Collaborate Disseminate
Intel Linux GPU driver developers have released an update that results in a massive 100X boost in ray tracing performance. This is something to be celebrated, of course. However, on the flip side, the driver was 100X slower than it should have been bec… Continue reading Coding Mistake Made Intel GPUs 100X Slower in Ray Tracing
On July 7th Art News explained how 95-year-old Austrian artist Herbert W. Franke “has recently become a sensation within the art world the crypto space,” describing the digital pioneer as a computer artist using algorithms and computer programs to visu… Continue reading SF Writer/Digital Art/NFT Pioneer Herbert W. Franke Dies at Age 95
[dukope] is writing a game, Return of the Obra Dinn, with a fantastic visual style. One of the choices was to make everything in glorious one-bit color, otherwise known as …read more Continue reading Dithering Makes Everything Cooler: Now Even Animated
UnknowingFool writes: The current Linux kernel in development, 5.19, added 495,793 new lines of code for graphic driver updates. David Airlie sent in the new lines as part of Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem of Linux. The majority of additions … Continue reading Linux 5.19 Adds 500K Lines of New Graphics Driver Code
If we knew how much math goes into writing a video game, we might have paid more attention in math class. If you need a refresher, [Fletcher Dunn] and [Ian …read more Continue reading Book Teaches Gaming Math
Slashdot reader Hmmmmmm shared this report from Hot Hardware:
When Nvidia launched its Ampere Lite Hash Rate (LHR) graphics card with the feared Ethereum anti-mining limiter, the world knew it was only a matter of time before someone or a team cracked… Continue reading Report: ‘Nvidia’s LHR Limiter Has Fallen, But Gamers Shouldn’t Worry’
A headline at Hot Hardware calls it “a sexy Linux laptop with deep learning chops… being pitched as the world’s most powerful laptop for machine learning workloads.”
And here’s how Ars Technica describes the Razer x Lambda Tensorbook (announced Tue… Continue reading Razer’s First Linux Laptop Called ‘Sexy’ – But It’s Not for Gamers
[Görg Pflug] wrote in with his really nice graphics library. It’s got multiple layers, two text consoles, greyscale, internal halftoning, and sprites. It can pull off a number of classic …read more Continue reading Mindblowing Graphics from an ATtiny85
Back in 1987 Alexander Trevor worked with the GIF format’s creator, Steve Wilhite, at CompuServe. 35 years later Fast Company tech editor Harry McCracken (also Slashdot reader harrymcc) located Trevor for the inside story:
Wilhite did not come up with… Continue reading The Untold Story of the Creation of GIF At CompuServe In 1987
Tom’s Guide tested a Mac Studio workstation equipped with an M1 Ultra with the Geekbench 5.4 CPU benchmarks “to get a sense of how effectively it handles single-core and multi-core workflows.”
“Since our M1 Ultra is the best you can buy (at a rough p… Continue reading More Apple M1 Ultra Benchmarks Show It Doesn’t Beat the Best GPUs from Nvidia and AMD