The Benefits of High-Density Interconnect PCBs
Today’s animators, video editors, and people working in similar areas require highly capable computers in order to do their jobs effectively. It’s for this reason that we highlight new and powerful processing development[...]
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Working from Home? Enjoy Special Savings on GoBOXX SLM
We’re in the middle of a large-scale, impromptu experiment right now. As governments and businesses across the globe take serious measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19,1 thousands of office workers (including mysel[...]
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Intel’s Frequency Boosting Technologies Explained
Intel processors have never been simple, but they definitely used to be simpler. In the endless journey to provide more performance, successive generations of CPUs have brought higher frequencies and more cores. As frequ[...]
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Wi-Fi 6: Innovation Comes in Waves
Wireless technology has had a long and winding history. Starting with ALOHAnet in 1971, which connected the Great Hawaiian Islands; to the precursor to the 802.11 protocol developed in the Netherlands in the 1980s; to an[...]
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GPUs and You: Maximizing Performance for Your Workflow
No matter how fast computers become, there are always people out there trying to make them faster. It’s an inherently human trait to figure out how to get more out of less. Efficiency is the name of the game, and when we[...]
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Testing V-Ray GPU Rendering with NVIDIA NVLink
As GPU technology has advanced over the years, GPU rendering has become more advanced and popular due to its speed advantage over CPUs in visual rendering. In addition, a GPU rendering workstation is much more flexible a[...]
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Testing the New SOLIDWORKS Engine
SOLIDWORKS is currently beta testing a new engine. Historically, CAD application performance has relied entirely on the speed of a handful of high-frequency cores. However, like lots of professional software these days, [...]
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Purpose Built for Performance
New BOXXlabs Whitepaper a Must-read on the Advantages of Overclocking
At BOXX we talk a lot about accelerating your applications and workflow. Our goal is simple. Whether you’re an architect, engineer, product d[...]
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KeyShot 9.1 – New Features and Improvements
KeyShot dropped dozens of improvements and bug fixes with their latest 9.1 update. On top of that, they added three brand-new features:
The Unwrap UV tool, which allows you to generate UV coordinates for your objec[...]
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Blender 2.82 – Feature Updates
The latest version of Blender is finally out, and it comes with lots of new exciting features, such as:
A brand new physically-based liquid/gas simulation system using Mantaflow which allows you to create fire and [...]
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Still Running Windows 7? Well, Stop It
Released back in 2009, Windows 7 was one of the most popular operating systems ever. In fact, it is still being used by nearly a third of businesses today. However, that number is likely going to drop dramatically in the[...]
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How Unity is Simplifying Multi-Platform Support
For video game developers, a common decision during development is determining which platforms your game will support.1 One reason this is important is because the more platforms you choose, the more work is needed to ac[...]
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CPU vs. GPU 3: Rendering with a Vengeance
There is a clear trend these days among software vendors to incorporate more and more GPU acceleration into their products. In fact, NVIDIA recently compiled a list of hundreds of software packages spanning over a d[...]
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For GPU Rendering, BOXX Rocks RAXX Stacks
There’s always a bit of lag between the time a revolutionary hardware solution comes out and the time it takes for the software world to adapt. Thankfully, we’re at a point where the hardware—NVIDIA’s latest line of RTX [...]
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CPU vs GPU 2: Render Harder
It’s been quite a while since we discussed this topic.1 This time I wanted to try something a little different. Let’s start with a simple question: what causes faster render times? The answer, essentially, is to solve [...]
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Corona Renderer Got Another Update
Corona’s renderer is well known for its ease of use, speed, and flexibility, and the company has kept those vital elements in mind as they update their beloved product to version 3. Some of the new features and improveme[...]
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How to Launch Your Creative Business from Home
With the world at a standstill due to the COVID-19 crisis and countless creatives out of work, many people who have never considered starting a business are turning their eyes to entrepreneurship. Whether you’re interest[...]
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How to Use Your Computer to Fight the Coronavirus
We’re living in very strange times—but it’s not all bad news. Thanks to advancements in technology, the average person is better prepared to help solve the world’s biggest problems than ever before.
Enter Folding@home[...]
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Accelerating Data Insights with Intel’s® Deep Learning Boost
These days, keeping up with the times as an organization means leveraging massive amounts of data that’s constantly being collected on a myriad of devices. Broadly speaking, the more data-driven you are, the more opportu[...]
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“Functional” Machine Learning Won’t Cut It: KPF Makes the Case
Machine learning is no longer relegated to academia and science labs. In fact, it’s quickly being employed across multiple industries. For example, it was recently discovered that Hollywood has been using AI to determine[...]
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BOXXer: Jason Pohl
BOXXer Jason Pohl is known by millions of viewers worldwide as the lead designer at Orange County Choppers, the custom motorcycle manufacturer made famous by the long running Discovery Channel series, American Chopp[...]
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Rev it Up & Go with Jason Pohl and Orange County Choppers
On the long running television series American Chopper (currently airing on the Discovery Channel), millions of viewers worldwide have witnessed the triumphs, tribulations, and antics of Paul Teutul, Sr., his sons Paul J[...]
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Common Sense Solutions to Common Inventory Issues
As you grow your small business, inventory management becomes increasingly important. After all, the products you sell are your bread and butter, and you don’t want an empty plate. While some growing pains are to be expe[...]
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BOXXER: Sabour Amirazodi
Creative director and visual effects producer Sabour Amirazodi (Seventh Dream Media, Inc.) is a BOXXER whose projects include a Shanghai theme park experience, visual effects for Netflix features, interactive animation f[...]
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