CPUs and GPUs: Converging?


It seems like I constantly hear about how CPUs and GPUs are converging. That CPUs are getting more GPU features, GPUs are getting more CPU features, and that eventually they will converge into one happy processing unit. I disagree, and here’s why. Btw, that picture above is NVIDIA’s Fermi die.

Why CPUs are [...]

Do any broswers resize images in linear space?


After the last post where I talked about the ideal way to correct for gamma when mipmapping, I thought I’d do a quick rundown of current browsers to see if any account for gamma when resizing images. So I did resize tests in IE7, Firefox, Minefield (pre-release Firefox), Chrome, Safari, and Photoshop CS2. [...]