Deep learning is the powerhouse behind the AI industry that enables AI to learn by itself, powered by GPUs that are designed to run machine learning algorithms at scale. However, the invention of deep learning was based on hardware that was not explicitly intended for this type of computing. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed on the Joe Rogan podcast that researchers who first developed deep learning did it all on a pair of 3GB GTX 580s in SLI way back in 2012.
3D-printed part failure causes light aircraft crash after plastic air intake melts during flight — pilot escapes with minor injuries
A homebuilt light aircraft crashed while on approach to Gloucestershire Airport after suffering from engine power loss. According to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report [ PDF , via BBC ], the incident occurred when a 3D-printed plastic air induction elbow “softened and collapsed” as the Cozy Mk IV was coming in for a landing. The pilot realized this when he tried to add power while on final, as the engine failed to respond to his input. With the aircraft’
Asus quotes customer $3,350 repair bill for RTX 5090 with microscopic 'surface irregularity', more than the entire card's value — offers 50% discount after months of haggling
When it comes to graphics card RMAs, even if you're the owner of one of the best graphics cards , it doesn't always go smoothly. Reddit user kromz shared his ongoing experience with RMAing an ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card, revealing that Asus declined to honor the warranty due to a small crack near the PCIe locking tab.
According to the owner of the GeForce RTX 5090, intermittent blank screens and system reboots had been
1950s mechanical calculator crumbles in the face of divide-by-zero conundrum — relic spins its gears uncontrollably in 'chaotic loop' of endless motion
Divide by zero is one of computing’s most notorious error conditions. Yet even before the digital age, divide by zero calculations could cause mechanical calculators to be thrown into chaos by the impossible, or more correctly, this ‘undefined operation.’ A striking example is provided by a video clip shared by mathematics and science enthusiast Vixhal on X, embedded below. The 1950s technological marvel spins its gears wildly and appears to be screaming “oil me, switch me off
'World's first scalable DNA data storage offering' announced offering a staggering ‘60PB in 60 cubic inches,’ enough to hold 660,000 4K movies — Atlas Data storage claims its solution is 1000x denser
Atlas Data Storage, a DNA-based storage tech startup, has announced its first commercial offering. Rather than releasing DNA storage hardware to the masses, the company has begun to offer Atlas Eon 100, which it claims to be the “world's first scalable DNA data storage offering.” Alongside the launch, there are some mighty big claims about how dense and how durable DNA storage can be, with quite a few magnetic tape comparisons thrown in.
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Russia allegedly still using Starlink-guided drones in Ukraine, report claims — Starlink Mini strapped to grounded drone points to ongoing issue, despite U.S. DoD claims threat was blunted
Ukraine’s Defence Express news has highlighted the continuing issue of Russian drones with access to Starlink satellite internet guidance. Despite assurances from U.S. Pentagon officials from over a year ago, drones from the Russian aggressors are still flying into Ukrainian airspace to strike their targets – with Starlink hardware clearly strapped to them, claims the source (machine translation).
Avoid sky-high DDR5 prices and save $150 with this Asus B850 board and 16GB Team Group RAM bundle deal
DDR5 prices are ridiculous right now, and have been for weeks. Even if you jumped on any Black Friday or Cyber Monday deals, prices were already inflated, and the outlook for 2026 isn’t very good due to the AI boom with critical players like Micron killing off Crucial memory (and storage). If you need to upgrade now, you’re in a pickle price-wise, but Newegg has a great combo deal that will get
Huawei Ascend NPU roadmap examined — company targets 4 ZettaFLOPS FP4 performance by 2028, amid manufacturing constraints
In addition to announcing its first AI cluster with 1 FP4 ZettaFLOPS performance , Huawei also revealed a detailed roadmap of its upcoming Ascend neural processing units (NPUs) that accelerate AI workloads at the Huawei Connect 2025 event.
The company does not have access to TSMC’s leading-edge process technologies or high-end HBM4 and GDDR7 memory from global leaders. So to boost the performance of its Ascend processors, it will need to rely on a new architecture and
Intel admits it needs more Core Ultra 200-series wafers — 'If we had more Lunar Lake wafers, we would be selling more Lunar Lake'
Intel this week reiterated that it cannot meet demand for all of its client and data center processors due to insufficient supply, and specifically mentioned that it could use more Core Ultra 200-series Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake wafers to increase shipments of appropriate processors. Logic tiles of both CPUs are made by TSMC, whereas packaging is performed by Intel in-house, so when placing orders with the foundry, Intel was more conservative than it should have been.
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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son wants to build ‘Trump Industrial Parks’ across the nation, report claims — project proposes using federal land to build manufacturing sites for data center infrastructure
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has been in talks with the Trump administration to build Project Crystal Land, Son’s grand vision for a U.S. competitor to Shenzhen, China’s electronics manufacturing hub, with a population of over 17.5 million people, often dubbed as China’s Silicon Valley or the Silicon Valley of Hardware. According to the Wall Street Journal , the plan was originally for a single $1 trillion high-tech industrial city that encompasses the size