Ray tracing has always been the "holy grail" of computer graphics, says Jason Ronald, head of program management for the gaming console Xbox. The technique simulates a three-dimensional image by ...

Back in the early 1990's we saw the first emergence of parallel graphics processing, which were used only in super computers. Quite frankly the cost of the technology back in those days was more than ...

Nearly 25 years ago, Intel set out to revolutionize the computer graphics market with the introduction of its first graphics accelerator, the i740. Things didn’t quite go as planned, and in the ...

When it comes to computer graphics, two titans dominate the industry: Nvidia and AMD (Advanced Micro Devices). If you're wondering exactly how these two companies compare, and what the differences are ...

Fancy a notebook PC with powerful, upgradeable graphics? It's not a new idea, but it has proved an extremely difficult concept to realise. Until now. AMD's new XGP (eXternal Graphics Platform) ...