News

Xoreax looking to harness idle networked compute resources for simulation and rendering

Posted by Greg Corke - May 14, 2012

Render job in Maya spread across multiple PCs (agents) across a network Most computers only use a fraction of their…

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SuperMicro takes GPU compute to new levels with Nvidia Maximus-enabled SuperWorkstation 7047GR-TRF

Posted by Greg Corke - May 15, 2012

Workstation by name, GPU compute server by nature: the SuperWorkstation 7047GR-TRF features an incredible four Nvidia Tesla C2075 GPUs, perfect…

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Product Design

modo 601

Posted by DEVELOP3D - May 21, 2012

modo 601 has gained a reputation in both the CGI world as well as the product design industry for its…

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Gee-Up! Because you never know when you’ll need a 3D model of a horse

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 3, 2012

Creators of stock digital 3D models and textures, Dosch Design, have launched a range/herd of horses to its downloadable catalogue…

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Boston introduces dual Xeon Nvidia Maximus workstation

Posted by Greg Corke - July 9, 2012

Boston’s new midi-tower workstation, The Boston Venom 2300-7T, features up to two 8-core Xeon E5-2600 series processors, an Nvidia Quadro…

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SIGGRAPH 2012 #4: Luxion teams with DuPont for colour accurate paint vis

Posted by Al Dean - August 7, 2012

News out of SIGGRAPH that Luxion, developers of KeyShot, have teamed up with the custom colour fiends at DuPont Performance…

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SIGGRAPH 2012 #5: Nvidia unveils Maximus on Kepler

Posted by Greg Corke - August 7, 2012

The new Nvidia Quadro K5000 features 4GB of ECC memory and four display outputs (2 x DisplayPort + 2 x…

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SIGGRAPH 2012 #8: report from the show floor – part 2

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 9, 2012

TeamUp’s Multi-Optics software uses real time physics-based rendering to enable teams to collaborate in a web-based interface. For some designers…

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Hardware

GPU compute for workstations

Posted by Greg Corke - September 5, 2012

Thinking about buying a new workstation? It may be time to consider GPU compute. With the ability to accelerate simulation…

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Product Design

KickStarter changes the game

Posted by DEVELOP3D - October 12, 2012

Everyone’s favourite crowd funder, KickStarter, banned product renderings in an update to its Terms of Service. Al Dean wonders if…

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