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Tag Archives: Microsoft
Windows 7: the end is nigh
Windows 7, originally released on October 22, 2009. It’s had a good run of over 13 years so far. At its introduction, I wrote a somewhat cynical piece, given that people were so negative about Windows Vista, and so positive … Continue reading
Posted in Software news
Tagged .NET 4.8.1, .NET 7, End of life, geforce, Microsoft, Security update, Service Pack 1, Visual Studio 2022, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 7 SP1
2 Comments
The strong ARM
I’ve done some posts on x86 vs ARM over the years, most recently on the new Microsoft Surface Pro X, which runs a ‘normal’ desktop version of Windows 10 on an ARM CPU, while also supporting x86 applications through emulation. … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware news
Tagged Apple, ARM, Intel, iOS, iPad, iPhone, macOS, Microsoft, Surface Pro X, Windows 10, x86
3 Comments
Batch, batch, batch: Respect the classics!
Today I randomly stumbled upon some discussions about DirectX 12, Mantle and whatnot. It seems a lot of people somehow think that the whole idea of reducing draw call overhead was new for Mantle and DirectX 12. While some commenters … Continue reading
Posted in Direct3D, Oldskool/retro programming, OpenGL, Software development, Vulkan
Tagged 2001, 2003, Batch batch batch, BSP, DirectX, Draw call overhead, Game Developers Conference, Gamedev.net, Leafy BSP, Microsoft, nvidia, OpenGL
5 Comments
Windows and ARM: not over yet
As you may recall, I was quite fond of the idea of ARM and x86 getting closer together, where on the one hand, Windows could run on ARM devices, and on the other hand, Intel was developing smaller x86-based SOCs … Continue reading
Posted in Direct3D, Hardware news, Software development, Software news
Tagged ARM, Atom, Intel, IoT, Microsoft, Surface Pro X, Windows 10, x86
5 Comments
Experience and skill in software development
I just spotted a number of hits from Ars Technica to my blog. It is a regular event that one of my blog posts gets posted in some online discussion, causing a noticeable spike in my statistics. When it does, … Continue reading
Posted in Software development
Tagged Agile, Ars Technica, assembly, bug, Code, computer, debug, design, machine code, machine language, Microsoft, patch, Pessimist Pamphlet, programming, skilled developer, software
8 Comments
DirectX 12 is out, let’s review
Well, DirectX 12 is launched, together with a new version of Windows (Windows 10) and an improved driver system (WDDM 2.0). Because, if you remember, we also had: Windows Vista + DirectX 10 + WDDM 1.0 Windows 7 + DirectX … Continue reading
Posted in Direct3D, Software development, Software news
Tagged AMD, asynchronous shaders, DirectX 12, DX11.3, DX12, DX12_1, Intel, Microsoft, nvidia, Oxide, Skylake, Windows 10
30 Comments
Direct3D 11.3 (and nVidia’s Maxwell Mark 2)
A few days ago, nVidia introduced the new GTX970 and GTX980, based on the Maxwell architecture. A bit of a surprise however, is that this is a ‘Mark 2’ version of the Maxwell architecture, which has some new features that … Continue reading
Posted in Direct3D, Hardware news, OpenCL, OpenGL, Software development
Tagged AMD, conservative rasterizing, D3D, Direct3D, Direct3D 11.3, Direct3D 12, DirectX, geforce, GTX970, GTX980, Maxwell, Microsoft, nvidia, volume tiled resource
26 Comments
DirectX 12: A first quick look
Today, Microsoft has presented the first information on DirectX 12 at the Game Developers Conference, and also published a blog on DirectX 12. nVidia also responded with a blog on DirectX 12. In Direct3D 12, the idea of deferred contexts … Continue reading
Posted in Direct3D, Software development, Software news
Tagged D3D12, Direct3D, DirectX, DirectX 12, Fermi, Kepler, Mantle, Maxwell, Microsoft, multi-core, multithread, nvidia, the Game Developers Conference
6 Comments
Alex St. John: The Evolution of Direct3D
I just stumbled upon this blog by Alex St. John, one of the creators of DirectX at Microsoft: http://www.alexstjohn.com/WP/2013/07/22/the-evolution-of-direct3d/ It gives a very interesting view on how OpenGL and Direct3D related to each other in the early days, within Microsoft. … Continue reading
Posted in Direct3D, Oldskool/retro programming, OpenGL, Software development, Software news
Tagged Alex St. John, Direct3D, DirectX, evolution, games, gaming, graphics, history, Microsoft, OpenGL
2 Comments
A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing
That is something I found out in a ‘discussion’ (don’t think it really deserves that name) earlier this week. Some guy was talking about the fact that it took a long time for 32-bit OSes to catch on, after the … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware news, Software news
Tagged 16-bit, 32-bit, 386, computer, conspiracy, DOS extender, expensive, linux, Microsoft, MS-DOS, software, technology, tick tock, Windows, x86 os
6 Comments
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