Greg Corke, Author at DEVELOP3D

SIGGRAPH 2013 #4: SPEC unveils Siemens NX 8.5 benchmark

Posted by Greg Corke - July 24, 2013

The new SPECapc NX 8.5 benchmark includes four models ranging in size from approximately 87MB to 347MB. So it turns out non-profit organisation SPEC isn’t quite finished with its SIGGRAPH…

HP expands Z family with new Z Workstations and Z Displays

Posted by Greg Corke - July 24, 2013

The new HP Z230 workstation is available in a tower or small form factor (SFF) HP’s workstation division just loves the letter ‘Z’, so much so that it has just…

Samsung hits 1TB with new 840 Evo SSD

Posted by Greg Corke - August 2, 2013

Available in a range of sizes up to 1TB in capacity the Samsung SSD 840 EVO brings Solid State Drives one step closer to the mainstream Solid State Drives (SSDs)…

New SimScale platform delivers simulation through a browser

Posted by Greg Corke - August 8, 2013

SimScale can simulate linear static behaviour, plus many other analysis capabilities for structural, fluid and thermodynamic. ‘SimScale‘ is a new browser-based engineering simulation platform that allocates ‘cloud’ computing resources on…

Dell to bring 3,200 x 1,800 res display to new mobile workstation

Posted by Greg Corke - August 8, 2013

The stylish Dell Precision M3800: a far cry from the days when Dell’s mobile workstations adopted a plastic consumer laptop chassis Dell is set to up the ante in mobile…

New videos guide product designers into the world of MODO

Posted by Greg Corke - August 9, 2013

MODO is big news in CGI, but its modelling, rendering and animation tools are also being lapped up by product designers. To help those that might not be familiar with…

What does Intel’s new ‘Ivy Bridge’ Xeon E5-2600 v2 mean for CAD/CAM/CAE?

Posted by Greg Corke - September 12, 2013

The new 12 core Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 should slash render times in ray tracing software like Luxion KeyShot. Model Credit: Christian (grabcad.com/christian-49) With the launch of the Intel Xeon…

Dell reveals more about slimline M3800 mobile workstation

Posted by Greg Corke - September 12, 2013

Dell Precision M3800 will comes with fourth gen Core i7, up to 16GB RAM, a choice of FHD or QHD+ multi touch screens and SSD or SSHD drives. Dell’s re-ignited…

Dell unveils new Ivy Bridge Xeon E5-2600 v2 workstations – T3610, T5610 and T7610

Posted by Greg Corke - September 13, 2013

The new Dell Precision T3610, T5610 and T7610 may look identical to their predecessors, but they include some interesting new technologies, particularly when it comes to storage. With Intel unveiling…

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…