Chinese startup Zhonghao Xinying is offering a home-grown General Purpose Tensor Processing Unit (GPTPU) as an alternative to international AI training and inferencing hardware, like Nvidia's graphics cards, and Google 's TPUs, as reported by the South China Morning Post . These ASIC chips are said to be up to 1.5 times faster than Nvidia's 2020 A100 release based on its Ampere architecture.
Although this is several years
DRAM is in a pricing apocalypse, the likes of which we might not see the end of for a decade . As AI data centers gobble up supply, and DRAM manufacturers capitalize on newfound demand, we’re in a situation where only those with the capital to spare (and that’s really the correct
The proliferation of data centers worldwide has raised more than a few environmental concerns. The most obvious one is the power requirement, but regional water consumption has just as bad (or even worse) an effect, as people in rural Georgia have come to realize . Government authorities everywhere have taken notice, including the Malaysian state of Johor, which is now reportedly nuking all proposals for Tier 1 and Tier 2 data centers.
Johor is the nation's tech hub and has attracted substantial international
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) created a labor simulation tool called the Iceberg Index to simulate the entire U.S. workforce and see how they are affected by artificial intelligence and the government’s policies surrounding it. According to a report by CNBC , the study found that as much as 11.7% of the entire U.S. workforce could already be replaced by AI, which is valued to cost $1
While Chinese chipmaker Hygon may not currently have a processor that surpasses the best CPUs , it seems only a matter of time before it introduces a very competitive chip. Recently, Thunderobot launched the Black Warrior Hunter Pro, China's first gaming PC powered by a domestic Hygon C86-4G processor, which appears to deliver performance close to that of Intel's 13th Generation Raptor Lake models.
The C86-4G, designated with the OPN 34
Yesterday, we reported on TSMC's newly filed lawsuit against one of its former executives, Wei-Jen Lo, alleging breach of contract. TSMC believes that Lo's extensive history at the firm carries invaluable "trade secrets" that he could leak to Intel, giving it a competitive advantage. Today, in response to this lawsuit, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan reassured employees in an internal memo that the company fully stands behind Wei-Jen Lo and dismissed all allegations as baseless
Amazon has been busy cooking up some juicy bargains ready for Black Friday, including a big discount on this Razer gaming mouse. The Razer Basilisk V3 X HyperSpeed, the wireless version of the OG Basilisk V3, is down to a record low price on Amazon right now, making it one of the best value mice for gaming that you can pick up right now.
This Black Friday deal makes it even better value than normal, dragging the
Happy Thanksgiving, and good luck with the deals hunting in the Black Friday sales. Today, we have one of the most powerful graphics cards currently available at $50 below MSRP at Walmart, thanks to its Black Friday pricing. The PNY GeForce RTX 5080 OC is now just $949 at Walmart and in stock. Nvidia, along with its AIB partners, released the 50-series range of graphics cards near the start of the year, and it
Upgrading your monitor is one of the simplest upgrades to make to just about any gaming setup. So, if you're sitting out on upgrading your system due to skyrocketing memory prices, why not upgrade your ancient monitor? That's where this great AOC 27-inch IPS panel comes in. Discounted to just $169.99 at Best Buy , it's about time to dust off that old panel and allow it to become