Report from SIGGRAPH 2006 (Photos)
Every year the biggest names in 3D software exhibit on the show floor. This year was no different. The exhibit floor was very busy. Apple however was not at SIGGRAPH in "booth form". Apparently a few companies were worried that the Boston show was not going to be as well attended as a typical SIGGRAPH show in Los Angeles, to make the visit worth it financially. Apple did not have a booth this year on the show floor and may have been in this small group of companies that normally exhibit. However, the unofficial, official word is that Apple's World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) next week likely factored into their decision process to not have a booth.
This was a good show for the Mac in 3D. However, the mother of all good news has not been stated thus far. This news pertains to ATI and its commitment to the Apple Mac platform. With the recent purchase of ATI by AMD -- the chief rival to Intel and the processors running inside of new Apple computers -- many have speculated that the future of graphics on the Mac is an Nvidia or Intel only story. While this decision will largely rest with Apple in the end, ATI told Architosh.com that the company is just as committed to the Mac as ever before and plans on delivering great graphics technologies to Apple for years to come.
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