Hardware

Choosing a new monitor

Posted by DEVELOP3D - February 11, 2009

LCD monitors have advanced greatly in recent years and capabilities vary from model to model.…

Hardware

AMD Phenom II X4 processor

Posted by Greg Corke - February 13, 2009

In the January edition of DEVELOP3D we had a first look at Intel's new Core…

Hardware

AMD Phenom II X4 processor

Posted by Greg Corke - February 24, 2009

Back in 2005 the workstation sector was all about AMDand its Opteron CPU. At that…

Hardware

Intel Core i7 Processor

Posted by Greg Corke - February 24, 2009

The big news at the tail end of last year was the launch of Intel’s…

Simulation

Blue Ridge looks to cluster technology to boost CFD performance

Posted by Greg Corke - February 26, 2009

Despite the emergence of multiple CPU cores in individual workstations (the standard is now 4…

Hardware

Apple first out of the blocks with new generation Xeon (Nehalem) processor

Posted by Greg Corke - March 5, 2009

This week Apple lifted the lid on Intel’s new Xeon processor, way in advance of…

Hardware

Design tools on the Apple Mac

Posted by DEVELOP3D - March 12, 2009

It’s been brewing for years, but finally a platform long dormant in the 3D design…

Hardware

If you thought the 3D Cube was cool…

Posted by Al Dean - March 13, 2009

The prototyped “3D touch panel.” A white circle is displayed on the area approached by…

Hardware

CAD on the go

Posted by DEVELOP3D - March 17, 2009

As a man constantly on the road, Rob Jamieson knows a thing or two about…

Hardware

Dell Precision M2400

Posted by DEVELOP3D - March 20, 2009

Unrivalled portability for a workstation-class laptop makes it a true 'mobile' platform for CAD, though…