Tech enthusiasts typically adore miniaturization, but companies have always found it tricky to make compact PCs that retain the most important aspects of a traditional desktop. An interesting new approach to this conundrum that caused a blip on our radar is the Wee Beastie Super Mini Fishtank PC on Kickstarter.
In essence, this pleasingly compact (4.75-liter) PC comes with a desktop RTX 4070 GPU installed, but it is supported by choice mobile
Residents living near some of the recently constructed data centers designed to power the AI boom ( or bubble ) are reporting skyrocketing costs for electricity, as the data centers' unprecedented demands on local power infrastructure place additional strain on regional power grids. In some cases, Bloomberg reports prices rising by over 2.5 times in just a few years, making it hard for some residents to afford their daily bills.
Inflation remains a concern for some in the U.S —
Data center GPUs from Nvidia have become the gold standard for AI training and inference due to their high performance, the use of HBM with extreme bandwidth, fast rack-scale interconnects, and a perfected CUDA software stack. However, as AI becomes more ubiquitous and models are becoming larger (especially at hyperscalers), it makes sense for Nvidia to disaggregate its inference stack and use specialized GPUs to accelerate the context phase of inference, a phase where the model must process millions of input tokens simultaneously
Zhaoxin may not produce the best CPUs for gaming, but the leading Chinese fabless semiconductor enterprise is undoubtedly preparing to unleash a highly impressive server chip. Zhaoxin has unveiled its next-generation Kaisheng KH-50000 processors, which the company describes in its press release as "presenting a 'technological gift' on the eve of the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China."
The KH-50000 utilizes Zhaoxin'
Logitech's MX Master 3S has long held the top spot on our best wireless mouse list for its excellent scroll wheels, premium look, and comfort. But its days as our favorite productivity rodent may be numbered, as Logitech just took the wraps off its successor, the MX Master 4. The new model carries over everything we loved about the 3S, while adding haptic feedback and an "Action Ring" menu for quick access to commonly used tasks.
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have identified several design flaws in Tile's location trackers that could be exploited to stalk the device's owner.
Wired reported that Georgia Tech's Akshaya Kumar, Anna Raymaker, and Michael Specter discovered problems affecting both individual Tile devices and the methods those devices use to communicate with infrastructure managed by Tile owner Life360.
It looks like Intel is getting ready to launch a new branch of Granite Rapids processors designed to compete directly with AMD’s Ryzen 9000WX series parts based on Zen 5. Resident X poster Momomo_us found an openbenchmark.org listing featuring an 86-core CPU codenamed Granite Rapid-WS.
The only specs we have are the cores, threads, and clock speed, featuring the aforementioned 86 cores and 172 threads operating at up to 4.
A high-capacity SSD ensures that you have plenty of room for your game library, photo and video backups, and creative projects without constantly worrying about running out of space. For those who are planning to build a new PC or expand their storage on an existing PC, we recommend grabbing the Crucial P310 PCIe Gen4 SSD, which is currently available at a discounted price on Amazon.
The 2TB model is on sale and is priced at $112 ,
If you're looking at the ROG Xbox Ally (X) , then you might want to consider the officially licensed storage for said devices. Announced at Tokyo Game Show, Sandisk is launching both MicroSD cards as well as internal NVMe SSDs as specific brand tie-ins for the new machines. The Sandisk MicroSD Card For ROG Xbox Ally (X) comes in capacities of 512GB, 1TB, and 2TB, while the WD_BLACK SN7100
Alongside questions of how the major AI tech firms are going to afford the AI-revolution they're all driving us towards, others remain over how they're going to power it. With 9% of the entire US electricity demand expected to come from data centers by 2035, according to Bloomberg , Google , Amazon , Oracle, and others are pursuing investments in small, modular nuclear reactors as potential solutions for on-site power without the