What’s the Difference Between Hardware- and Software-Accelerated Ray Tracing?
You don’t need specialized hardware to do ray tracing, but you want it. Software-based ray tracing, of course, is decades old. And it looks great: movie makers have been using… Read Article
NVIDIA Kicks Off Computex, Supercharging Computers for Gamers and Creators, Driving AI at the Edge
Gamers and content creators were the focus Monday as NVIDIA kicked off Computex, Asia’s largest annual technology trade show, which runs all week in Taiwan, the heart of the global… Read Article
Bringing a Critical AI to News: Extracting Insight from Coverage
In 2015, Sean Gourley penned an article called “Robot Propaganda” for Wired magazine. It contained this then-bold prediction: “We are likely to see versions of these bots deployed on U.S…. Read Article
JetBot, a $250 DIY Autonomous Robot Based on Jetson Nano Impresses at GTC
Even at a conference packed with sophisticated autonomous machines that walk, drive, fly and even slither, on their own, the $250 JetBot was a standout. Based on the Jetson Nano,… Read Article
Seeing Stars: Astronomers Turn to AI to Track Galaxies as New Telescopes Come Online
Good news: astronomers are getting new tools to let them see further, better than ever before. The bad news: they’ll soon be getting more data than humans can handle. To… Read Article
Eyes in the Sky: Giving Drones the Ability to Avoid Collisions
Navigating busy traffic can be a challenge for even the best driver. Now imagine navigating skies packed with fast-moving planes, helicopters and drones that can move in any direction. Pathfinder… Read Article
Stormy Weather: Weathernews Using AI to Build Better Way to Forecast Rain
Tomohiro Ishibashi loves the weather in Silicon Valley. The problem, he explained with a smile as he opened his talk at the GPU Technology Conference Tuesday, is the Golden State’s… Read Article
GTC 2019: Huang Kicks Off GTC, Focuses on NVIDIA Data Center Momentum, Blue Chip Partners
NVIDIA’s message was unmistakable as it kicked off the 10th annual GPU Technology Conference: it’s doubling-down on the data center. Founder and CEO Jensen Huang delivered a sweeping opening keynote… Read Article
Live: NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s GTC 2019 Keynote
The keynote’s over, but the GPU Technology Conference has just begun. We’ve put together a quick summary of Monday’s keynote by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, here. We’ll also post videos… Read Article