Elon Musk's xAI Colossus 2 is nowhere near 1 gigawatt capacity, satellite imagery suggests — despite claims, site only has 350 megawatts of cooling capacity

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Despite Elon Musk's announcement on Monday that xAI's Colossus 2 data center had reached a 1 GW scale, the supercomputer is not even close to that because of the insufficient cooling capacity it currently has, according to a satellite image published by researchers from Epoch AI .

Based on 550,000 Nvidia Blackwell AI accelerators,

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V-Color Manta XFinity RGB DDR5-6400 C32 2x64GB Review: Two-Module Powerhouse

Tom's Hardware Verdict

Manta XFinity RGB DDR5-6400 C32 represents a strong option for anyone seeking to maximize capacity on dual-DIMM platforms.

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    Strong performance

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    Exceptional capacity

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    Sleek aesthetics with RGB lighting effects

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    No Intel XMP support

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    Very expensive in the current market

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Intel axes 12th Gen Alder Lake and 4th Gen Xeon Sapphire Rapids — final orders for Intel's first hybrid CPUs end in just a few months

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Intel is finally ready to let go of its 12th Generation Alder Lake and 4th Generation Xeon Sapphire Rapids Scalable processors, two product lines that have given us some of the best CPUs . leading CPUs. Both processor families have now reached end-of-life status.

Despite launching just four years ago, Alder Lake remains far from obsolete

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Chinese semiconductor industry gears up for domestic HBM3 production by the end of 2026 — CXMT to produce chips, while Naura, Maxwell, and U-Preseason design tools for assembly

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ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), the leader of the Chinese DRAM industry, is on track to build 3 rd Generation high bandwidth memory (HBM3), according to Chosun Biz . Moreover, China-based Naura Technology, Maxwell, and U-Preseason are developing domestic tools specifically designed to assemble HBM memory stacks. If true,

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Quantum computing firm dangles $22,500 Bitcoin prize — all you have to do is uncover a private key hidden inside a quantum-optimized problem

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Quantum-software firm BlueQubit has launched its Quantum Advantage Challenge, offering a 0.25 BTC wallet prize to the winner. The overall goal of the competition is to prove that a ‘ Quantum Advantage ’ exists in solving a real-world cryptography problem. BlueQubit says it can find a hidden bitstring in a 2 56 search space, the

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Jensen Huang says Nvidia has dethroned Apple as TSMC’s largest customer — rumor suggests that the chip fab is increasing its prices for Cupertino

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has said in an interview that Nvidia is TSMC’s largest customer at the moment, dethroning Apple, which has previously held the record for some time. The leather-clad CEO said this during the first episode of the “A Bit Personal with Jodi Shelton” podcast, wherein Shelton asked him where he gets his confidence

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Steam client allegedly continues sharing your status with your friends even if you set it ‘Offline,’ report claims — setting is a ‘UI illusion’ and your friends still receive real-time updates when yo

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An anonymous blog claims that the Steam client continues to broadcast your log-on and log-off times, even if you set your status as “Invisible” or “Offline.” According to the Xmrcat blog , “Setting yourself to ‘Offline’ is basically a UI illusion. You might appear offline to the world, but the backend Connection

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to visit China as company prepares to start H200 shipments to the country — plans to meet with state officials unclear despite Beijing curbs on the chip

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Jensen Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, is preparing to travel to China in late January, a routine Lunar New Year visit that this year coincides with the company's renewed effort to regain access to this market, reports Bloomberg . But while the U.S. government now allows the export of some of AMD's

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Creality K1C 3D printer price plummets to $399 for a fast, fully enclosed Core XY machine — $160 saving nets you a beginner-friendly printer packed with prosumer features

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If you’ve never given 3D printing a try, or if you’re a seasoned pro looking for an upgrade, then Creality has the answer. A deal has popped up on the Creality K1C, a worthy upgrade over the original K1, and one that netted a 4.5 star score when we put it

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Microsoft CEO says AI needs to have a wider impact or else it risks quickly losing ‘social permission’ — also says that the technology should benefit more people to avoid a bubble

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in an interview during the 2026 World Economic Forum annual meeting that artificial intelligence needs to have a wider impact or else it risks losing “social permission,” especially given the amount of energy and other resources that AI data centers consume. Nadella made this comment during his talk with Laurance D

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