Nvidia CEO admits next gen DGX systems necessitate liquid cooling - and the new systems are coming soon By Matthew Connatser published 10 March 24 Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says its upcoming DGX servers will use liquid cooling and is "soon coming."
The five best Intel CPUs of all time: Chipzilla's rise and fall and rise By Matthew Connatser published 10 March 24 We've gone through Intel's decades-long history to find its top five CPUs.
M3 MacBook Air hits eye-popping 114 degrees Celsius in stress test and didn't melt — temperature settles down at 100 degrees after thermal throttling By Matthew Connatser published 9 March 24 Apple's latest M3-powered MacBook Air has a little heat problem and can easily hit over 100 degrees Celsius in prolonged, intensive workloads.
Microsoft's mysterious Z1000 SSD uncovered, points to wider portfolio of drives — M.2 NVMe drive comes with Toshiba NAND, Micron DRAM, and CNEX Labs controller By Matthew Connatser published 9 March 24 Microsoft's Z1000 SSD has been pictured, with 1 TB of storage, 1 GB of DRAM cache, and a CNEX Labs controller.
Steam Deck OLED sees burn-in after 1,500-hour stress test — reducing brightness recommended to avoid damage By Matthew Connatser published 8 March 24 YouTuber Wulff Den was able to achieve burn-in on his Steam Deck OLED after 1,500 hours in a high-brightness stress test.
Delidded Core i9-14900KS hits intense 409 watts, runs 10C cooler — beheaded chip gets tested before March 14th launch By Matthew Connatser published 7 March 24 An enthusiast overclocker has obtained a Core i9-14900KS and showcased delidding it for better temperatures.
AMD fires back at Nvidia and details how to run a local AI chatbot on Radeon and Ryzen — recommends using a third-party app By Matthew Connatser published 7 March 24 AMD posted a tutorial detailing how users can get an AI chatbot running on Ryzen CPUs and Radeon GPUs. It's surprisingly straightforward.
Maingear refreshes North Series gaming desktops with North XL case By Matthew Connatser published 7 March 24 Maingear's refreshed North Series system comes with the newer North XL chassis, featuring more room than ever before.
Tiny Corp is 70% confident that AMD will make at least some of its GPU firmware open source By Matthew Connatser published 6 March 24 After a call with AMD, AI startup Tiny Corp says it's 70% confident that Radeon GPU firmware will be made partially open source or more.
NAND production cuts result in higher SSD pricing, fueling 25% revenue growth for memory makers By Matthew Connatser published 6 March 24 The NAND flash market saw 24.5% higher revenue in Q4 than it did in Q3, signaling that demand and prices are still rising.
GPU sales saw 32% year-over-year increase in Q4 — AMD's market share rises to 19% By Matthew Connatser published 6 March 24 Jon Peddie Research published its Q4 2023 report on discrete graphics cards, showing the market is recovering steadily.
Nvidia is the 'kingmaker,' says analyst firm Omdia — company projected to make $87 billion from data center GPUs alone in 2024 By Matthew Connatser published 5 March 24 Market research firm Omdia predicts Nvidia will make $87 billion from its datacenter GPUs in 2024, compared to $34 billion in 2023.
Threadripper 7000 outsells Intel Xeon 10 to 1, but Intel's mainstream PC chips dominate Ryzen 7000 in Puget Systems 2024 Hardware Trends report By Matthew Connatser published 5 March 24 Ryzen 7000 struggled and Threadripper 7000 soared in workstation builder Puget System's 2023 Hardware Trends.
Intel Foundry is trying to poach Samsung's South Korean customers in its bid to become world's second-biggest foundry: report By Matthew Connatser published 4 March 24 In its drive to become a heavyweight in semiconductor manufacturing, Intel is trying to take Samsung's clients.
Most upcoming Arrow Lake CPUs will leverage TSMC nodes for compute, Intel 20A only for Core i5 and lower: Leak By Matthew Connatser published 4 March 24 Leaker Golden Pig Upgrade says Arrow Lake doesn't have low-power E-cores, DDR5 support, and hyper-threading, and will rely heavily on TSMC's nodes.
Intel's new Special Edition gaming CPU hits 6.2 GHz with 1.5 volts — upcoming Core i9-14900KS packaging and per-core frequencies revealed By Matthew Connatser published 3 March 24 Intel's Core i9-14900KS will seemingly feature a 6.2 GHz boost clock on three of its eight P-cores.
Intel's NPU Acceleration Library goes open source — Meteor Lake CPUs can now run TinyLlama and other lightweight LLMs By Matthew Connatser published 2 March 24 Intel recently released its open-source NPU Acceleration Library, which enables small LLMs on Meteor Lake CPUs.
Turning a dial can change CPU speeds on the fly - Throttle Blaster uses Raspberry Pi Pico to adjust frequency on classic chips down to the megahertz By Matthew Connatser published 1 March 24 The Throttle Blaster upgrades the turbo button on old PCs to a turbo knob, allowing for granular clock speed control.
Chinese foundry SMIC is bruised but not broken by U.S. sanctions — revenue still much higher than in 2021 and 5nm node on track By Matthew Connatser published 1 March 24 Although SMIC had a rough 2023, the long term may actually be positive for the foundry according to a report.
Microsoft's new DirectSR super resolution API aims to simplify DLSS, FSR, and XeSS implementation By Matthew Connatser published 29 February 24 One upscaling API to rule them all, but it's not an upscaler.
Chinese chipmaker defeats US DOJ espionage charges — found not guilty of IP theft from Micron By Matthew Connatser published 28 February 24 Chip and memory manufacturer Fujian Jinhua was found not guilty on economic espionage charges.
$300 million of CHIPS Act R&D funds is officially up for grabs as U.S Department of Commerce opens applications for packaging technology By Matthew Connatser published 28 February 24 The Commerce Department is now accepting applications for up to three $100 million awards for semiconductor packaging R&D.
PC market recovery continues — GPU and CPU shipments up 20% year-over-year in Q4 2023 By Matthew Connatser published 27 February 24 Mostly thanks to laptop shipments.
SolidRun unveils AMD Zen 3-based Ryzen V3000 computer-on-module for networking and edge computing By Matthew Connatser published 27 February 24 SolidRun's new CX7 computer on module features an 8-core Ryzen V3000 APU, 96GB of DDR5, and tons of connectivity options.
Intel demonstrates PyTorch AI optimizations for accelerating large language models on its Arc Alchemist GPUs By Matthew Connatser published 26 February 24 Intel shows how you can run Llama 2 on an Arc A770 GPU, using its PyTorch optimizations.
