Alex Herrera

With more than 30 years of engineering, marketing, and management experience in the semiconductor industry, Alex Herrera is a consultant focusing on high-performance graphics and workstations. Author of frequent articles covering both the business and technology of graphics, he is also responsible for the Workstation Report series, published by Jon Peddie Research.

	Article Intel’s New Rocket Lake S Offers Full Round of CAD Platform Gen Updates 22 Jul, 2021 By: Alex Herrera Herrera on Hardware: Following up on releases from NVIDIA and AMD, Intel has followed suit, giving CAD professionals a complete set of new CPUs and GPUs from which to choose.
	Article AMD’s RDNA2 Architecture Arrives for CAD Professionals 17 Jun, 2021 By: Alex Herrera Herrera on Hardware: Cadalyst looks at the two new Radeon Pro models first out of the chute.
	Article CPU Boost & Base Clocks: Testing CPUs for CAD, Part 2 20 May, 2021 By: Alex Herrera Herrera on Hardware: This month we test and analyze two systems with three different SKUs, weighing the specifications for core count, base clock, and boost clock when evaluating a CPU for CAD.
	Article NVIDIA Releases High-End GPUs 22 Apr, 2021 By: Alex Herrera Annual GTC ’21 Show Report, Part 2: New RTX GPUs support Omniverse and bring next gen computing power.
	Article NVIDIA’s Omniverse Platform: Game-Changing Potential for Large-Scale CAD 21 Apr, 2021 By: Alex Herrera Annual GTC ’21 Show Report, Part 1: NVIDIA unveils Omniverse along with new RTX GPUs to support the platform
	Article CPU Boost & Base Clocks: Why They Vary and How They Impact CAD Computing Performance 15 Apr, 2021 By: Alex Herrera Explore the often overlooked differences in clocks as a function of core count, and why boost clock specifications deserve your attention.
	Article Graphics Drivers—Purpose-Shaped for CAD Use 18 Mar, 2021 By: Alex Herrera Herrera on Hardware: Keep up to date with CAD-oriented drivers and get the power you need to drive your designs.
	Article NVIDIA’s Ampere GPU for CAD and Beyond 18 Feb, 2021 By: Alex Herrera The first professional Ampere GPU foreshadows advancements to come for all CAD visualization professionals.
	Article Ryzen 5000 and Zen 3: Benchmarking Performance Measures for CAD 21 Jan, 2021 By: Alex Herrera Herrera on Hardware: Should you equip your CAD workstations with AMD processors? This exercise provides some performance data for comparison, plus insights about examining a CPU’s clock rates.
	Article AMD CPUs Check All the Boxes for the Range of CAD Computing Demands 16 Dec, 2020 By: Alex Herrera Herrera on Hardware: The company’s Ryzen 5000–generation CPUs solidify its resurgent competitive edge, particularly when it comes mainstream CAD.

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