The TIOBE Index is an indicator of which programming languages are most popular within a given month. Each month, we examine ...

A new programming language from Nvidia may really set the fur flying in computer games. Signaling the possibility of a major shift in how developers control a game's look, the graphics chip leader is ...

A new programming language for image-processing algorithms yields code that's much shorter and clearer -- but also faster. Image-processing software is a hot commodity: Just look at Instagram, a ...

There was a time when embedded system developers didn’t need to worry about graphics. When you have a PIC processor and two-line LCD, there isn’t much to learn. But if you are deploying Linux-based ...

GPU stands for graphics processing unit, but these tiny chips can be used for much more than just graphics. Google is using GPUs to model the human brain, and Salesforce leans on them as a way of ...

Graphics chip maker Nvidia Corp. today took the wraps off of Cg. Described as “C for graphics,” Cg is a new high-level graphics programming language and is being promoted not just as a solution for ...