“The company will not build its next generation of chips as either disaggregated devices, or multi-chip modules. Kopite7kimi, a reliable source with NVIDIA leaks, says that the largest GPU in the generation, the "GB202," is based on a physically monolithic design. The GB202 is expected to power...
"With ASUS' issues now spanning several years of our coverage -- if not decades before that -- we are now committed to getting the industry's leading manufacturer by sales to actually improve. That starts with customer education. Our past two videos looked into the ASUS warranty scam, with...
“Fortunately, most users who would even consider buying these products shouldn't have too much trouble working around technical difficulties, especially if Thermal Grizzly lives up to its CEO's words and makes impacted customers whole. After all, delidding your CPU is about as far from an...
“Microsoft's interest in acquiring Valve is part of a larger plan to strengthen its foothold in the PC gaming industry and venture into the handheld gaming sector, areas where Valve has made significant strides with its Steam Deck product. If Microsoft were to acquire the Steam Store, it would...
“Dr. Lisa Su delivers the Computex 2024 opening keynote and shares the latest on how AMD and our partners are pushing the envelope with our next generation of high-performance PC, data center and AI solutions," the brief release said.
AMD is widely expected to unveil its next-generation Ryzen...
“A lot rides on the continued success of "Zen 5" to deliver a double-digit percentage IPC increase over its predecessor, while also introducing new microarchitecture-level features; and leveraging new foundry processes at TSMC, to deliver competitive processors to Intel. Unlike Intel, which has...
“The new benchmark comes in two formats: a vanilla Steel Nomad version and Steel Nomad Light, a much lighter counterpart aimed at lightweight devices with integrated graphics and smartphones. The hallmark of Steel Nomad is its rasterized-only graphics, which sets it apart from 3DMark's other...
Cool
“The answer picked by Irimajiri and Sega wound up being a $5 million investment into Nvidia, since Irimajiri had previously met Huang and taken a liking to him. While Irimajiri eventually stepped down from executive positions at Sega (and was briefly president of the whole company, not...
"A stock GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card scores 8525 points in the Unigine Superposition 8K benchmark, and a stock-speed Manli RTX 4070 Ti SUPER does 7212 points, on account of fewer shaders (66 SM vs. 76 SM) and slower memory (21 Gbps vs. 22.4 Gbps). With a 24 Gbps memory speed mod, and GPU...
"Intel may need to develop proprietary hardware modules or a new Open Accelerator Module (OAM) spec to support such extreme power levels, as the current OAM 2.0 tops out around 1000 W. Slated for release in 2025, the Falcon Shores GPU will be Intel's GPU IP based on its next-gen Xe graphics...
Nice
"TUF Gaming TR120 ARGB fans are designed for panoramic builds and PCs with more than a glimpse of their case fans. They feature an 8+8 double-layer LED array that emits light evenly through each fan blade and frame, providing high-performance fans in standard or reverse-airflow models...
"Over the past few weeks, we have been working on refreshing some old low-power racks in one of our colocation facilities. The lower power per rack means that to hit minimum cluster sizes, we can no longer utilize the highest-power CPUs. That is why we have our Cloud Native Efficient Computing...
Pretty baller, ngl
"Starting with the details, the ASUS Vivobook S 15 laptop has been previously teased but now we get a better taste of what it's packing under the hood. The PC is powered by the Snapdragon X Elite X1E 78 100 CPU which features 12 cores, 42 MB of cache, up to 4.3 GHz clock...
TSMC Unveils Next-Generation HBM4 Base Dies, Built on 12 nm and 5 nm Nodes
by AleksandarK Today, 04:48 Discuss (9 Comments)
During the European Technology Symposium 2024, TSMC has announced its readiness to manufacture next-generation HBM4 base dies using both 12 nm and 5 nm nodes. This...
Pretty impressive
"Machining Composition of EK-Pro Water Blocks
The EK-Pro GPU WB RTX 4090 WindForce V2 water block is specifically engineered to enhance integration and stability. It spans the entire length of the PCB and includes a black anodized aluminium retention backplate that improves...
"NetBSD committers are now banned from using any AI-generated code from ChatGPT, CoPilot, or other AI tools. Time will tell how this plays out with both their users and core team."If you commit code that was not written by yourself, double check that the license on that code permits import into...
ASUS Posts Official Statement Concerning Recent RMA Issues, Says Enhancing Its Processes In US & Canada
https://wccftech.com/asus-official-statement-concerning-rma-issues-enhancing-processes-us-canada/
"Aside from the new SKUs, there are a few new features with AmpereOne. First is AmpereOne FlexSpeed, which gives deterministic clock speed increases without rebooting. The second is AmpereOne FlexSKU, which allows the core count and frequency of a chip to be adjusted in BIOS so one can deploy...
"ASUS has paired the SoC with 32 GB of LPDDR5X memory of an unknown clock speed, although Qualcomm officially supports speed of up to 8,448 MT/s in a to PC users unusual configuration of eight channels at 16-bit wide, for a bandwidth of up to 135 GB/s. For comparison, Intel's latest Core Ultra...
… and it felt better [Higher quality materials and plastics?]
“While I mentioned earlier that the Ally melted into my hands, I do feel saying that is a bit premature: the engineering sample I saw was an entirely unfinished, smooth, cheap-looking piano black, and Asus plans to stipple and...
"Linux kernel and Git creator Linus Torvalds is known for his current use of an AMD Ryzen Threadripper workstation as his main system after years of using Intel hardware. The past few years he's also been doing more ARM64 testing now that he has an Apple MacBook using Apple Silicon that serves...
"The other technology is MAMR, which uses microwaves to enhance magnetic recording capabilities. Toshiba was the first to demonstrate its effectiveness and started mass production of first-generation drives in 2021. Toshiba achieved 31 TB by stacking 11 disks, utilizing SMR technology, and...
http://www.thedodgegarage.com/3dfx/
And what about trevormacro on this very forum
Gdonovan is here too
https://hardforum.com/threads/3dfx-rampage-testing-2013.1771419/post-1040043353
Junk @ Samsung Announces 'Shinebolt' HBM3E Memory: HBM Hits 36GB Stacks at 9.8 Gbps
"The report by AlphaBiz has disclosed that while some sources cite that Samsung's HBM3E memory is categorized as "defective," other sources believe that failure of the verification tests is only because the bar...
"ASUS recognized for unique brand experience
Additionally, ASUS also won seven awards for non-product submissions, mirroring the commitment to innovation and user-centric design on all steps of the user’s interaction with the product and the brand. The ASUS Sonic Brand, spotlighted in the...
"Technical specifications of the ZenScreen OLED MQ16AHE include a high contrast ratio of 100,000:1, a refresh rate of 60 Hz, and a fast response time of 1ms, which contributes to a smooth and sharp viewing experience. ASUS has also incorporated its Low Blue Light technology and Flicker-Free...