Greg Corke, Author at DEVELOP3D

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.…

SolidWorks, 3ds Max or any other 3D tool coming to your Chromebook soon?

Posted by Greg Corke - August 26, 2014

SolidWorks running with VMware on a Chromebook. VMware, NVIDIA and Google are working together to deliver high-performance virtual desktops and workstation-class graphics to Google Chromebooks. The technology will allow any…

DEVELOP3D’s art director, Rob Biddulph, publishes first picture book – Blown Away

Posted by Greg Corke - August 28, 2014

If you read DEVELOP3D magazine we hope you’ve enjoyed the wonderful designs and illustrations of Rob Biddulph. Remember the Zombie inspired Death of SolidWorks or any one of these glorious…

Forget mobile Core i7, this mobile workstation from Eurocom sports a desktop 12-core Xeon processor

Posted by Greg Corke - August 29, 2014

The Eurocom Panther 5: like no other mobile workstation we’ve seen before Most mobile workstations peak at four CPU cores, but what if you want a mobile powerhouse for ray…

Nvidia Quadro professional 3D graphics review extended with hands on testing of K4200 and K5200

Posted by Greg Corke - September 1, 2014

The double height Nvidia Quadro K5200 nestled inside our Scan 3XS GW-HT10 test machine Last month we put the Nvidia Quadro K2200 (4GB) through its paces, one of five new…

HP delivers Gen2 ZBook 15 and ZBook 17 mobile workstations with new CPUs and Z Turbo PCIe SSD

Posted by Greg Corke - September 8, 2014

In addition to new desktop workstation, HP has also introduced Gen2 versions of its ZBook 15 and ZBook 17 mobile workstations. There’s no change to the industrial design or form…

HP unveils new Haswell Xeon E5 v3 workstations – the Z440, Z640, Z840

Posted by Greg Corke - September 8, 2014

HP has refreshed its desktop Z Workstation line up with three new machines built around Intel’s brand new Haswell-EP Xeon E5 v3 series CPUs and new professional GPUs from AMD…

Intel’s new Haswell-based Xeon E5 v3 processor boasts up to 18 cores in a single CPU

Posted by Greg Corke - September 8, 2014

Dual CPU workstations can now have a whopping 36 cores and 72 threads Intel has launched its next generation Xeon chip, the Haswell-based Xeon E5 v3 series. Dell, HP, Lenovo…

NaviSite introduces Desktop-as-a-Service solution for 3D CAD

Posted by Greg Corke - September 9, 2014

NaviSite’s Desktop as a Service (DaaS) solution is optimised for 3D graphical workloads by using Nvidia GRID technology. NaviSite is hoping to entice design and engineering firms into the world…