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Artec 3D to Release Artec Ray II Laser Scanner

Luxembourg, June 22, 2023 – Artec 3D, a global leader in 3D scanning technology, announced the Artec Ray II, a high-precision 3D LiDAR scanner designed for the digitization of large objects and spaces with unprecedented speed and accuracy. This groundbreaking scanner has been developed in collaboration with Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, combining the expertise and innovation of both industry-leading companies. With its ability to capture a full dome in 1.7 mins, and at a 3D point accuracy of 1.9 mm from 10 meters, the Artec Ray II is ideal for creating digital twins of large-scale objects and complex scenes.

Data from Artec Ray II can be seamlessly combined in Artec Studio software with data from other Artec 3D scanners, such as the wireless, intuitive, handheld Artec Leo, which can provide highly detailed scans of selected areas of large objects, thus providing truly comprehensive 3D models.

Providing a unique market proposition, the Ray II when paired with Artec Leo is ideal for creating digital twins of objects from wind turbines to ship propellers, airplanes to bridges to factory floors, and even complex forensic scenes and archaeological sites. It takes 3D data capture up to the next level, offering metrology-grade precision with an angular accuracy of 18” (0.87 mm @10m) and a range accuracy of 1.0 mm + 10 ppm.

“Artec 3D is committed to constantly innovating and expanding its suite of 3D scanning solutions, and our collaboration with Leica Geosystems in developing the Artec Ray II embodies this commitment,” said Art Yukhin, president and CEO of Artec 3D.

“We can now offer a unique combination of two wireless, fast-capture scanners: one long-range, and one handheld. This broadens the possibilities of rapidly capturing high-accuracy data for inspection, reverse engineering, forensics, and creating true-to-life digital twins.”

In addition to its remarkable scanning speed, the Artec Ray II boasts an array of features designed to provide an easy scanning experience and improve the quality of results. The scanner is equipped with automated targetless field registration, real-time scan alignment, and a double-scan feature for the automatic removal of moving objects. Featuring a touchscreen and user-friendly mobile interface, along with safeguarding against rain and dust (IP54-rated), the Artec Ray II is a robust, user-friendly solution, ready for both indoor and outdoor use.

To ensure uninterrupted scanning sessions, the Artec Ray II comes with four batteries and a charger. The scanner operates with two batteries at a time, which can be hot-swapped with the other two without powering off.

To learn more about Artec Ray II, visit https://www.artec3d.com/portable-3d-scanners/laser-ray-II.

About Artec 3D

Artec 3D is an international company, headquartered in Luxembourg, with offices in the United States (Santa Clara, CA), China (Shanghai), Montenegro (Bar), and Japan (Tokyo). Artec 3D develops and produces innovative 3D scanners and software. Artec has a team of professional experts in the capture and processing of 3D surfaces as well as biometric facial recognition. Artec 3D’s products and services can be used in many industries, such as in engineering, medicine, media and design, entertainment, fashion, historic preservation, security technology, and more.

For more information, visit Artec 3D website.

Roland DGA Announces Service Department Personnel Changes

IRVINE, CA, June 6, 2023 – Roland DGA Corp., a leading provider of wide-format inkjet printers, vinyl cutters, 3D milling machines, and other digital imaging technologies, has announced three key personnel changes within its Service Department.

Jack Pozorski, a sign and graphics industry veteran who has held several different service and support positions at Roland DGA since joining the company in 2004, has been promoted to director of service. In his new role, Pozorski will be responsible for overseeing Roland DGA’s entire service department, ensuring that customers and resellers throughout the Americas continue to receive the level of world-class support the company is known for. He will also serve as the main contact with Roland DGA’s third-party service providers, looking for new ways to optimize those relationships and increase customer satisfaction.

Francisco Alvarado, who has held a variety of positions at Roland DGA over the past 25 years, serving most recently as Roland care support manager, has been promoted to Roland care manager. Alvarado’s responsibilities will be centered around establishing new ways the company can support end users as well as the dealer channel.  In addition, he will oversee the company’s network of Roland care engineers throughout North and South America.

Kevin Rosen, who worked for Roland DGA from 2015 to 2021 – starting out as a Technical Support Representative and later serving as Application Specialist – has been rehired and will replace Alvarado as Roland care support manager. In his new position, Rosen’s primary responsibilities will include oversight of Roland DGA’s team of technical support specialists and day-to-day management of the service depot.

“These experienced, talented individuals will work together to make sure Roland DGA maintains its well-earned reputation for providing the best service and support in the industries we cater to,” said Roland DGA’s vice president of services, Ron Ball. “We congratulate them on their new, expanded roles within the company and look forward to their important contributions, which will help us continue to exceed the expectations of our customers.”

About Roland DG Americas

Roland DG Americas serves North and South America as the marketing, sales, distribution, and service arm for Roland DG Corp. Founded in 1981 and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Roland DG of Hamamatsu, Japan is a worldwide leader in wide-format inkjet printers for the sign, apparel, textile, personalization and vehicle graphics markets; engravers for awards, giftware and ADA signage; photo impact printers for direct part marking; and 3D printers and CNC milling machines for the dental CAD/CAM, rapid prototyping, part manufacturing and medical industries.

To learn more about Roland DGA Corp., or the complete Roland DGA product line, visit https://www.rolanddga.com.

AMD Radeon PRO W7900, W7800 Graphics Cards Available

SANTA CLARA, CA, May 30, 2023 – AMD announced the AMD Radeon PRO W7000 Series graphics, its most-powerful workstation graphics cards to date. The AMD Radeon PRO W7900 and AMD Radeon PRO W7800 graphics cards are built on groundbreaking AMD RDNA 3 architecture, delivering significantly higher performance than the previous generation and exceptional performance-per-dollar compared to the competitive offering. The new graphics cards are designed for professionals to create and work with high-polygon count models seamlessly, deliver incredible image fidelity and color accuracy, and run graphics and compute-based applications concurrently without disruption to workflows.

New AMD Radeon PRO W7000 series graphics

AMD Radeon PRO W7000 Series graphics cards feature the world’s first workstation GPU architecture based on AMD’s advanced chiplet design, providing real-world multi-tasking performance and incredible power efficiency. The new graphics cards are also the first professional workstation GPUs to offer the new AMD Radiance Display Engine featuring DisplayPort 2.1 that delivers a superior visual experience, higher resolutions and more available colors than ever before.

The AMD Radeon PRO W7900 graphics card, designed for extreme workloads, features 61 TFLOPS (FP32) peak single precision performance, offering 1.5X higher geomean performance on the SPECviewperf 2020 benchmark. It also includes 48GB of GDDR6 memory, which is 1.5X larger memory capacity than the 32GB available on the previous-generation graphics card. Created for heavy workloads, the AMD Radeon PRO W7800 graphics card features 45 TFLOPS (FP32) peak single precision performance and 32GB of GDDR6 memory.

“The new AMD Radeon PRO W7000 Series are the most powerful graphics cards AMD has built to date, providing professionals, creators and artists with exceptional performance and value to drive the most demanding professional design and creative applications,” said Scott Herkelman, senior vice president and general manager, Graphics Business Unit at AMD. “The AMD Radeon PRO W7900 and W7800 Series graphics cards are built to deliver incredible performance and reliability in professional applications, while providing color-critical accuracy and an incredible visual experience. The AMD Radeon PRO W7000 Series graphics cards give professionals the ability to tackle larger projects, render faster and create more complex models loaded with more pixels, more polygons, and more textures.”

AMD Radeon PRO W7000 Series workstation graphics cards are designed to help professionals meet high-pressure deadlines under increasingly tight budgets while delivering world-class results. Key features include:

  • AMD RDNA 3 Architecture – New compute units share resources between rendering, AI, and raytracing to make the most effective use of each transistor, offering approximately 50% more raytracing performance per compute unit than the previous generation3. AMD RDNA 3 architecture also features optimizations for AEC, D&M, and M&E workflows for rendering, video editing, and multitasking.
  • Advanced Chiplet Design – The world’s first workstation GPUs with a chiplet design provide higher performance and greater efficiency than the previous generation. It includes the new 5nm Graphics Compute Die (GCD) that provides the core GPU functionality. It also includes six new 6nm Memory Cache Die (MCD), each with second-generation AMD Infinity Cache technology.
  • Dedicated AI Acceleration and Second-Generation Raytracing – New AI instructions and increased AI throughput deliver over 2X more performance than the previous AMD RDNA 2 architecture4, while second-generation raytracing technology delivers significantly higher performance than the previous generation5.
  • Up To 48 GDDR6 Memory – Allows professionals and creators to work with the largest 3D models and environments, edit and layer complex timelines using the latest digital cinema cameras formats and render photorealistic, raytraced images with unparalleled quality. Professional applications that can take advantage of the larger framebuffer include Adobe Premiere Pro & After Effects, Autodesk 3ds Max & Maya, Blender, Boris FX Sapphire, Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS Visualize, DaVinci Resolve, Lumion, Maxon Redshift, and many more.
  • AMD Radiance Display Engine with DisplayPort 2.1 – Supports the highest resolutions and over 68 billion colors, and offers support for higher refresh rate displays compared to AMD RDNA 2 architecture and current competitive offerings. Display outputs support next-generation displays and multi-monitor configuration options, creating an ultra-immersive visual environment.
  • AV1 Encode/Decode – Dual encode/decode media engines unlock new multi-media experiences with full AV1 encode/decode support designed for high resolutions, wide color gamut, and high-dynamic range enhancements6.
  • Exceptional Workstation Performance – The AMD Radeon PRO W7000 Series graphics cards compliment the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO processors by providing the horsepower necessary to handle demanding creative, production and visualization workloads quickly and efficiently. AMD Radeon PRO Series workstation graphics and Ryzen Threadripper PRO processors provide exceptional performance, reliability, and stability to power mission-critical professional applications.
  • Optimized Driver Performance – All AMD Radeon PRO workstation graphics are supported by AMD Software: PRO Edition, which provides a modern and intuitive user interface. Radeon PRO Image Boost renders visuals higher than a display’s native resolution to optimize image quality and resolution, while Radeon PRO Viewport Boost dynamically adjusts viewport resolution, boosting framerates and navigation performance in select applications7.
  • Certified for leading professional applications – AMD continues to work with leading professional software application vendors on a comprehensive application certification program, and to ensure AMD Radeon PRO graphics cards are built for demanding 24/7 environments and tested to meet exceptional standards, delivering the ideal balance of performance and stability. The list of certified applications can be found on the AMD website – https://www.amd.com/Certified.

Product Specifications

Models Workloads Compute Units TFLOPS
(Peak Single Precision)
GDDR6
ECC
Memory
(18GB/s)
Memory Bandwidth Memory Interface Display Outputs
(up to 80 Gbit/s
max total bandwidth)
Total
Board
Power
(TBP)
AMD Radeon PRO W7900 Extreme 96 61 (FP32) 48GB up to 864 GB/s 384-bit 3X DisplayPort 2.1
1 mini-DisplayPort 2.1
295W
AMD Radeon PRO W7800 Heavy 70 45 (FP32) 32GB up to 576 GB/s 256-bit 3X DisplayPort 2.1
1 Mini-DisplayPort 2.1
260W

Pricing and Availability

The AMD Radeon PRO W7900 features an SEP of $3,999 USD. The AMD Radeon PRO W7800 features an SEP of $2,499 USD. The AMD Radeon PRO W7000 Series workstation graphics cards are expected to be available from leading etailers/retailers starting in Q2, 2023. Product availability in OEM and SI systems is expected in 2H 2023.

The AMD Radeon PRO W7000 Series workstation graphics cards will be on display from April 16 to 19 in booth #N2158 (North Hall) at The NAB Show 2023, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada.

About AMD

For more than 50 years AMD has driven innovation in high-performance computing, graphics and visualization technologies. Billions of people, leading Fortune 500 businesses and cutting-edge scientific research institutions around the world rely on AMD technology daily to improve how they live, work and play. AMD employees are focused on building leadership high-performance and adaptive products that push the boundaries of what is possible.

For more information, visit the AMD website,

1 Display Port claim – Based on VESA DisplayPort 2.1 specifications details.RPW-426
2 1.5x faster claim – Testing as of February 16, 2023 by AMD Performance Labs on a test system comprised of an AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX, 64GB DDR4-2133Mhz RAM, Windows 11 Pro build 22621, 64-bit, AMD Radeon PRO Software 31.0.14001.45012 with AMD Radeon PRO W7900, W6800 at 1920×1080 display resolution. Benchmark Application: SPECviewperf 2020 V3.1 (Geomean across 3dsmax-07, catia-6, creo-03, energy-03, maya-06, medical-03, snx-04, solidworks-07) Additional information about the SPEC benchmarks can be found at www.spec.org/gwpg.
3 50% more RAYTRACING performance per CU Based on November 2022 AMD internal performance lab measurement of rays with indirect calls on W7900 GPU vs. W6800 GPU. RPW-428
4 RPW-429: “up to 2.7x AI acceleration” Based on AMD internal measurements, November 2022, comparing the Radeon PRO W7900 at 2.5GHz boost clock with 96 CUs issuing 2X the Bfloat16 math operations per clocks vs. the W6800 GPU at 2.25 GHz boost clock and 80 Cus issue 1X the Bfloat16 math operations per clock.
5 RPW-428: 50% more RAYTRACING performance per CU Based on November 2022 AMD internal performance lab measurement of rays with indirect calls on W7900 GPU vs. W6800 GPU.
6 GD-176: Video codec acceleration (including at least the HEVC (H.265), H.264, VP9, and AV1 codecs) is subject to and not operable without inclusion/installation of compatible media players. GD-176
7 AMD Radeon Viewport Boost is currently compatible with Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Revit, and Epic Twinmotion products, in Windows 10. Other professional software products to be announced. Hardware compatibility currently includes Radeon PRO graphics cards WX 2100, 3100, 3200, 4100, 5100, 7100, 9200, W5500, W5700, W6600, W6800, W7800, and W7900.

NVIDIA Unveils MGX Server Specification

NVIDIA unveiled the NVIDIA MGX server specification, which provides system manufacturers with a modular reference architecture to quickly and cost-effectively build more than 100 server variations to suit a wide range of AI, high performance computing and Omniverse applications.

NVIDIA MGX

ASRock Rack, ASUS, GIGABYTE, Pegatron, QCT and Supermicro will adopt MGX, which can slash development costs by up to three-quarters and reduce development time by two-thirds to just six months.

“Enterprises are seeking more accelerated computing options when architecting data centers that meet their specific business and application needs,” said Kaustubh Sanghani, vice president of GPU products at NVIDIA. “We created MGX to help organizations bootstrap enterprise AI, while saving them significant amounts of time and money.”

With MGX, manufacturers start with a basic system architecture optimized for accelerated computing for their server chassis, and then select their GPU, DPU and CPU. Design variations can address unique workloads, such as HPC, data science, large language models, edge computing, graphics and video, enterprise AI, and design and simulation. Multiple tasks like AI training and 5G can be handled on a single machine, while upgrades to future hardware generations can be frictionless. MGX can also be easily integrated into cloud and enterprise data centers.

Collaboration with Industry Leaders

QCT and Supermicro will be the first to market, with MGX designs appearing in August. Supermicro’s ARS-221GL-NR system, announced today, will include the NVIDIA Grace CPU Superchip, while QCT’s S74G-2U system, also announced today, will use the NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip.

Additionally, SoftBank Corp. plans to roll out multiple hyperscale data centers across Japan and use MGX to dynamically allocate GPU resources between generative AI and 5G applications.

“As generative AI permeates across business and consumer lifestyles, building the right infrastructure for the right cost is one of network operators’ greatest challenges,” said Junichi Miyakawa, president and CEO at SoftBank Corp. “We expect that NVIDIA MGX can tackle such challenges and allow for multi-use AI, 5G and more depending on real-time workload requirements.”

Different Designs for Different Needs

Data centers increasingly need to meet requirements for both growing compute capabilities and decreasing carbon emissions to combat climate change, while also keeping costs down.

Accelerated computing servers from NVIDIA have long provided exceptional computing performance and energy efficiency. Now, the modular design of MGX gives system manufacturers the ability to more effectively meet each customer’s unique budget, power delivery, thermal design and mechanical requirements.

Multiple Form Factors Offer Maximum Flexibility

MGX works with different form factors and is compatible with current and future generations of NVIDIA hardware, including:

  1. Chassis: 1U, 2U, 4U (air or liquid cooled)
  2. GPUs: Full NVIDIA GPU portfolio including the latest H100, L40, L4
  3. CPUs: NVIDIA Grace CPU Superchip, GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip, x86 CPUs
  4. Networking: NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPU, ConnectX-7 network adapters

MGX differs from NVIDIA HGX in that it offers flexible, multi-generational compatibility with NVIDIA products to ensure that system builders can reuse existing designs and easily adopt next-generation products without expensive redesigns. In contrast, HGX is based on an NVLink-connected, multi-GPU baseboard tailored to scale to create the ultimate in AI and HPC systems.

Software to Drive Acceleration Further

In addition to hardware, MGX is supported by NVIDIA’s full software stack, which enables developers and enterprises to build and accelerate AI, HPC and other applications. This includes NVIDIA AI Enterprise, the software layer of the NVIDIA AI platform, which features over 100 frameworks, pretrained models and development tools to accelerate AI and data science for fully supported enterprise AI development and deployment.

MGX is compatible with the Open Compute Project and Electronic Industries Alliance server racks, for quick integration into enterprise and cloud data centers.

Watch NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang discuss the MGX server specification in his keynote address at COMPUTEX.

About NVIDIA

Since its founding in 1993, NVIDIA has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, ignited the era of modern AI and is fueling the creation of the industrial metaverse. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry.

For more information, visit NVIDIA website.

NVIDIA Announces GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip

NVIDIA announced announced that the NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip is in full production, set to power systems coming online worldwide to run complex AI and HPC workloads.

NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip

The GH200-powered systems join more than 400 system configurations powered by  different combinations of NVIDIA’s latest CPU, GPU and DPU architectures — including NVIDIA GraceNVIDIA HopperNVIDIA Ada Lovelace and NVIDIA BlueField — created to help meet the surging demand for generative AI.

At COMPUTEX, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang revealed new systems, partners and additional details surrounding the GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip, which brings together the Arm-based NVIDIA Grace CPU and Hopper GPU architectures using NVIDIA NVLink-C2C interconnect technology. This delivers up to 900GB/s total bandwidth — 7x higher bandwidth than the standard PCIe Gen5 lanes found in traditional accelerated systems, providing incredible compute capability to address the most demanding generative AI and HPC applications.

“Generative AI is rapidly transforming businesses, unlocking new opportunities and accelerating discovery in healthcare, finance, business services and many more industries,” said Ian Buck, vice president of accelerated computing at NVIDIA. “With Grace Hopper Superchips in full production, manufacturers worldwide will soon provide the accelerated infrastructure enterprises need to build and deploy generative AI applications that leverage their unique proprietary data.”

Global hyperscalers and supercomputing centers in Europe and the US are among several customers that will have access to GH200-powered systems.

Hundreds of Accelerated Systems and Cloud Instances

Taiwan manufacturers are among the many system manufacturers worldwide bringing to market a wide variety of systems powered by different combinations of NVIDIA accelerators and processors. These include AAEON, Advantech, Aetina, ASRock Rack, ASUS, GIGABYTE, Ingrasys, Inventec, Pegatron, QCT, Tyan, Wistron and Wiwynn — all featured in Huang’s COMPUTEX keynote address today as key partners.

Additionally, global server manufacturers Cisco, Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Lenovo, Supermicro and Eviden, an Atos company, offer a broad array of NVIDIA-accelerated systems.

Cloud partners for NVIDIA H100 include Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cirrascale, CoreWeave, Google Cloud, Lambda, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Paperspace and Vultr.

NVIDIA L4 GPUs are generally available on Google Cloud.

Full-Stack Computing Across Accelerated Systems

The coming portfolio of systems accelerated by the NVIDIA Grace, Hopper and Ada Lovelace architectures provides broad support for the NVIDIA software stack, which includes NVIDIA AI, the NVIDIA Omniverse platform and NVIDIA RTX technology.

NVIDIA AI Enterprise, the software layer of the NVIDIA AI platform, offers over 100 frameworks, pretrained models and development tools to streamline development and deployment of production AI, including generative AI, computer vision and speech AI.

The NVIDIA Omniverse development platform for building and operating metaverse applications enables individuals and teams to work across multiple software suites and collaborate in real time in a shared environment. The platform is based on the Universal Scene Description framework, an open, extensible 3D language for virtual worlds.

The NVIDIA RTX platform fuses ray tracing, deep learning and rasterization to fundamentally transform the creative process for content creators and developers with support for industry-leading tools and APIs. Applications built on the RTX platform bring the power of real-time photorealistic rendering and AI-enhanced graphics, video and image processing to enable millions of designers and artists to create their best work.

Availability

Systems with GH200 Grace Hopper Superchips are expected to be available beginning later this year.

Learn more about the latest in AI, graphics and NVIDIA-powered systems at COMPUTEX.

About NVIDIA

Since its founding in 1993, NVIDIA has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, ignited the era of modern AI and is fueling the creation of the industrial metaverse. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry.

For more information, visit NVIDIA website.

NVIDIA Q1 Revenue Up 19% to $7.19B with $2.04B Profit

SANTA CLARA, CA, May 25, 2023 – NVIDIA reported revenue for the first quarter ended April 30, 2023, of $7.19B, up 18.9% compared to $6.05B for the fourth quarter ended January 29, 2023. Net income was $2.04B.

Comparative analysis based on NVIDIA’s financial results in the last 12 quarters (Result source NVIDIA website)

Comparative analysis based on NVIDIA’s financial results in the last 12 quarters (Result source NVIDIA website)

“The computer industry is going through two simultaneous transitions — accelerated computing and generative AI,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA.

“A trillion dollars of installed global data center infrastructure will transition from general purpose to accelerated computing as companies race to apply generative AI into every product, service and business process.

“Our entire data center family of products — H100, Grace CPU, Grace Hopper Superchip, NVLink, Quantum 400 InfiniBand and BlueField-3 DPU — is in production. We are significantly increasing our supply to meet surging demand for them,” he said.

A complete chart of the financial results is available here.

About NVIDIA

Since its founding in 1993, NVIDIA has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics and ignited the era of modern AI. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry.

For more information, visit website.