Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
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Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.Read m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
A recently conducted survey has revealed that a large chunk of AI professionals are looking to switch from NVIDIA to AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs. AMD's Instinct MI300X May Be The Gateway To The Firm's Entrance In The Ongoing AI "Gold Rush" As It Attracts Huge Interest Jeff Tatarchuk, who works at TensorWave, recently surveyed 82 engineers and AI professionals, claiming that around 50% of them expressed their confidence in utilizing AMD Instinct MI300X GPU, considering that it offers a better price-to-performance ratio, along with having extensive availability compared to counterparts such as NVIDIA H100s. Apart from that, Jeff also says […]
The chip startup Efficient Computers has received $16 million in funding from the venture capital firm Eclipse as they work towards creating CPU architectures 100 times more efficient than modern ones. Efficient Computers "Fabric Architecture" Aims At Revolutionizing Low-Power Computing Segment Well, the CPU industry is progressing regarding generational leaps in performance and power efficiencies, but in the later run, this segment is in dire need of innovation, especially when it comes to replacing proprietary CPU architectures; to do this, Efficient Computers has devised a unique solution. They are gaining traction among multiple investors, mainly because of their innovative reconfigurable […]
The LLVM 18.1 release has seen new support for Intel's next-gen Panther Lake client & Clearwater Forest server CPUs. Intel's 2025 Client & Server CPU Lineup Receives Early Support In LLVM 18.1 - Panther Lake & Clearwater Forest In 2025, Intel aims to release a range of new chips for both client and server segments while ramping up the production of its late 2024 Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake lineups. Some of Intel's biggest launches next year will be the Panther Lake "Core" and Clearwater Forest "Xeon" CPUs. Phoronix reports that the latest release of LLVM 18.1 has added these […]
AMD's CEO, Lisa Su, decided to intervene in an issue faced by the AI startup TinyCorp, which is currently integrating AMD's Radeon RX 7900 XT into a dedicated machine. TinyCorp's Journey To Integrate RDNA3 GPUs Into an AI Machine Hits a Barrier, Lisa Su Joins In To Get The Job Done We recently reported about the venture TinyCorp is currently featuring AMD's flagship RDNA 3 GPUs, where they decided to integrate six AMD's Radeon RX 7900 XT, stacked into a 12U rack and interconnected using PCIe 4.0 x16 lanes. This AI-focused machine seemed like something great considering the price it […]
The industry-leading HBM manufacturer SK Hynix has sent samples of its 12-layer HBM3E process to NVIDIA for qualification testing. SK Hynix Decides To Ramp Up Things In The HBM Segment, Proceeds To Verification Stages For Its 12-Layer HBM3E As First Samples Sent Out To NVIDIA The report comes from ZDNet Korea, which has disclosed that SK Hynix has decided to take the next leap in the HBM3E segment as the firm reaches the testing stages of its 12-layer HBM3E type. For those unaware, the 12-layer type within the standard is much superior, offering much higher capacity, running 36GB per stack compared […]
Puget Systems has released its CPU market trend report for 2023 showing Intel leading the desktop mainstream space while AMD remains the workstation king. AMD Manages To Maintain Dominance In The Workstation Segment, Intel Still In The Lead On Client CPUs Puget Systems is a custom computer business that primarily specializes in workstation systems. The company has released its annual Hardware Trends Survey, which fortunately focuses on client and workstation sales. Here, we will delve into processors specifically since this segment tends to have a more diverse consumer audience. Speaking of the client segment first, Puget System has disclosed that […]
Intel's Gaudi 2 AI accelerators are the most viable alternative to NVIDIA's chips and Hugging Face has demonstrated its text generation capability using Llama 2. Intel Gaudi 2 Accelerators Demoed In Text-Generation Using Open-Source Llama 2 LLMs With Up To 70 Billion Parameters As Intel expands its AI software ecosystem, the company is targeting the most popular AI workloads which include LLMs (Large Language Models). The work is made possible using Habana Optimum which serves as the interface transformers & diffusers libraries and the Intel Habana Gaudi processors such as Gaudi 2. The company has already demonstrated the AI capabilities […]
AMD's AI ambitions face a new barrier as the firm's China-compliant Instinct MI309 AI GPU may not receive approval from the US Commerce Secretary Department. AMD's Plans For China Faces a New Roadblock, As Their New Instinct MI309 AI GPU Unable To Meet The Regulatory Demands Regarding market exposure, AMD has been on the back foot compared to its arch-rival NVIDIA, mainly because it was a bit late in offering "competitive" AI solutions to potential customers, especially in China. However, AMD was previously rumored to have been developing an AI solution for the Chinese markets that would comply with US […]
Both AMD & NVIDIA managed to increase their AIB GPU shipments in Q4 2023, marking a good end of the year for the discrete segment. Q4 2023 AIB GPU Market Report: NVIDIA Dominant At 80%, AMD Climbs To 19%, Intel At 1% Share The latest market survey is out from Jon Peddie Research and covers the AIB Discrete GPU markets which includes graphics cards. It is reported that the graphics card shipments increased by 6.8% vs the previous quarter and 32% vs the previous year. Starting Q1 2000, a total of 2.3 billion AIB GPUs have been shipped which adds […]
AMD has started rolling out driver support for its RDNA 3.5 "GFX1151" GPU which will be featured in the premium Strix Halo APUs for notebooks. AMD's High-Performance Strix Point Halo APUs Now Receive Support For RDNA 3.5 "GFX1151" GPU Enablement AMD's next-gen Strix APUs will come in two variants, a monolithic and a chiplet offering. Both chips are expected to feature the refined RDNA 3.5 integrated GPUs with the mono chip going with a GFX 1150 (16 CU) design and the chiplet variant going with a GFX1151 (40 CU) design. We have seen the company begin support for the mono […]
NVIDIA has finally ended the production of its GeForce GTX 16 series GPUs, the last of the "GTX" line of cards for the masses. It's All "RTX" From Now Onwards As NVIDIA Ends GeForce GTX 16 GPU Production, The Last of The Decade-Long Family Back in December, we reported that NVIDIA was planning to end the production of its remaining GeForce GTX 16 series GPUs by Q1 2024 & it looks like the company has indeed discontinued the lineup and suspended all delivers of its GTX 1660 SUPER, GTX 1660 Ti, GTX 1650 Ti, GTX 1650, GTX 1650 SUPER, & […]
AMDGPU's new driver update on Linux has implemented a cap on how users can set the power limit of their AMD Radeon GPUs as a "safety measure" for individuals. AMD Believes Having Unlimited Power Limit & Lower Power Liming On Radeon GPUs Could Potentially Damage Your Systems, Hence Putting a Limit Supposedly Becomes The Best Choice Linux is known as the grazing land for overclocking enthusiasts and GPU testers since the platform provide countless opportunities to give them an open hand when it comes to setting power limits and clock speeds. However, Team Red now plans on putting this to […]
A recently conducted survey has revealed that a large chunk of AI professionals are looking to switch from NVIDIA to AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs. AMD's Instinct MI300X May Be The Gateway To The Firm's Entrance In The Ongoing AI "Gold Rush" As It Attracts Huge Interest Jeff Tatarchuk, who works at TensorWave, recently surveyed 82 engineers and AI professionals, claiming that around 50% of them expressed their confidence in utilizing AMD Instinct MI300X GPU, considering that it offers a better price-to-performance ratio, along with having extensive availability compared to counterparts such as NVIDIA H100s. Apart from that, Jeff also says […]
The chip startup Efficient Computers has received $16 million in funding from the venture capital firm Eclipse as they work towards creating CPU architectures 100 times more efficient than modern ones. Efficient Computers "Fabric Architecture" Aims At Revolutionizing Low-Power Computing Segment Well, the CPU industry is progressing regarding generational leaps in performance and power efficiencies, but in the later run, this segment is in dire need of innovation, especially when it comes to replacing proprietary CPU architectures; to do this, Efficient Computers has devised a unique solution. They are gaining traction among multiple investors, mainly because of their innovative reconfigurable […]
The LLVM 18.1 release has seen new support for Intel's next-gen Panther Lake client & Clearwater Forest server CPUs. Intel's 2025 Client & Server CPU Lineup Receives Early Support In LLVM 18.1 - Panther Lake & Clearwater Forest In 2025, Intel aims to release a range of new chips for both client and server segments while ramping up the production of its late 2024 Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake lineups. Some of Intel's biggest launches next year will be the Panther Lake "Core" and Clearwater Forest "Xeon" CPUs. Phoronix reports that the latest release of LLVM 18.1 has added these […]
AMD's CEO, Lisa Su, decided to intervene in an issue faced by the AI startup TinyCorp, which is currently integrating AMD's Radeon RX 7900 XT into a dedicated machine. TinyCorp's Journey To Integrate RDNA3 GPUs Into an AI Machine Hits a Barrier, Lisa Su Joins In To Get The Job Done We recently reported about the venture TinyCorp is currently featuring AMD's flagship RDNA 3 GPUs, where they decided to integrate six AMD's Radeon RX 7900 XT, stacked into a 12U rack and interconnected using PCIe 4.0 x16 lanes. This AI-focused machine seemed like something great considering the price it […]
The industry-leading HBM manufacturer SK Hynix has sent samples of its 12-layer HBM3E process to NVIDIA for qualification testing. SK Hynix Decides To Ramp Up Things In The HBM Segment, Proceeds To Verification Stages For Its 12-Layer HBM3E As First Samples Sent Out To NVIDIA The report comes from ZDNet Korea, which has disclosed that SK Hynix has decided to take the next leap in the HBM3E segment as the firm reaches the testing stages of its 12-layer HBM3E type. For those unaware, the 12-layer type within the standard is much superior, offering much higher capacity, running 36GB per stack compared […]
Puget Systems has released its CPU market trend report for 2023 showing Intel leading the desktop mainstream space while AMD remains the workstation king. AMD Manages To Maintain Dominance In The Workstation Segment, Intel Still In The Lead On Client CPUs Puget Systems is a custom computer business that primarily specializes in workstation systems. The company has released its annual Hardware Trends Survey, which fortunately focuses on client and workstation sales. Here, we will delve into processors specifically since this segment tends to have a more diverse consumer audience. Speaking of the client segment first, Puget System has disclosed that […]
Intel's Gaudi 2 AI accelerators are the most viable alternative to NVIDIA's chips and Hugging Face has demonstrated its text generation capability using Llama 2. Intel Gaudi 2 Accelerators Demoed In Text-Generation Using Open-Source Llama 2 LLMs With Up To 70 Billion Parameters As Intel expands its AI software ecosystem, the company is targeting the most popular AI workloads which include LLMs (Large Language Models). The work is made possible using Habana Optimum which serves as the interface transformers & diffusers libraries and the Intel Habana Gaudi processors such as Gaudi 2. The company has already demonstrated the AI capabilities […]
AMD's AI ambitions face a new barrier as the firm's China-compliant Instinct MI309 AI GPU may not receive approval from the US Commerce Secretary Department. AMD's Plans For China Faces a New Roadblock, As Their New Instinct MI309 AI GPU Unable To Meet The Regulatory Demands Regarding market exposure, AMD has been on the back foot compared to its arch-rival NVIDIA, mainly because it was a bit late in offering "competitive" AI solutions to potential customers, especially in China. However, AMD was previously rumored to have been developing an AI solution for the Chinese markets that would comply with US […]
Both AMD & NVIDIA managed to increase their AIB GPU shipments in Q4 2023, marking a good end of the year for the discrete segment. Q4 2023 AIB GPU Market Report: NVIDIA Dominant At 80%, AMD Climbs To 19%, Intel At 1% Share The latest market survey is out from Jon Peddie Research and covers the AIB Discrete GPU markets which includes graphics cards. It is reported that the graphics card shipments increased by 6.8% vs the previous quarter and 32% vs the previous year. Starting Q1 2000, a total of 2.3 billion AIB GPUs have been shipped which adds […]
AMD has started rolling out driver support for its RDNA 3.5 "GFX1151" GPU which will be featured in the premium Strix Halo APUs for notebooks. AMD's High-Performance Strix Point Halo APUs Now Receive Support For RDNA 3.5 "GFX1151" GPU Enablement AMD's next-gen Strix APUs will come in two variants, a monolithic and a chiplet offering. Both chips are expected to feature the refined RDNA 3.5 integrated GPUs with the mono chip going with a GFX 1150 (16 CU) design and the chiplet variant going with a GFX1151 (40 CU) design. We have seen the company begin support for the mono […]
NVIDIA has finally ended the production of its GeForce GTX 16 series GPUs, the last of the "GTX" line of cards for the masses. It's All "RTX" From Now Onwards As NVIDIA Ends GeForce GTX 16 GPU Production, The Last of The Decade-Long Family Back in December, we reported that NVIDIA was planning to end the production of its remaining GeForce GTX 16 series GPUs by Q1 2024 & it looks like the company has indeed discontinued the lineup and suspended all delivers of its GTX 1660 SUPER, GTX 1660 Ti, GTX 1650 Ti, GTX 1650, GTX 1650 SUPER, & […]
AMDGPU's new driver update on Linux has implemented a cap on how users can set the power limit of their AMD Radeon GPUs as a "safety measure" for individuals. AMD Believes Having Unlimited Power Limit & Lower Power Liming On Radeon GPUs Could Potentially Damage Your Systems, Hence Putting a Limit Supposedly Becomes The Best Choice Linux is known as the grazing land for overclocking enthusiasts and GPU testers since the platform provide countless opportunities to give them an open hand when it comes to setting power limits and clock speeds. However, Team Red now plans on putting this to […]