Elon Musk was in his prime ahead of SpaceX's first earnings call as a public company, warning detractors of complete annihilation before the call, while throwing out trillion-dollar buzzwords with alacrity during the call itself.
HBF Is For AI Model Weights, HBM Is For KV Cache
Buckle up as the ongoing memory- and HBM-related bottleneck is about to get materially decongested, thanks to SanDisk's initiative to develop High-Bandwidth Flash (HBF) in concert with SK hynix, which should eventually lead to a bifurcation in tasks that are currently performed solely by the HBM.
Before discussing the HBF standard, let's first go over the memory wall issue that often comes up with HBM.
HBM and the memory wall issue
An AI model with 100 billion parameters and operating at fp
Elon Musk Commits SpaceX Exclusively To NVIDIA GPUs Citing “They’re The Best”, With 10GW Of AI Compute Coming By 2027
SpaceX's Founder & CEO, Elon Musk, has said that the company has committed to using NVIDIA GPUs exclusively.
Well, it looks like SpaceX has decided to use NVIDIA's GPUs exclusively to power its AI needs. In its latest earnings call, Elon Musk confirmed that NVIDIA's latest Vera Rubin platform will be used at SpaceX data centers for AI workloads, with deployments spanning across the globe and also in space.
GMKtec NucBox EVO-T2S “Intel Core Ultra X7 358H” Mini PC Review: Panther Lake Brings Next-Level Features To Mini PCs
GMKtec has been making Mini PCs for years now. They are based out of the technology hub of Shenzhen, China, and have maintained strategic partnerships with AMD, Intel & Microsoft, and currently offer a wide array of solutions, all the way from entry-level to enthusiast-grade designs based on mobility chips from AMD & Intel.
The latest offering from GMKtec that targets the high-end segment with Intel's Core Ultra Series 3 SoCs. For this, GMKtec is introducing its EVO T2S
Framework’s LPCAMM2 Form Factor Is The Future Of Modular LPDDR5X Memory, But With M5 MacBook Pro’s 39% Faster Bandwidth On The Same Standard, There’s A Trade-Off
The switch to the LPCAMM2 form factor has allowed companies like Framework to introduce modular memory that not only consumes less power but delivers increased speeds without worrying about getting a soldered package. However, that modularity comes at a price when compared to the M5 MacBook Pro , which relies on soldered RAM but boasts 39 percent faster bandwidth, leading to a performance disparity in various AI workloads.
Just because the Framework Laptop 13 Pro and the M5 MacBook Pro ship with the same LPDDR5X memory doesn’t
Former Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger Lavishes Praise On Quantum Computing Company’s Agreement With Secretive Government Agency
Former Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger has congratulated quantum computing company PsiQuantum for signing a $125 million agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). PsiQuantum and DARPA have teamed up to investigate the feasibility of utility-scale quantum computers, which expand the technology from experimental setups to systems capable of solving complex problems.
Gelsinger's latest remarks come after he shared quite a bit of optimism surrounding quantum computing last month in an interview. In an episode of the All-In Podcast in July, the former
ProbablyMonsters Bets on $19.99 Replay Loops with Crimson Moon, a Gothic Action/Adventure RPG Built Entirely Around Short Incursions
Independent US developer ProbablyMonsters (which I interviewed earlier this year ) today announced the release date and pricing details for Crimson Moon . The Gothic High Renaissance action-adventure RPG, originally unveiled earlier this year, is launching very soon, on September 1, 2026 , for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X , priced at $19.99 .
Set in the besieged city of Gildenarch , Crimson Moon casts players as Nephilim — half-human, half-angel warriors bound to
Mafia: The Old Country Expands with Man of Honor, Dragging Enzo Back into Salieri’s Dirty Work this August 14
Today, 2K revealed the first details and footage of Mafia: The Old Country 's story expansion, Man of Honor , which is coming out soon (on August 14 ). The expansion takes place in Winter 1905 , just a few months after the initiation of protagonist Enzo Favara into the Torrisi crime family, and it brings players back to his story while adding new content for Free Ride mode.
According to the developers, the expansion introduces new story chapters set during Enzo's early days
The FCC Mulls Banning China-Sourced Optical Transceivers, Threatening Innolight’s 27% Global Market Share As Coherent And Lumentum Prepare To Pounce
Another day brings another shot across the bow of the ever-deepening US-China rivalry, this time focusing on optical transceivers that power fiber optic-based data transmission, and where China's Zhongji Innolight currently controls over a quarter of the global market.
Reuters is now reporting that the US FCC, which regulates the American telecom sector, is considering a ban on China-sourced optical transceivers that convert electrical signals into light pulses via an LED, and at the other end of a given fiber optic cable, convert
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave Lets You Rewind Time to Save Four Vanished Heroes When It Hits Switch 2 September 17
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave just received a big Direct presentation from Nintendo , finally revealing a ton of details about the next entry in the tactical RPG franchise, originally announced in September 2025 . Launching exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2 on September 17 , the game combines classic grid-based battles with time travel, a tournament framework, dungeon exploration, class progression, and four distinct story routes.
Set in the prosperous Dagdan Empire , Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave begins with the Heroic Games ,
