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SIGGRAPH 2012 #1: OpenGL 4.3 compute shaders to run simulation code in the graphics pipeline

Posted by Greg Corke - August 6, 2012

With the introduction of compute shaders to OpenGL 4.3 at SIGGRAPH 2012 today, Neil Trevett, president of the Khronos Group,…

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SIGGRAPH 2013 #1: SPEC’s new workstation benchmarks

Posted by Greg Corke - July 23, 2013

The SPECviewperf 3D graphics benchmark is set for its biggest overhaul in 18 years. Image: SPECviewperf 11 CATIA dataset. SPEC’s…

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SPEC pushes forward with new CAD-focused 3D benchmarks

Posted by Greg Corke - August 15, 2014

Fulmine Concept car from the SPECapc benchmark for SolidWorks 2013 SPEC’s application performance characterization (SPECapc) group, the non-profit organisation that…

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SPECviewperf benchmark extended to measure 3D graphics performance for virtualised workstations

Posted by Greg Corke - February 26, 2015

SPECviewperf 12’s Catia viewset The latest 12.0.2 release of the SPECviewperf benchmark extends performance measurement from physical to virtualised workstation…

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Intel sets sights on 3D CAD with new integrated Iris Pro Graphics

Posted by Greg Corke - July 8, 2015

Intel will be targeting users of 3D CAD applications, such as DS SolidWorks Intel is starting to take professional graphics…

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Intel boosts 3D graphics performance for data centre workstations running CAD

Posted by Greg Corke - May 31, 2016

‘Virtualised’ Intel Iris Pro graphics (GVT-g) is now supported on Citrix XenServer 7.0 Intel has again boosted the 3D performance…

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Reviews

Review: Nvidia Quadro P2000 and Quadro P4000 for CAD, viz & VR

Posted by Greg Corke - February 5, 2017

Nvidia is changing professional 3D graphics with a new family of Pascal Quadro GPUs

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Features

The future of the 3D graphics engine?

Posted by Greg Corke - March 20, 2018

Imagine working in 3D CAD and seeing your model in near photorealistic quality at any point in the design process…

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