Jon Peddie

Dr. Jon Peddie is one of the pioneers of the graphics industry, and formed Jon Peddie Research (JPR) to provide customer intimate consulting and market forecasting services. Peddie lectures at numerous conferences on topics pertaining to graphics technology and the emerging trends in digital media technology. Recently named one of the most influential analysts, regularly advises investors in the technology sector. Frequently quoted in trade and business publications, he was the president of The Siggraph Pioneers, and contributes articles to numerous publications as well as appearing on CNN, TechTV, and Future Talk TV. And in 2015, he was given the Life Time Achievement award from the CAAD society. He is an advisor to the Siggraph Executive Committee, and in 2018 he was accepted as an ACM Distinguished Speaker.

Peddie has published hundreds of papers, to date; Dr. Peddie has authored and contributed to no less than thirteen books in his career. His most recent, "The History of the GPU Series.”

Peddie is also the author of several books including:

• The History of the GPU - Steps to Invention (2022)

• The History of the GPU - New Developments (2022)

• The History of the GPU - Eras and Environment (2022)

• Graphics User Interfaces and Graphics Standards (1992)

• High Resolution Graphics Display Systems (1994)

• Multimedia and Graphics Controllers (1994)

• The History of Visual Magic in Computers (2013)

• Augmented Reality (2017)

• Contributor to Advances in Modeling, Animation, and Rendering (2002)

• Contributing Editor, Handbook of Visual Display Technology (2009)

• Contributor to State of the Art in Computer Graphics, Visualization and Visual Analytics (2012)

• Contributor to Imaging the Future and Building it (2012)

• Contributor to Expanding the Frontier of Visual Analytics and Visualization (2012)

• Contributor to Production Pipeline Fundamentals For Games And Film (2013)

• Contributing Editor, Handbook of Visual Display Technology (2015)

Professional status

• Professional Engineer, Control Systems, CA, 1983

• Senior Member, IEEE, 1963, life time member

• Senior Member ACM, since 1970; President Siggraph Pioneers

• FCC second class, 1960