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Nvidia announced that its latest Hopper H200 AI GPUs set a new record for MLPerf benchmarks, scoring 45% higher than its previous generation H100 Hopper GPU. What about Blackwell B200? We'll have to wait until that begins shipping for official results.
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| Updated | 2024-05-19 03:00 |
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The 2023 Asus ROG Ally Z1 is available now at Best Buy for just $399.
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Another report claims that Intel's Lunar Lake-MX compute tile is made by TSMC using its N3B process technology.
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The iCUE Link has a novel fan connection system and powerful software with tons of customization options, but it's paired with a premium price tag.
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by palcorn@outlook.com (Paul Alcorn) on (#6KN4B)
Intel executives confirmed today that Microsoft's Copilot AI service will soon run locally on PCs and have a requirement for a minimum of 40 TOPS of NPU performance.
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by palcorn@outlook.com (Paul Alcorn) on (#6KMTC)
Intel announced it is launching new Meteor Lake developer kits and expanding its AI PC Acceleration Program with new options for ISVs and IHVs.
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The long awaited ray tracing update for Diablo IV has arrived. Besides that, Nvidia touts several other games sporting DLSS 3 frame generation and/or DLSS 2 upscaling technology, including Outpost: Infinity Siege, Alone in the Dark, and Lightyear Frontier Out.
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A new browser update made it even more difficult to get rid of the ugly Material You design update.
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SK hynix plans to build a $4 billion chip packaging facility in Indiana, which could begin operations in 2029, according to a WSJ report. If the plant gets the green light, likely with tax incentives, it would focus on advanced packaging like that used for HBM3e and future HBM solutions.
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Microsoft's newly-unified Windows and Surface Team gets a new head — restructuring and AI in Redmond
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Microsoft's newly-unified Windows and Surface Team will be headed up by Pavan Davuluri, previously the Corporate VP of Microsoft.
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TSMC's 3nm process technology will reportedly account for over 20% of TSMC's revenue in 2024, as more client adopt the node. This is according to a new report, with further growth in the coming years.
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Intel has added two new PCI IDs to its Linux drivers, for the Arc A750E and Arc A580E. Not much is known about these GPUs, but we suspect they're embedded or low-power variants intended to help clear out any remaining Alchemist silicon before Battlemage GPUs begin shipping.
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Available in white, our favorite budget PC case pick - the Phanteks Eclipse G360A is on sale for just $60.
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The AOC Agon Pro AG456UCZD is AOC's first 240 Hz OLED Ultrawide, and boasts high DCI-P3 gamut coverage alongside the expected OLED monitor specs. Also certified for FreeSync Premium and G-Sync Compatible operation.
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We tested a room full of screens to find the best budget 4K monitors, including 32-inch, curved and gaming options.
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Google has finally released an Arm64 version of Google Chrome, making a native version of the browser available ahead of the launch of Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite processors.
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AMD has unveiled new Ryzen 5000 XT refreshed CPUs for AM4, and two new Ryzen 8000 series CPUs for AM5 sporting disabled integrated graphics chips.
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A recent report notes that the Chinese PC market has observed a significant loss in sales during 2023, except for Huawei which experienced 11% growth. Dell suffered the most with a 44% loss in sales.
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Modder combines an Intel Arc A310 GPU cooler with an Intel Arc A380 GPU in order to mount it inside a MinisForum MS-01, which can only fit a single-slot GPU despite its PCIe 5.0 support.
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by palcorn@outlook.com (Paul Alcorn) on (#6KM94)
Phison demos a single workstation training a massive 70-billion-parameter AI model at GTC 2024. Such models normally require 24 GPUs to train, but Phison's aiDaptiv+ allowed them to accomplish the same task with only four GPUs.
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Maxsun's H770 YTX D5 Wi-Fi sports a unique new YTX form factor with most connectors on the rear. It's a well-rounded board with a budget price. Just be aware that there are fewer than 20 compatible chassis.
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by palcorn@outlook.com (Paul Alcorn) on (#6KM96)
Astera Labs demoed working PCIe 6.0 connectivity using its Aries retimers that power Nvidia GPU platforms, among others.
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Naver, South Korea's top search engine provider, is shifting more of its hardware to Intel, and now Samsung, in efforts to avoid Nvidia's sometimes-gratuitous pricing.
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Recent SiSoftware results for two unknown Intel Arc GPUs have 'leaked,' but it's not clear if these are future Battlemage GPUs or if they're modified Alchemist solutions. Here's our take on the chips.
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The Amazon big spring sale is here. Stock up on tech without breaking the bank, with deals from Amazon and other retailers.
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These are the best 4K gaming monitors available in 2023, including 144Hz, curved and HDR options.
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Jacob David C Cunningham is using a Raspberry Pi to power his hat clip camera-a first-person perspective image and video capturing device.
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Asus has rolled out a new ROG Strix gaming monitor featuring a curved 27-inch 'Fast VA' panel. Highlights of the Asus ROG Strix XG27WCS are the max 180 Hz refresh rate and 1ms g2g response time, the wide color gamut and punchy contrast of the display, a plethora of Asus gaming features, plus a fully adjustable ergonomic stand.
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iBase MI1002 motherboard will sport Intel's LGA1851 socket, with support for the Core Ultra Meteor Lake-PS processors.
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Tiny Corp appears to have decided whether or not to follow its original plan of using AMD GPUs, or switch to Nvidia GPUs to power its Tiny Box server. The muddled answer is that it will make both.
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Next-gen GPUs are almost certain to leverage GDDR7 memory, and SK hynix and Samsung showed their GDDR7 devices at GTC 2024. 16Gb chips are already in full production, with higher capacity and faster chips coming next year.
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As announced by its Ministry officials in December 2023, China will no longer be using chips made by AMD and Intel for government PCs and servers as a response to the sanctions imposed by the United States. In its place, the officials will switch to home-made options, despite challenges.
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by brandon.hill@futurenet.com (Brandon Hill) on (#6KKH6)
The EM105 gets a lot right and is only let down by its included stand.
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A leaked Socket SP5 motherboard spec sheet reveals faster memory bandwidth for upcoming Zen 5-based Epyc "Turin" CPUs.
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We've benchmarked the PC release of Horizon Forbidden West on 22 graphics cards, including most current generation cards along with a few representatives of previous generation hardware. The game runs decently on mainstream hardware at 1080p and medium settings, but the higher settings can quickly tank performance on cards with less than 8GB of memory, and 12GB is necessary for 4K at maximum settings.
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Add links to your favorite programs or sites to the right-click menu.
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Something that almost killed Intel is now patented in China. But it remains to be seen how viable it will be.
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Microsoft has published a performance-optimizing patent for ray-tracing, that is designed to reduce the memory footprint of workloads via an RT level of detail system.
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As required by EU sanctions, Microsoft will soon stop all the cloud computing services it provides to Russian-based organizations and businesses.
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A Steve Jobs signed Apple Computer business card has achieved an astonishing $181,183 at auction. Boston-based RR Auctions sold this 'highly coveted' computer history artifact which was listed as an 'extremely rare, perfectly graded Steve Jobs-signed Apple Computer business card from circa 1983.'
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Corsair's M75 Wireless is a symmetrical gaming mouse with thumb buttons on both sides. For all the left-handed gamers who want more than two buttons and a scroll wheel.
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The SZBox S69 Mini PC offers a Ryzen 9 6900HX CPU with Radeon 680M graphics, and two DDR5 SO-DIMMs, supporting up to 64GB RAM and combined internal M.2 storage up to 8TB.
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Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has publicly invited Tesla CEO Elon Musk to tour his firm's semiconductor fab lines. In a post on the Twitter/X social media platform, Gelsinger said he was thinking of Musk when he was awarded the $8.5 billion in CHIPS Act funding, earlier in the week.
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AliExpress sells the Topton N9, a motherboard that leverages Intel's Kaby Lake G processors and offers NAS users up to eight high-speed 2.5G Ethernet ports.
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Asus reveals pricing and maximum performance configurations of its upcoming ROG NUCs, which will include up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H CPU and discrete RTX 4070 GPU.
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AMD has provided an overclocking update to its RX 7900 GRE and increased the maximum memory overclocking limit by 22.8%.
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EVGA accidentally blew up 22TB of customer storage after it failed to ship updated cables with a power supply the customer RMAed.
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The customs officers of the Shangai Pudong International Airport confiscated 44 graphics cards from a smuggler who tried to pass through the green channel, hoping to evade any charges or laws prohibiting such large imports.
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The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 CPU is available today at Walmart for just $189 instead of its usual $229.
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Irdeto, makers of Denuvo, continue to draw ire as they announce TraceMark for Gaming to eliminate modern game leaks as we know them.
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