New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has introduced new legislation that will force 3D printer manufacturers to stop their machines from printing guns and gun parts. According to 3D Printing Industry , the bill will help reduce the spread of ghost guns — unserialized firearms produced in home shops or unregistered factories — that are difficult to trace. The proliferation of 3D printers and
Troublesome 16-pin connector sidelines $30,000 H200 Hopper GPU — repair technician saves the data center day by fixing power port
There have been numerous 16-pin power connector blow-ups recorded by customers over the past few years on both consumer gaming cards and prosumer cards — and now this badly-designed connector saga has also (sort of) hit datacenter GPUs. Resident repair technician northwestrepair recently published a YouTube video of themself fixing a dead $30,00
Intel’s comeback weapon to fight AMD reportedly drops this spring — Core Ultra 200K Plus and 200HX Plus CPUs set for March or April launch
Intel has two new processor lineups to challenge AMD and reclaim its position as one of the market’s best CPUs . According to Golden Pig Upgrade Pack , a reliable Chinese hardware leaker, the Core Ultra 200K Plus and 200HX Plus (codenamed Arrow Lake Refresh) are set for a March or April launch, with the Core Ultra
SK hynix to spend $13 billion on the world's largest HBM memory assembly plant amid the worst shortage on record — South Korea facility to handle packaging and testing for AI memory campus
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U.S. posts official H200 and MI325X AI GPU export rules to China, but with plenty of caveats — a string of requirments greatly limits the total number of GPUs that can be shipped to China
The U.S. Department of Commerce has unveiled new export rules for shipments of advanced AI and HPC processors designed in America to China and Macau. However, while the new rules permit limited exports of specific accelerators — most notably AMD's Instinct MI325X, Nvidia's H200, and comparable lower-performance products — on
AI chip design is pushing advanced chip packaging to its limits – workarounds exist for limits of 2.5D packaging, but are years away from viability
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Asus's recently released ROG Xbox Ally handheld gets a $100 price drop - get the Ryzen Z2 A-powered version with 16GB of RAM for under $500
The ROG Xbox Ally, one of the first Xbox handheld devices from Microsoft in collaboration with Asus, is now available at a $100 discount on Best Buy and at Amazon . Launched at a retail price of $599 , you can grab the ROG Ally X for $499, which is probably the biggest price drop since its launch
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Steam Machine to have fewer 'Verified' badge constraints — Valve says Verified on Steam Deck titles expected to run smoothly on upcoming PC console
Valve has said that developers don’t need to worry about getting the Steam Machine Verified badge on their titles, confirming that there will be "fewer constraints" for developers compared to Steam Deck Verification, given its more potent hardware. Valve designer Lawrence Yang told Game Developer , “One easy rule of thumb is that if your title is Verified on Steam Deck,
Nvidia DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution leaves beta, available now to Nvidia app users — update includes support for over 400 titles with new presets
At CES last week, Nvidia unveiled its new DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution technology, along with 6X Multi Frame Generation . Now, after initially teasing a January 13 rollout and then quietly delaying the feature, the company is rolling out DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution to all Nvidia app users.
"Today, NVIDIA are rolling out DLSS 4.5