Greg Corke, Author at DEVELOP3D

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.

Khronos Group in push for VR standards

Posted by Greg Corke - December 8, 2016

Kronos Group is looking to define a common set of ‘open standard’ APIs for VR Industry Consortium, the Khronos Group, is leading a new initiative to define a common set…

First look: AMD Radeon ProRender for Cinema 4D and Blender

Posted by Greg Corke - December 9, 2016

Back in October Maxon announced that it had licensed AMD’s physically-based GPU rendering engine, Radeon ProRender. Today we caught a first glimpse of the software and even though it’s in…

AMD lifts lid on new 8-core Ryzen CPU for CAD & rendering

Posted by Greg Corke - December 13, 2016

CAD users who also rely on rendering software (such as KeyShot – pictured) should be interested in AMD’s forthcoming Ryzen CPU AMD is looking to take on Intel in a…

Dell launches VR Ready all-in-one workstation and companion sketch device

Posted by Greg Corke - January 16, 2017

Dell Precision 5720 all-in-one workstation pictured with Dell Canvas Dell has unveiled its first all-in-one (AIO) workstation, the Precision 5720, a 27-inch machine which should give some serious competition to…