance characterization (SPECapc) group, the non-profit organisation that develops application benchmarks for 3D graphics workstations, has introduced a…

AMD previews OpenCL ray trace renderer on Maya

Posted by Greg Corke - August 25, 2014

AMD’s new OpenCL ray trace rendering technology delivers photorealistic output in seconds using high-end FirePro GPUs inside Autodesk Maya Siggraph delivered a whole number of interesting new technologies this year.…