Greg Corke, Author at DEVELOP3D

Designers and engineers spoilt for choice as new Ivy Bridge Xeon workstations flood the market

Posted by Greg Corke - September 13, 2013

Lenovo brings the Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 to its exceedingly compact ThinkStation C30 With the release of the Intel Xeon E5-1600 v2 and Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 processors the floodgates…

Samsung claims industry’s first 1TB mSATA SSD

Posted by Greg Corke - December 10, 2013

Ideal for boosting storage in mobile workstations, the 1TB Samsung 840 EVO mSATA SSD is only 3.85mm thick and weighs 8.5 grams. Samsung has shrunk down its 840 EVO Solid…

New reach for SPECviewperf 12, the professional 3D benchmarking tool

Posted by Greg Corke - December 19, 2013

The new Autodesk Showcase viewset SPECviewperf 12, the 3D graphics benchmark based on professional applications, includes fully updated viewsets representing PTC Creo, Catia, Siemens NX, and SolidWorks), plus a new…

Citrix sets sights on 115 million users of CAD and CAD data

Posted by Greg Corke - December 20, 2013

Citrix XenDesktop with HDX 3D Pro is one of the key technologies used with Dell’s Precision R7610 rack workstation. Citrix reckons there are 15 million CAD users and another 100…

Factory simulation tool focuses on energy cost reduction

Posted by Greg Corke - January 2, 2014

From this lathe workshop to material inspection and fish filleting, Eco3D has a broad range of applications. CyberPharm is targeting factories and production lines with its Eco3D Professional software that…

HP adds touch to its Z1 G2 all-in-one workstation

Posted by Greg Corke - January 8, 2014

The new HP Z1 G2 features a touch screen but make sure your 3D software makes the most of the tech. HP wants designers, engineers and managers to get ‘hands…

Scan offers free test drive of Nvidia Tesla K20 workstation

Posted by Greg Corke - January 28, 2014

Scan’s 3XS GW-MAX X1 – Nvidia Maximus Certified workstation features the Nvidia Quadro K4000 GPU and Nvidia Tesla K20 GPU compute board. Scan is offering its customers the chance to…

Nvidia helps Ansys deliver GPU-accelerated CFD Fluent solver

Posted by Greg Corke - February 12, 2014

Nvidia Tesla GPUs can be found in servers, clusters and workstations Users of Ansys Fluent 15.0 users can now use Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs) alongside CPUs to speed up…

Dell targets standard laptop users with ‘affordable’ Precision M2800 mobile CAD workstation

Posted by Greg Corke - March 7, 2014

Initial specs of the Dell Precision M2800 Dell is looking to tap into the entry-level mobile workstation market with its new Precision M2800, unveiled today in Austin, Texas. With prices…

Nvidia unveils Iray VCA, an 8 GPU device for ray trace rendering

Posted by Greg Corke - March 25, 2014

Ray trace rendering in near real time: 19 Nvidia Iray VCA devices used together to slice through a complex Honda engineering model Nvidia has unveiled a dedicated ray-trace rendering box…