Five Things You Always Wanted to Know About AI, But Weren’t Afraid to Ask
They say there’s no such thing as a dumb question. As someone who asks dumb questions for a living, I can tell you that’s a really stupid thing to say…. Read Article
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
What’s the Difference Between Ray Tracing and Rasterization?
Not many people outside of computer graphics know what ray tracing is, but there aren’t many people on the planet who haven’t seen it. A quick primer…. Read Article
Anchors Away: We’re Launching an AI Podcast, Here’s How to Tune In
Few things are more interesting than good conversation. And, right now, few things are more worthy of a good conversation than AI. Driven by deep learning — a technology that’s… Read Article
What Is Deep Learning?
Cheap PCs can generate lush virtual worlds. Supercomputers can simulate the formation of galaxies. Even the phone in your hand is more capable than the world’s most powerful computers of… Read Article
What’s the Difference Between a CPU and a GPU?
The CPU (central processing unit) has been called the brains of a PC. The GPU (graphics processing unit) its soul. Over the past decade, however, GPUs have broken out of… Read Article