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Virtual Worlds Expo tracks and sessions now online

Virtual Worlds Expo conference tracks and sessions are now online. Tracks include: Virtual Worlds Hollywood, Virtual Worlds for the Enterprise , Kids Virtual Worlds and The Future of Virtual Worlds. Virtual Worlds Expo takes place September 3-4, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA at the LA Convention Center. We are dedicated to helping businesses harness the power of virtual worlds to engage with their customers, partners and employees.

Supercomputing Power Hits the Desktop, Minus the Software

Wired magazine’s Bryan Gardiner says: Just last week, Khronos, the industry consortium behind the OpenGL standard, announced what it calls Open Computing Language, or OpenCL. With this new heterogeneous computing initiative, the group hopes to come up with a standardized (and universal) way of programming parallel computing tasks. In many ways, it's the Holy Grail developers have been waiting for: a hardware-agnostic standard that unleashes the power of multi-core CPUs and GPUs using a familiar language. Apple is throwing its weight behind parallel processing too, and last week committed to using the OpenCL specification as part of its next operating system release, Snow Leopard. Other companies, including AMD, Nvidia, ARM, Freescale, IBM, Imagination, Nokia, Motorola, Qualcomm, Samsung and Texas Instruments have joined the OpenCL working group. If initiatives like OpenCL gain momentum, the days of researchers applying for grants and traveling across the country to use a given university or research facility's super computer may well be at an end. Similarly, distributed computing projects like Folding@Home and Seti@Home may see an huge boost in performance by using hundreds of thousand of computers equipped with these new powerful processors. Of course, if curing cancer or looking for aliens isn't your thing, we can also be fairly certain that Crysis will really scream on any system equipped with these new GPUs.

Got a secret? Jon Peddie doesn’t want to see your secret.

Jon Peddie lends his thoughts on cell phone companies stay quiet about the chips, memory and other components in their cell phones. From the article “If you go to BestAIB Co, and ask them what GPU is on that board, the folks at Best AIB Co will tell you, happily and proudly. Now go to your favorite mobile phone supplier and ask “What chips are in the HeatsYourPocket 105?” Most likely they will tell you that they won’t discuss the components in their phones.”

KTF in Direct Talks with Apple for iPhone Supply

KTF, Korea's leading WCDMA provider, had remained a step back in talks with Apple for the launch of iPhone in Korea. Instead, its Japanese partner, NTT DoCoMo was talking with the U.S. phone maker for joint sourcing of the much-sought phone. Recently, however, KTF began talking with Apple directly. Apple is allegedly in talks with SK Telecom, the runner up WCDMA provider in the country, too.

Have we created a new tower of Babel?

Jon Peddie has posted an interesting look at the chip market today. Jon writes "For a while there was peace in the valley. The PC market had gone through its consolidation, we got over the internet bubble, the platform was stable, everyone knew their place and there was a place for everyone. Life was good, margins were good, growth was good, PEs were good, people smiled at each at conferences, and good cheer was shared by all. And then things changed."

Acrodea to Sell its Middleware to Sony Ericsson

Acrodea has struck a deal with Sony Ericssonto include its VIVID UI user interface and VIVID Panorama camera middleware in Ericsson’s phones. With this agreement, Sony Ericsson can release cellphones with Acrodea products installed on them. VIVID UI represents innovative middleware that can integrate various types of multimedia content, such as still pictures, 3D graphics, animation effects, and video. The platform enables mobile phones to be customized with graphically enhanced menus and standby screens.

Visit Motorola at NXTcomm ‘08

Join Motorola at the NXTcomm ’08 Conference and Expo and get help with your business reaching virtually any customer in virtually any environment. Visit Motorola at NXTcomm '08 which runs from June 16th to June 19th 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

E-gaming software leader to invest in Korean game developer Mobilebus Inc.

CryptoLogic Limited, a world leader in Internet gaming software, continued its expansion into Asia with an agreement to take a substantial minority interest in South Korea's Mobilebus Inc., one of Asia's fastest-growing mobile and PC game developers and publishers. CryptoLogic will have representation on the Mobilebus board of directors and the option to increase its ownership to a majority position in the future. The deal is expected to close within 30 days.

Imagination Technologies confirms new Intel® Centrino® Atom™ technology utilises POW

Imagination Technologies confirms new Intel® Centrino® Atom™ processor technology utilises POWERVR graphics and video technologies 2 April 2008: Imagination Technologies Group plc (LSE: IMG; 'Imagination') – a leader in System-on-Chip Intellectual Property ('SoC IP') – announces that Intel® Centrino® Atom™ processor technology includes Imagination’s POWERVR® SGX graphics and POWERVR VXD multi-standard HD video technologies. These graphics and video technologies, as part of the Intel® System Controller Hub in Intel Centrino Atom processor technology, enable the user to enjoy a richer Internet multimedia experience while consuming low power. Gary Willihnganz, director of marketing for Intel Corporation’s Ultra Mobility Group said: “Our goal with Intel Centrino Atom processor technology is to enable the best internet experience in pocketable Mobile Internet Devices. Imagination’s graphics and video technologies, combined with Intel’s low power technologies and platform.

Jon Peddie at CeBIT 2008 shares his vision for the future of graphics

A two-part interview with Jon Peddie--one of the world’s leading experts on the graphics market--in which he shares his vision for the future of graphics with the HEXUS.tv audience. HEXUS.tv covered everything from PlayStation 4 to XBox 720 and Larrabee through to Fusion… and that is just part one. In part two Jon tackles a range of tough issues, from who will win the console war, to the upcoming challenges faced by CPU makers as OEMs look to reduce their BOM costs. Take a look at these great inteviews.

Driving Digital Content

Understanding & Solutions is delighted to announce the return of Driving Digital Content, a two-day event focusing on the business opportunities presented by the continued rise of digital content delivery and the impact upon the wider industry. Driving Digital Content uncovers the industry insights and brings together key figures from across the globe, with conference attendees coming from leading consumer electronics companies, content owners and producers, broadcasters, service providers and industry associations.

IEEE VR Program Advance Program & Registration Open

The brightest minds, the most innovative research, the leading companies, and the most stimulating discussions in the fields of virtual environments, augmented reality, and 3D user interfaces. You will find them all at IEEE Virtual Reality 2008, March 8-12 in Reno, Nevada, USA. We invite you to submit your work, show your products, and join us for a fascinating week of presentations, exhibits, workshops, and special events.

ST Micro rolls out cellphone CPU with AMD graphics engine

ST Microelectronics has developed a processor with very similar capabilities to NVIDIA's new system on a chip, with and an AMD graphics engine. What makes this chip interesting is that it uses virtually the same core as Nvidia in its APX 2500 SoC as well as graphics technology licensed from AMD.

Nvidia enters CPU market

Nvidia today unveiled its first CPU. The APX 2500 is a system-on-a-chip (SoC) product that is aiming for Windows Mobile handhelds. Despite the fact that it is not scheduled to hit the market until late this year, the chip is bound to raise more than just one eyebrow.

Freescale and Key Development Partners Demonstrate Advanced Mobile Solutions at Mobile World Congres

A broad array of multimedia solutions and development tools powered by Freescale Semiconductor technology is on display this week at Mobile World Congress. Freescale is teaming with several of its top partners to show off some of the industry's most compelling and advanced multimedia technologies.

NVIDIA Presentations at GDC 2008

NVIDIA developers will be presenting once again at this year's GDC in San Francisco. This is your chance to see new material directly from the same team that brought you the Frontline Award Winning GPU Gems series. As in GDCs past, we'll also be entering the attendees of each sponsored talk into a per-session drawing for one of NVIDIA's latest high-performance GPU's. So come by, learn something, and maybe walk away with a new GeForce 8800!

IEEE Virtual Reality 2008, March 8-12 in Reno, Nevada, USA

The brightest minds, the most innovative research, the leading companies, and the most stimulating discussions in the fields of virtual environments, augmented reality, and 3D user interfaces. You will find them all at IEEE Virtual Reality 2008, March 8-12 in Reno, Nevada, USA. We invite you to submit your work, show your products, and join us for a fascinating week of presentations, exhibits, workshops, and special events. VR 2008 will be held at the Silver Legacy Resort Casino in Reno Nevada. VR 2008 is sponsored by the Visualization and Graphics Technical Committee of the IEEE Computer Society.

Jon Peddie to sponsor first IDTV conference

Jon Peddie Research, the industry’s leading research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, announced the upcoming IDTV Conference, to be held in Taipei, Taiwan on May 14. JPR’s IDTV Conference is the only industry conference to focus solely on the semiconductors and software inside the TV. The stakeholders represented at the conference will include companies with expertise in silicon tuners, software, video decompression, video processing, and audio technologies.

Vision Engine 6.4 debuts at GDC 2008

In-Game Scripting, new visibility determination system, improved streaming functionality and optimised Xbox360 and PS3 versions: Vision Game Engine 6.4 to be showcased at GDC Eningen/Germany, Austin/USA, February 6th, 2008: Trinigy, a leading provider of 3D Game Engines with offices in Germany and Austin, TX today announced that the latest version of its Vision Game Engine will be showcased to the public for the first time at Game Developer’s Conference 2008 in San Francisco. Vision 6.4 will be revealed in the scope of the firm’s presence at GDC Expo (February 20-22) and will be presented on-site at Trinigy’s booth (NH 6105). The new version of Trinigy’s Vision Engine, whose predecessor has recently been nominated as finalist for Game Developer Magazine’s Front Line Award 2007, features a versatile LUA-based scripting solution which is seamlessly integrated into Vision’s WYSWIWYG editing framework vForge.

Antix Labs’ promises of portability-will it result in mobile gaming’s MP3 format?

Antix Labs, is a company with Francis Charig at the helm--which is out to revolutionise mobile gaming. The technology will link mobile gaming into the PC and the web, and offer the ability to play a PC version of an Antix game, then buy it online and have a version sent directly to your phone. If Antix does ship hundreds of millions of phones, Charig should be onto a winner. See Antix Labs' official unveiling at the World Mobile Congress show in a couple of days.

Monotype Imaging Announces Embedded Multilingual Font Solutions for Mobile Phones and other Consumer

Monotype Imaging Inc. is a leading provider of text imaging solutions. They have introduced new multilingual fonts to meet requirements for scalability, style and legibility on consumer electronics devices such as mobile phones, navigation devices and control panel displays.

2008 Game developers conference with Imagination Technologies

Come see the world's leading multimedia and mobile gaming technologies at GDC 08. With more than 75 phones shipping with POWERVR graphics, Imagination Technologies is widely known as the dominant supplier of graphics acceleration technologies for mobile and embedded devices. Come to GDC Mobile and GDC Expo 2008, and experience the full range of Imagination Technologies 2D, 3D and vector graphics technologies plus lots more.

IEEE VR 2008: Call for Participation; Registration Open!

IEEE Virtual Reality 2008 Third Call for Participation. There will be a keynote by Scott Fisher, Chair of the Interactive Media Division in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. We invite you to participate in the IEEE Virtual Reality 2008 conference in Reno, Nevada, USA, March 8-12, 2008. IEEE VR is co-located this year with the IEEE 3DUI Symposium (March 8-9), and the IEEE Haptics Symposium (March 13-14). By attending the conference, you will have opportunities to participate through interaction with paper authors, poster presentors, panelists and more. IEEE VR 2008 is the premier international conference and exhibition in virtual reality.

JPR Reports Astounding 4th Quarter for GPU Shipments

Jon Peddie Research, the industry’s leading research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the fourth calendar quarter of 2007. Traditionally, the fourth quarter is a period of growth for the computer industry as retailers and OEMs sell in the holiday season. This year, the industry saw biggest quarter-to-quarter jump in the last six years.

IMGA Ceremony on February 11 2008

On Monday February 11, we will have the biggest International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) Ceremony ever, with more of everything: more prizes, more glamour, more tapas and drinks and more fun. A French DJ, a panel with Vodafone, Softbank Mobile, Orange, Nokia, NVIDIA, AMD and other industry specialists. We would like to meet up with you and discuss the future of the IMGA, share your ideas, look for synergies and see if there are opportunities to improve what we are doing. So please send us an e-mail to connect and we will get back to you with times, dates and places.

GSMA and IMGA Collaborate to Drive Mobile Gaming Innovation at the 3GSM Congress

15th January 2008 - London: The GSM Association (GSMA) and the International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) today announced an agreement to join forces at this year's Mobile World Congress (Barcelona, 11-14 February 2008) to promote the development of the mobile gaming sector. The GSMA will endorse and promote the established International Mobile Gaming Awards, the largest mobile gaming awards programme which is aimed at professional and non- professional developers of unpublished mobile games. The GSMA will also facilitate the IMGA in hosting their annual Awards ceremony, held on Monday February 11 in the Mobile Entertainment & Content Zone (Hall 7) within the Congress. In turn, the IMGA will support and promote the GSMA's Global Mobile Award's Best Mobile Game category - for best published and commercially available mobile games. For more information check the IMGA and the GSMA website.

3 weeks remaining to enter the Acrobat 3D PDF contest

Resubmitting in case it was not received. In as little as 15 minutes, you could be entered to win a Dell laptop, iPhone, 3D mouse, iPod or Acrobat 3D Version 8. Simply take an existing CAD assembly, industrial design, architectural build, COLLADA model, etc, that you own and use Acrobat 3D Version 8 to convert it to a 3D PDF - it's that simple. You can even use the free 30-Day Acrobat 3D trial version. Linux users can use the included OpenGL capture utility. Deadline for submission is January 31, 2008.

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