Meta is accelerating its investment in the infrastructure it believes will be needed to power the future of artificial intelligence training and inference, with a number of high-capacity, fast-deployment data centers. CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined plans for gigantic, "multi-GW clusters" at truly gargantuan scale, and he's doing it extremely quickly by leveraging a number of cost and time-saving measures inspired by xAI . That includes building "tented" data centers, rather than traditionally roofed structures
Noctua NH-P1 Review: For those who demand silence
Noctua’s NH-P1 is a fanless CPU cooler that performs well. We’ve tested it with Intel’s i9-13900K, i7-14700K, AMD’s Ryzen 7 7700x, and Ryzen 9 9950X3D.
UK Nintendo Switch 2 owners can grab PNY's 256GB microSD Express card for £59, finally back in stock
I'm constantly tracking the Nintendo Switch 2, and it's must-have accessories and storage options since their release. Stocks of anything Switch 2 have been flying off retailer shelves faster than you can shake your fist at the sky in frustration. The Switch 2 has proved to be an insanely popular games console, and there's currently no end in sight for when the console and microSD cards will be readily available at the correct price point.
Today, PNY's 2
Nintendo Switch 2 account bans continue — Content creator with over a million subs issues warning after buying an old copy of Bayo 3 on eBay
A Switch 2 owner has had their console “restricted by Nintendo” after installing a Switch game they bought on the used market. Quinn Nelson, the creator behind popular YouTube channel Snazzy Labs, fell foul to the long arm of Nintendo law, and now assumes the “old copy of Bayo 3 on eBay” they bought must have been dumped/ripped by its previous owner and got flagged by big N’s anti-piracy servers.
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Nvidia to resume H20 sales in China — says U.S. government has promised to grant licenses, deliveries to start soon
The White House plans to allow Nvidia to sell its H20 AI GPUs to China once again, signaling a significant victory for the company after it suffered a $5.5-billion write-off when they were banned for export to China in mid-April. The company confirmed to Tom’s Hardware that “The U.S. government has assured Nvidia that licenses will be granted, and Nvidia hopes to start deliveries soon.”
The company announced the China-specific
Zotac breathes new life into leftover MXM RTX 5000 Ada GPUs in China at $4,700 a pop — PCIe adapter brings mobile Ada Lovelace GPU to desktops
Nvidia introduced the RTX Pro 6000 (Blackwell) graphics card targeted at professionals and data centers a few months ago. Perhaps as a result, partners are beginning to sell off stockpiles of older RTX 5000 Ada GPUs, especially mobile versions. Zotac, via 孤城Hardware, seems to have leftover MXM RTX 5000 Ada silicon that it is now offloading in the Chinese market.
The MXM (Mobile PCI Express Module) form factor
Upscaling can't save the world's slowest 'modern' GPU — FSR doubles performance on GT 1030, but titles still barely playable
After testing FSR and XeSS upscaling on a GTX 660 , YouTuber GCS Hardware has moved on to the GT 1030 (the GDDR5 variant ) to see how the slowest DX12-capable GPU copes with upscaling. According to a video they published on the matter, the GT 1030 technically can take advantage of FSR upscaling, but it still isn't enough to boost FPS to playable territory, except on GTA V: Enhanced
$5,500 RTX 5090D with dual 16-pin power connectors and 2000W TDP lands on eBay — Galax's HOF OC Lab XOC 5090D, formerly exclusive to China, hits resale market
The Galax GeForce RTX 5090D Hall of Fame XOC , one of the most powerful GPUs from this generation, has now surfaced on eBay listings from China at prices that stretch far beyond what even a flagship graphics card usually commands. That being said, this card was never intended for mainstream use. It features an absurd level of power delivery, advanced overclocking headroom, and a theoretical power ceiling that goes as high as 2,000 watts when paired with Galax’
Windows 7 runs natively on the Steam Deck, but only in portrait mode — desktop OS enthusiast aims to push beyond strange limitation in otherwise straightforward process
Windows 7 can run natively on the Steam Deck, according to operating systems enthusiast Bob Pony on Twitter/X . Why this is something that needed to be done is another question. The answer, which many readers may sympathize with, is likely just because it can be done. We note that Pony has a particular penchant for Windows Vista , so perhaps we should prepare for that Steam Deck + unlikely OS announcement next.
Windows 7 natively running on Steam Deck. pic.
Jensen Huang says China's military will avoid U.S. AI tech — 'they don’t need Nvidia’s chips or American tech stacks in order to build their military'
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has downplayed Washington’s concerns that the Chinese military will use advanced U.S. AI tech to improve its capabilities. Mr. Huang said in an interview with CNN that China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will avoid American tech the same way that the U.S.’s armed forces avoid Chinese products.
This announcement comes on the heels of the United States Senate’s open letter [PDF] to the CEO,