Greg Corke, Author at DEVELOP3D

CL3VER interactive 3D presentation tool to include real-time lightmap technology

Posted by Greg Corke - February 24, 2015

CL3VER, the cloud based platform for interactive 3D presentations, is to include a new WebGL GPU-based real-time lightmap technology in the upcoming 3.0 release. The technology is claimed to drastically…

SPECviewperf benchmark extended to measure 3D graphics performance for virtualised workstations

Posted by Greg Corke - February 26, 2015

SPECviewperf 12’s Catia viewset The latest 12.0.2 release of the SPECviewperf benchmark extends performance measurement from physical to virtualised workstation configurations. “Virtualisation is an incredibly impactful development in the workstation…

Workstation Specialists unveils Intel Xeon E5 2600 v3 render node

Posted by Greg Corke - February 27, 2015

Derby-based Workstation Specialists has updated its RS-R render node, a scalable, dedicated rack mounted rendering system. The 1U machine can now be powered by up to two Intel Xeon E5…

Dell unveils first virtual workstation appliance certified for CAD

Posted by Greg Corke - March 18, 2015

Dell is looking to take the pain out of workstation virtualisation with the new Dell Precision Appliance for Wyse, which it introduced today at Nvidia’s GTC event in San Jose.…

Nvidia delivers statement of intent for GPU rendering

Posted by Greg Corke - March 19, 2015

Nvidia says automotive manufacturers will be early adopters Nvidia is getting serious about interactive, physically-based rendering, which it delivers through its GPU-accelerated rendering software Iray. The big news coming out…

Samsung introduces compact M.2 and mSATA 850 EVO SSDs

Posted by Greg Corke - April 1, 2015

Samsung has taken its 2.5-inch 850 EVO Solid State Drive (SSD) and shrunk it down for both mSATA and M.2 form factors. The miniaturised drives, which can store up to…

MainFrame2 becomes Frame and allows engineers and designers to take CAD apps into the cloud

Posted by Greg Corke - April 2, 2015

Autodesk Inventor running in a web browser on the Frame cloud platform At DEVELOP3D LIVE last week, Mainframe2 changed its name to Frame and unveiled the public BETA of its…

The HP OMEN Pro mobile workstation: HP’s brand new Dell Precision M3800 killer?

Posted by Greg Corke - April 9, 2015

Not content with having four mobile workstations in its already packed portfolio, HP has now launched a fifth – the HP OMEN Pro Mobile Workstation, which looks set to go…

HP’s PageWide XL printers to print colour documents up to 60% faster than monochrome LED printers

Posted by Greg Corke - April 9, 2015

https://youtube.com/watch?v=QGP8hUpard4 It’s not often we get excited about large format printing but HP’s new PageWide XL printers, which can print up 30 A1 colour prints per minute, look to be…

AMD FireRender – a new physically correct material and rendering technology for professional

Posted by Greg Corke - May 19, 2015

AMD is going after a slice of the professional design visualisation market with its new GPU-optimised FireRender plug-in. The physically correct material and rendering technology, designed to deliver interactive ray…