
Randall S. Newton is principal analyst at Consilia Vektor, covering engineering technology. He has been part of the computer graphics industry in a variety of roles since 1985.
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Randall's latest posts
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Wearable Medical Devices Present Engineering Challenges
January 12, 2021Packaging is critical; mechanical and electrical requirements are just as important, and must be protected. -
GPUs Give Simulation and Analysis a Turbo Boost
December 15, 2020More CAD, CAE vendors decide to leverage GPUs in product offerings. -
Graebert, Act II: Enterprise CAD Collaboration
December 11, 2020Graebert steps out of the background with its Trinity of CAD platform, and a greater emphasis on wide-scale collaboration -
Materialise Sees Sustainability as the Future of 3D Printing
November 25, 2020Company focuses on reduction in waste, improvement in material re-use. -
Wearable Medical Devices Present Engineering Challenges
January 12, 2021Packaging is critical; mechanical and electrical requirements are just as important, and must be protected.
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GPUs Give Simulation and Analysis a Turbo Boost
December 15, 2020More CAD, CAE vendors decide to leverage GPUs in product offerings.
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Graebert, Act II: Enterprise CAD Collaboration
December 11, 2020Graebert steps out of the background with its Trinity of CAD platform, and a greater emphasis on wide-scale collaboration
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Materialise Sees Sustainability as the Future of 3D Printing
November 25, 2020Company focuses on reduction in waste, improvement in material re-use.
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Connecting Service to Design
November 10, 2020Digital twin technology provides a bridge from design to service engineers in the field.
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Bricsys Makes the Case for Mechanical CAD in DWG
November 3, 2020BricsCAD V21 marries BIM, mechanical design with flexible licensing.
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GPUs Are Workstation Essentials
October 30, 2020Graphics, AI and parallel processing tasks have made GPUs a key enabler of engineering productivity.
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Autodesk, Open Design Alliance Bury the Hatchet (Half-Way)
October 1, 2020IFC support brings Autodesk and ODA together, up to a point. The news about the Open Design Alliance was announced after it’s recent developers conference.
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Workstation Monitors Boast Curves and Connectivity
September 15, 2020Engineers put more consideration into monitor features as work-from-home setups emerge.
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When Engineering Exits the Building
July 31, 2020Organizations must find the right technology to support engineers’ data-intense workloads as work-from-home numbers increase.
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Perfecting Productivity With Proper Workstation Peripherals
June 15, 2020Engineering power isn’t just in the workstation; the right monitor and mouse also make the difference.
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GPU-Driven Engineering
May 1, 2020Mainstream engineering technology embraces shift to GPU-based real-time rendering.
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Workstation Vendors See Tool Chain Emerging for VR Applications
February 1, 2020As more engineering firms decide to use VR, workstation vendors must address performance concerns and hardware capabilities.
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Graebert to CAD Vendors: We Can Take You to the Cloud
December 5, 2019Graebert conference presents the company's expanded vision for the cloud-based CAD technology.
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Mobile Workstations Continue to Rise
December 1, 2019Demand is driven by the desire to have as much computing power as possible at hand 24/7.
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AI-Accelerated Rendering
November 1, 2019Artificial intelligence ushers in rendering democratization.
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