NVIDIA Announces GB200 NVL4 With Quad Blackwell GPUs & Dual Grace CPUs, H200 NVL Now Generally Available
NVIDIA has unveiled its latest Blackwell GB200 NVL4 solution with four GPUs & two GPUs packed into one powerful HPC & AI solution. NVIDIA Accelerates AI Forward With Strong Hardware Solutions: Blackwell GB200 NVL4 & Hopper H200 NVL As part of its SC24 announcements, NVIDIA is unveiling two brand-new hardware platforms, one based on its existing Hopper stack and the other powered by its latest Blackwell stack. These two solutions are designed for enterprise servers, powering accelerated HPC and
Apple’s M4 Max Chip Trails NVIDIA’s RTX 4090 By Nearly 30 Percent In Blender GPU Benchmarks But Outpaces The RTX 4070 and RTX 3080 Ti
Apple's new M4 Macs deliver promising Geekbench results for both single and multi-core performance. From the base model to the M4 Max, the chips feature enhanced computational and graphical output compared to last year's M3 chips, and it is only a matter of time before the company introduces its highly anticipated M4 Ultra chips next year. We are now looking at the GPU benchmarks of the M4 Max chip, and to be fair, the results are as astonishing compared to NVIDIA's
Survios Debuts Story Trailer for Alien: Rogue Incursion
This morning saw the debut of the story trailer for Alien: Rogue Incursion by Survios, a leading VR developer. They've created numerous award-winning VR games, such as Spirit Vector, Electronauts, and Zombies on the Holodeck. Their last game, Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions, was released in 2021 as a non-VR game, and now they're back to dip their toes into the VR pool. Alien: Rogue Incursion is set to release on December 19, 2
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Gets Nominated in the Game of the Year Section at TGA 2024
Today, the official nominations for the Game of the Year category at The Game Awards 2024 have been shared, and the biggest news is that Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree was included. This is surprising because Shadow of the Erdtree is not a standalone game but a DLC that requires Elden Ring to be played. Since this is unprecedented, The Game Awards organization clarified its stance on the topic with a newly added FAQ on the event's official website: The Game Awards aims to recognize the best
Microsoft’s Copilot Efforts Are Receiving Backlash, And Insiders Believe The Approach Is More Focused On Competition Rather Than Providing Value
Companies are not going to slow down any time soon when it comes to advancing their AI technologies, aggressively pursuing new projects, and enhancing their existing models. Microsoft's Copilot has made quite the mark as an AI-powered assistant and is built on advanced large language models to help facilitate users by automating their workflows. The company deals with privacy concerns proactively and has implemented measures such as tenant isolation to ensure user data remains private and protected. It has also placed restrictions on the AI training process. The company is
NVIDIA’s First Blackwell GB200 NVL72 Server Racks Shipped Amidst Reports of Thermal Issues
NVIDIA's Blackwell NVL72 server racks are reportedly facing thermal issues, at a time when the firm has started mainstream supply to markets. After Architectural Flaws, NVIDIA's Blackwell Now Faces Server Rack Design Issues, But First NVL72 AI Server Racks With Liquid-Cooling Shipping Out NVIDIA's Blackwell architecture, despite its high anticipation, has become a victim of development roadblocks since the very start. Initially, it was disclosed that the Blackwell chips were facing an issue with their interconnect technology onboard, which
PlayStation 5 Pro Bad PSSR Implementation in Certain Games Is Caused by Older Version of the Upscaler; Future Batches of Supported Games Will Look Much Better
The implementation of the PlayStation 5 Pro AI-powered PSSR upscaler isn't perfect in all titles due to some games reportedly using an older version of the upscaler. Commenting on the ResetERA forums in a thread discussing the disappointing Star Wars Jedi: Survivor PS5 Pro update, a developer going by the name of Koralsky commented on the poor image quality produced by PSSR in certain titles, revealing that the difference in image quality between different games is caused by the different versions of the upscaler used. In regard to the latest
RBC On Tesla: “FSD’s Next Version (13.0) Is Tracking At ~10k Miles Before Intervention, Compared To Waymo’s 17k Level”
Tesla is one of the top gainers in early trading today, spurred by reports that the upcoming Trump administration is prioritizing the creation of a federal framework for autonomous vehicles (AVs). This news bite is also attracting scrutiny from sell-side analysts, with RBC going so far as to pen a fairly exhaustive note on the topic. Pre-market Movers. $TSLA +8% [following a report from Bloomberg that said President-elect Donald Trump will seek to create a federal framework for self-driving cars.
Apple’s Latest M4 Macs Cannot Run macOS Virtual Machines On Versions Earlier Than macOS Ventura 13.4
Apple announced new Macs with M4 chips a few weeks ago, and they have had a massive jump in performance. Overall, the reviews have been pretty great, but it has now been discovered that the new M4 Macs are unable to run virtual machines with older macOS versions, specifically below macOS Ventura 13.4. Developers and users highlighted the issue, and it remains to be seen if the company will fix the problem. M4 Macs bring the inability to run older versions of macOS on virtual machines
Portal RTX with AMD Gets FSR 3.1 Support, Greatly Improving Visual Definition
Portal RTX launched in late 2022 as the premiere demonstration of NVIDIA's RTX Remix remastering toolset. Empowered with technologies like NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution, Frame Generation, Ray Reconstruction, and even full path tracing, it was a stunning graphics showcase that remained out of reach for PC users with AMD graphics cards. However, the modding team at NightSightProductions has recently released a mod that allows Portal RTX to work with AMD GPUs. Whereas the first iteration used TAAU, a new update has now introduced support for FidelityFX