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Thanks to GPUs, Every Movie’s Now a Remake

You probably already know that GPU technology helps filmmakers render objects, water and characters in increasingly fine three-dimensional detail. But it’s also helping film makers put together quick digital mock-ups of entire movies so that they can be marketed to the studios, Tracy McSheery, CEO of San Leandro, Calif.-based motion capture firm PhaseSpace told an… Read More

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GeForce GTX TITAN: Why Best Gaming GPU is also Ultimate CUDA Development GPU

Reviews are in for the newly launched GeForce GTX TITAN: “Awe-inspiring performance” (AnandTech), “Beautifully engineered product” (TechRadar), “Head, shoulders and knees above its compatriots” (HardwareCanucks). So, gamers everywhere will shove and fight to be first in line to get a hold of one. That is, unless CUDA developers beat them to it. As it happens,… Read More

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MotoCzysz Aims For Land Speed Record With Boost From NVIDIA

You’ve won the most prestigious race for electric-drive motorcycles three years in a row. Now what? Do you improve battery cooling? Make more efficient motor controllers? Refine the aerodynamics? MotoCzysz, an engineering firm that designs, builds and races custom-made electric motorcycles, takes on all these challenges and more in their ongoing quest to be the best… Read More

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For Your Eyes Only: How NVIDIA Gave Filmmakers an Early Look at ‘Skyfall’

While fans may have waited years for a glimpse of the latest James Bond movie, the professionals working on the film couldn’t wait. Every day after shooting ‘Skyfall,’ director of photography Roger Deakins would view the day’s work – with full-stereo sound — on a big screen my company, EFILM, had set up in London. It immediately… Read More

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HOW NVIDIA HELPS DESIGNERS SCATTERED WORLDWIDE COLLABORATE

Talk about agile business and eyes glaze over. Talk about what real businesses are doing, and things get more interesting. Here’s one example: Toyota Boshoku, which builds interior systems for car makers. The company has engineers scattered all over the world. Toyota Boshoku didn’t want to make engineers working on different machines, in different offices,… Read More