Greg Corke, Author at DEVELOP3D

AMD developing free physically-based rendering plug-in for SolidWorks

Posted by Greg Corke - July 28, 2016

Radeon ProRender should soon be accessible directly inside the SolidWorks viewport SolidWorks is the latest 3D application to be targeted by AMD with its physically-based rendering engine. The company revealed…

Expedition Z competition challenges designers to redefine life on the International Space Station

Posted by Greg Corke - August 10, 2016

NASA Tech Briefs and HP are challenging engineers, designers, architects and high education students from France, Germany and the UK to redefine the life of astronauts aboard the International Space…

Samsung raises performance and capacity bar with new 2TB NVMe SSD

Posted by Greg Corke - October 12, 2016

The Samsung 960 PRO offers lightning fast performance in capacities up to 2TB Samsung is squeezing more performance and capacity out of its NVMe Solid State Drive (SSD) technology with…

Scan introduces HTC Vive Business Edition alongside new Nvidia ‘VR Ready’ workstations

Posted by Greg Corke - October 24, 2016

The HTC Vive Business Edition, a pro focused version of the ‘room scale’ Virtual Reality (VR) headset, is now available exclusively in the UK through custom workstation manufacturer Scan. Key…

AMD Radeon ProRender to be made available in Cinema 4D

Posted by Greg Corke - October 28, 2016

Cinema4D users will be able to implement AMD’s Radeon ProRender technology MAXON is the latest software developer to license AMD’s Radeon ProRender physically-based rendering technology. The GPU optimised renderer has…

Microsoft enters workstation market with new machines for sketch and 3D CAD

Posted by Greg Corke - October 28, 2016

//giphy.com/embed/Gkhq1Xe83SOrK Microsoft has launched two new ‘Surface’ machines that are capable of running 3D CAD software, including Siemens NX and SolidWorks. This includes the Surface Studio, a desktop ‘workstation’ with…

Apple beefs up 3D graphics for CAD on new MacBook Pro with AMD Radeon Pro

Posted by Greg Corke - October 28, 2016

//giphy.com/embed/i5iitsrSsAepq Apple has a shiny new MacBook Pro, available in 13-inch and 15-inch models. It’s the lightest and thinnest ever and has a better, brighter, Retina display, as one would…

AMD makes aggressive play for professional VR with $799 Radeon Pro WX7100 GPU

Posted by Greg Corke - November 7, 2016

Pro VR is a key target market for the new AMD Radeon Pro WX7100 AMD is looking to shake up the professional Virtual Reality (VR) graphics market, revealing today that…

First look: HP Z2 Mini – the workstation that you can hold in one hand

Posted by Greg Corke - November 15, 2016

The HP Z2 Mini in the flesh Small Form Factor (SFF) workstations already dominate the workstation market, but HP has gone one step further with a new mini workstation called…

Review: AMD Radeon Pro WX7100 GPU

Posted by Greg Corke - November 18, 2016

With breakthrough pricing and a single slot form factor, AMD is helping break down the barriers to VR with its new high-end workstation GPU.