The latest version is geared to professional content creators working within studio and production environments. Poser was introduced more than a decade ago and over the years has matured to the point where it's no longer a 3D specialist's tool

BDTI recently investigated the current state of Cell products, and whether the architecture is likely to get significant traction in embedded applications.

Six companies are contributing a total $6 million to kick off a three-year project at Stanford University to explore fresh models for parallel programming, one of three efforts recently funded by a computer industry increasingly concerned software will not be