Greg Corke, Author at DEVELOP3D

AMD set to change the rendering game with $999 16-core Ryzen Threadripper CPU

Posted by Greg Corke - August 10, 2017

AMD has launched Ryzen Threadripper, a new family of high-end desktop CPUs which feature up to 16 cores and cost under $1,000. This is massive news for users of rendering…

Samsung boosts performance of external SSD

Posted by Greg Corke - August 15, 2017

The blue model comes in 250GB and 500GB capacities while the deep black comes in 1TB and 2TB capacities Samsung has squeezed another 100MB/sec out of its external USB Solid…

Lenovo unveils new Xeon Scalable-based ThinkStation workstations

Posted by Greg Corke - September 12, 2017

ThinkStation P920 Lenovo has released details of two new high-end workstations that are due to ship in late October. The ThinkStation P920 and ThinkStation P720 feature two Intel Xeon Scalable…

HP Z Workstations redesigned for Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs

Posted by Greg Corke - September 13, 2017

The new look HP Z Workstation – the Z4, Z6 and Z8 HP has completely redesigned its desktop HP Z Workstation family, introducing three new machines that build on the look…

HP takes on Microsoft Surface Pro with detachable PC workstation with Nvidia Quadro pro graphics

Posted by Greg Corke - October 18, 2017

HP is taking on Microsoft in the detachable PC sector with the HP ZBook x2, a new CAD-optimised mobile workstation that it claims offers up to 73% more 3D performance…

AMD boosts performance in free SolidWorks renderer

Posted by Greg Corke - October 20, 2017

AMD has boosted the performance in Radeon ProRender, the company’s no cost physically-based rendering engine. The updated Radeon ProRender plug-in for SolidWorks is said to provide up to 14 percent…

Future realities – VR / AR / MR

Posted by Greg Corke - November 10, 2017

From the Fujitsu Forum in Munich Greg Corke reports on some exciting applications of VR/AR and MR as well as some innovations in the powerful workstations needed to run them.

Lenovo unveils Xeon W Series desktop workstations and new ultra-slim mobile workstation

Posted by Greg Corke - November 14, 2017

Lenovo ThinkStation P520 can host up to two Quadro P6000 GPUs for high-end Viz and VR Lenovo has announced two new single CPU desktop workstations as well as an ultra-portable…

IMSCAD and AMD to help smooth path to graphics virtualisation in the cloud

Posted by Greg Corke - January 5, 2018

Customers are able to test their own datasets and 3D CAD applications using AMD virtual GPUs in the cloud IMSCAD Global is teaming up with AMD to deliver a global…

VR-ready laptops to become thinner and lighter

Posted by Greg Corke - January 9, 2018

Intel shrinks processor by combining Intel Core CPU and AMD Radeon Vega GPU in a single package Powerful 3D laptops and 2-in-1s are set to become thinner and lighter (and…