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NVIDIA Fermi GPU and Architecture Analysis

The timing could barely be better! ATI launch a new line of graphics processors and what do we do?  We finally get round to looking at Fermi.  Alex was at the controls again for this one, beating GF100 in GeForce GTX 470 form up with a new suite of software and a very deep, in-depth analysis of how the majority of the chip and architecture work.  It's the de-facto public analysis and a must read.

It's Dead Jim - a debate about the future of the graphics API

7th Dec 2011 @ 21:24:00 - written by Alex Voicu  
Will our old friend the graphics API die? Will it morph into something more tightly fitting around the metal hidden under the respectable coolers of modern GPUs? We sail forth seeking to find out!
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NVIDIA's Parallel Nsight finally released

21st Jul 2010 @ 20:20:00 - written by Alex Voicu  
Consequences will never be the same. Really!
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Beyond Programmable Shading CS448s first slides available

2nd Apr 2010 @ 11:09:00 - written by Rys  
Beyond Programmable Shading -- the full-day graphics course taught at SIGGRAPH for the last couple of years -- has been fleshed out and is being run as a full class this year at Stanford, by AMD's Mike Houston and Intel's Aaron Lefohn.
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SwiftShader 2.0: A DX9 Software Rasterizer that runs Crysis

4th Apr 2008 @ 00:00:00 - written by Arun  
TransGaming has just released SwiftShader 2.0, an highly optimized software rasterizer that supports DX9 and Shader Model 2.0 and scales with multi-core processors. It can run (albeit slowly) many modern games and it makes a dual-core Penryn perform similarly to the GeForce FX5600/5700 in 3DMark05.
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Microsoft reports strong second quarter results

25th Jan 2008 @ 15:03:00 - written by Carl Bender  
Microsoft released second quarter earnings yesterday, beating analyst expectations to come in at earnings of $0.50 per share on record revenues of $16.37 billion. Operating profits, also at a record for the quarter, came in at $6.48 billion.
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The Technology of a 3D Engine - Part One

21st Dec 2007 @ 10:10:00 - written by Geo  
Beyond3D is very proud to present the first part of an on-going series featuring one man's thoughts and experience on modern engine development.
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AMD's John Bridgman on Radeon, Linux and Open Source 3D

30th Nov 2007 @ 08:08:00 - written by Geo  
Intrigued by recent goings on in the ATI Radeon world regarding Linux and Open Source, we asked AMD for a pow-wow on the subject. John Bridgman from the Software Development Engineering Group stepped up to the plate to answer our questions.
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AMD release new GPU Shader Analyser and Compressonator

24th Aug 2007 @ 00:12:00 - written by Rys  
AMD recently released new versions of GPU Shader Analyser and The Compressonator, adding DirectX 10 support to both, and more.
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XNA Game Studio 2.0 Announced

14th Aug 2007 @ 13:01:00 - written by Rys  
Microsoft has announced XNA Game Studio 2.0, designed to let developers easily create games for the PC and Xbox 360, and due for release later this year.
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NVIDIA releases first public beta of PerfHUD 5

23rd Jul 2007 @ 21:09:00 - written by Tim  
NVIDIA has just released the first public beta of PerfHUD 5, its performance profiling tool for Windows.
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Really Techy Worldly Hot Par 2010 coverage

4th Aug 2010 @ 21:35:00 - written by Alex Voicu  
Parallelism is one of the more trendy topics these days. Our friends at RealWorldTech cover Hot Par 2010, one of the conferences aimed at software developers looking to get a bit more from all of the new, swanky, multi and many core beasts.
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PhysX87, ancient tragedy in 5 acts by RWT

7th Jul 2010 @ 11:34:00 - written by Alex Voicu  
This is what happens when you combine a determined author, profiling tools and a controversial topic.
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Mazatech release AmanithVG 4.0, supporting OpenVG 1.1

6th Mar 2009 @ 10:29:00 - written by Rys  
Mazatech have released the next major build of their OpenVG libraries, adding support for OpenVG 1.1 in the process as they consolidate the codebase. Software and OpenGL-based versions are available for a wide range of regular and embedded platforms, making it highly portable.
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Terra Soft releases Yellow Dog v6.0

6th Feb 2008 @ 17:05:00 - written by Carl Bender  

Terra Soft has finalized version 6.0 of its Yellow Dog Linux distribution for Power platforms (Apple G4/G5; PS3), built upon the Red Hat Enterprise-derived CentOS.

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AMD revs GPU PerfStudio to include OpenGL support

8th Jan 2008 @ 09:09:00 - written by Geo  
Hopeless graphics geeks that we are, it's always a red-letter day around the office when an upgraded version of a graphics diagnostic tool hits the street.
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NVIDIA acquires mental images, creators of mental ray

13th Dec 2007 @ 13:01:00 - written by Rys  
Beyond3D forum user Ike Turner has spotted that NVIDIA has acquired mental images, creators of mental ray. Whoa.
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RivaTuner 2.05 released, supports new domain clocking for NVIDIA G8-series

1st Oct 2007 @ 11:11:00 - written by Rys  
RivaTuner has made it to v2.05, supporting independent adjustment of the major clock domains in NVIDIA G8-series graphics processors.
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SIGGRAPH 2007: GPGPU supplemental course information available at gpgpu.org

19th Aug 2007 @ 20:08:00 - written by Rys  
The good folks over at gpgpu.org have made available the supplementary course material presented during SIGGRAPH this year.
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NVIDIA CUDA @ Hardware.fr

10th Aug 2007 @ 16:04:00 - written by Rys  
Hardware.fr have published an analysis of NVIDIA CUDA, looking at the architecture of the first hardware, the software side, performance versus x86 processors running the same application on GPU and CPU, the role AMD plays in the GPU computing space and more.
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Carbonated works on an Xbox Live Arcade toolset for XNA

23rd Jul 2007 @ 17:05:00 - written by Farid  
In an interview with the magazine Develop, Joshua Williams, lead developer at Carbonated Games, says that his company and the XNA team are currently developing a toolset for XNA. This toolset main goal is simply the creation of games targeted to the Xbox Live Arcade platform.
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