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 time the Opteron wiped the…
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 brand new Core i7 chip.…
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 cores) most CAE applications still…
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 the other major workstation vendors,…
CATIA on steroids: pt 2 Posted by DEVELOP3D - March 10, 2009 To find out which graphics card vendor offers the best 3D performance in Catia,AMD and Nvidia agreed to battle it…
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 world is making a break…
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 mobile working. Stopping short of…
HyperMove 1.0 Posted by DEVELOP3D - March 19, 2009 Bunkspeed re-defined rendering with the release of HyperShot by taking advantage of processor speed and HDR-based lighting to delivery a…
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 3D performance is limited under…
Lenovo unveils new workstations Posted by Greg Corke - March 25, 2009 Today Lenovo became the first of the dedicated workstation manufacturers to announce its new generation Intel Xeon (Nehalem) based workstation…