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, […]
NVIDIA has banned the use of CUDA libraries on other platforms like AMD & Intel, as the firm adds a new warning with CUDA's EULA. NVIDIA Targets ZLUDA & Other CUDA-Dependant Solutions With Their Revised Policy, Ultimately Hindering Code Porting While NVIDIA hasn't made any official statements to back this claim, Kernel/hypervisor Engineer, Longhorn discovered the warning and resorted to X to disclose the change. This step came after the CUDA platform witnessed an increasing adoption from third-party developers and companies who utilized NVIDIA's software powerhouse to upgrade their hardware capabilities. The use of translation layers for running CUDA on […]
AMD has teased the proposition of leveraging AI for its next-gen FSR "FidelityFX Super Resolution" technology. Following NVIDIA DLSS & Intel XeSS, AMD Also Investing To Incorporate AI Within Its Next-Gen FSR "FidelityFX Super Resolution" Technology AI has been a big part of upscaling technologies such as NVIDIA's DLSS which has been leveraging its tensor core architecture since 2018's Turing launch. Intel also jumped onboard the upscaling bandwagon with its XeSS technology which harnessed the XMX AI cores featured on its discrete GPU architecture codenamed Alchemist but there was one major GPU vendor that was missing out on the AI […]
NVIDIA's Blackwell AI GPU lineup will include two major accelerators, the B100 for 2024 and the B200 for 2025, as revealed by Dell. Dell Spills The Beans On NVIDIA's Next-Gen Blackwell AI GPU Accelerators, B100 In 2024 Followed By B200 In 2025 During its recent earnings call, Dell revealed the fact that NVIDIA's next-generation Blackwell lineup won't just have a B100 AI accelerator but there will be an upgraded version offered later on. By the looks of things, NVIDIA seems to have already disclosed this information to its largest partners such as Dell who will be operating servers and data […]
Intel sets an ambitious target of delivering 100 million CPUs for AI PCs by 2025, accelerating development in this rapidly growing segment. Intel All Set To Dominate The AI PC Segment Through Its Advanced CPUs, Coming With Dedicated AI Processing Units The consumer computing industry, particularly the laptop markets, has seen a radical shift towards integrating AI capabilities into their products, and they have been labeled as "AI PCs." In layman's terms, this refers to machines equipped with AI capabilities to make the experience much more seamless, and it seems like the demand for such products has been immense. Team […]
AMD is preparing to release its ROCm 6.1 software stack, this time coming with enhanced support and extensive optimization changes. AMD's ROCm 6.1 Software Stack May Surpass NVIDIA CUDA If Development Continues To Stay At Its Current Trajectory Team Red has been recently ramping up ROCm developments, as back in December 2023, we saw the debut of ROCm 6.0, which came with support for AMD's Instinct MI300A/MIX300X AI accelerators along with several changes to improve the state of the stack. Now, this time, the new ROCm 6.1 has a similar nature as well. Still, instead of product compatibility, the latest […]
The PC GPU market has witnessed another positive quarter with shipments increasing by 6% in Q4 2023 to 76.2 million units, reports Jon Peddie Research. Notebooks Drive GPU Shipments To New Heights While Desktop (AIBs) Remain Stable During Q4 2023 The stats shared by the research firm show the total units reaching 76.2 million units during the previous quarter (Q4 2023) which is a 24% increase year over year, the largest gain over the past two and a half decades. Given the annual growth rate of 3.6% (2024-2026), it is expected that the total installed base of GPUs will reach […]
AMD has "officially" verified that a refresh is planned for the Instinct MI300 AI accelerator, which is expected to be equipped with the bleeding-edge HBM3e memory type. "AMD Has Entered The AI Race & It's Going To Be a Competitive One", Says The Firm's CTO, As Team Red Shows Huge Optimism With AI & Promising Even Better Instinct MI300 Accelerators This Year This development initially surfaced as a rumor a few days ago when AMD was supposedly planning on upgrading the MI300 to a new HBM type. It meant that the refreshed Instinct MI300 would mark AMD's transition to a […]
NVIDIA is "ironically" expected to run out of Blackwell B100 GPUs supply ahead of its respective launch, as the firm anticipates vast demand. NVIDIA's Next-Gen Blackwell B100 AI GPUs Are Expected To Dominate The Markets, Courtesy of Their Huge Performance Uplifts The next-gen AI accelerators from Team Green have hyped up everyone, whether they are potential clients or even investors since it is anticipated that the Blackwell lineup could take things to a new level when it comes to computing performance and clientele demand. In light of this, NVIDIA's CFO Colette Kress has expressed that we could see a similar […]
In a press and analyst session following the IFS Direct 2024 event, Intel's CEO Pat Gelsinger confirmed that Chipzilla is leveraging TSMC's advanced process node technology to power its upcoming CPUs codenamed Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake. Intel Arrow Lake To Utilize TSMC N3 Node While Lunar Lake Gets TSMC's N3B Node, Confirms CEO Pat Gelsinger During the session, Pat stated that Intel has been collaborating with TSMC for its CPU designs and that next-gen CPUs such as Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake will advance this from 5nm to 3nm nodes. Gelsinger also confirmed the expansion of orders to TSMC, […]
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 & 4060 Ti Founders Edition GPUs are now available below their MSRP in China, making them a nice deal for mainstream gamers. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Available For 4599 RMB, RTX 4060 Ti For 2999 RMB In China As Founders Edition GPU Prices Fall Below MSRP The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 & 4060 Ti GPUs are a popular choice for gamers as they target the mainstream gaming segment. Both GPUs have retained prices close to their MSRP with a few price discounts here and there but it looks like retailers in China are offering a price […]
The latest 12V-2x6 "H++" power connector recently made debut on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 SUPER series GPUs and offers slightly higher power delivery versus the existing 12VHPWR "H+" connectors. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 SUPER GPUs With 12V-2x6 "H++" Connectors Can Support Up To 675W Power Delivery The 12VHPWR connector has been a topic of discussion ever since its debut and all for the wrong reasons. The connector marked a big flaw in NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs with cards burning up right and left. This led to PCI-SIG issue a revision under the 12V-2x6 connector design which tried to […]
Intel has reportedly demanded further subsidies from the Biden administration under the CHIPS Act as the firm ramps up developments in setting facilities in the US. Intel Sticks To The US Plan, Requests For An Economic "Injection" To Keep Existing Developments Running Up Bloomberg reports that Intel is negotiating with the US to acquire a larger share of the subsidies under the CHIPS Act, with the requested additional amount reaching $10 billion in the form of both direct loans and grants. For those unaware, the CHIPS Act is an incentive provided to companies in the semiconductor industry, which included $280 […]
NVIDIA has banned the use of CUDA libraries on other platforms like AMD & Intel, as the firm adds a new warning with CUDA's EULA. NVIDIA Targets ZLUDA & Other CUDA-Dependant Solutions With Their Revised Policy, Ultimately Hindering Code Porting While NVIDIA hasn't made any official statements to back this claim, Kernel/hypervisor Engineer, Longhorn discovered the warning and resorted to X to disclose the change. This step came after the CUDA platform witnessed an increasing adoption from third-party developers and companies who utilized NVIDIA's software powerhouse to upgrade their hardware capabilities. The use of translation layers for running CUDA on […]
AMD has teased the proposition of leveraging AI for its next-gen FSR "FidelityFX Super Resolution" technology. Following NVIDIA DLSS & Intel XeSS, AMD Also Investing To Incorporate AI Within Its Next-Gen FSR "FidelityFX Super Resolution" Technology AI has been a big part of upscaling technologies such as NVIDIA's DLSS which has been leveraging its tensor core architecture since 2018's Turing launch. Intel also jumped onboard the upscaling bandwagon with its XeSS technology which harnessed the XMX AI cores featured on its discrete GPU architecture codenamed Alchemist but there was one major GPU vendor that was missing out on the AI […]
NVIDIA's Blackwell AI GPU lineup will include two major accelerators, the B100 for 2024 and the B200 for 2025, as revealed by Dell. Dell Spills The Beans On NVIDIA's Next-Gen Blackwell AI GPU Accelerators, B100 In 2024 Followed By B200 In 2025 During its recent earnings call, Dell revealed the fact that NVIDIA's next-generation Blackwell lineup won't just have a B100 AI accelerator but there will be an upgraded version offered later on. By the looks of things, NVIDIA seems to have already disclosed this information to its largest partners such as Dell who will be operating servers and data […]
Intel sets an ambitious target of delivering 100 million CPUs for AI PCs by 2025, accelerating development in this rapidly growing segment. Intel All Set To Dominate The AI PC Segment Through Its Advanced CPUs, Coming With Dedicated AI Processing Units The consumer computing industry, particularly the laptop markets, has seen a radical shift towards integrating AI capabilities into their products, and they have been labeled as "AI PCs." In layman's terms, this refers to machines equipped with AI capabilities to make the experience much more seamless, and it seems like the demand for such products has been immense. Team […]
AMD is preparing to release its ROCm 6.1 software stack, this time coming with enhanced support and extensive optimization changes. AMD's ROCm 6.1 Software Stack May Surpass NVIDIA CUDA If Development Continues To Stay At Its Current Trajectory Team Red has been recently ramping up ROCm developments, as back in December 2023, we saw the debut of ROCm 6.0, which came with support for AMD's Instinct MI300A/MIX300X AI accelerators along with several changes to improve the state of the stack. Now, this time, the new ROCm 6.1 has a similar nature as well. Still, instead of product compatibility, the latest […]
The PC GPU market has witnessed another positive quarter with shipments increasing by 6% in Q4 2023 to 76.2 million units, reports Jon Peddie Research. Notebooks Drive GPU Shipments To New Heights While Desktop (AIBs) Remain Stable During Q4 2023 The stats shared by the research firm show the total units reaching 76.2 million units during the previous quarter (Q4 2023) which is a 24% increase year over year, the largest gain over the past two and a half decades. Given the annual growth rate of 3.6% (2024-2026), it is expected that the total installed base of GPUs will reach […]
AMD has "officially" verified that a refresh is planned for the Instinct MI300 AI accelerator, which is expected to be equipped with the bleeding-edge HBM3e memory type. "AMD Has Entered The AI Race & It's Going To Be a Competitive One", Says The Firm's CTO, As Team Red Shows Huge Optimism With AI & Promising Even Better Instinct MI300 Accelerators This Year This development initially surfaced as a rumor a few days ago when AMD was supposedly planning on upgrading the MI300 to a new HBM type. It meant that the refreshed Instinct MI300 would mark AMD's transition to a […]
NVIDIA is "ironically" expected to run out of Blackwell B100 GPUs supply ahead of its respective launch, as the firm anticipates vast demand. NVIDIA's Next-Gen Blackwell B100 AI GPUs Are Expected To Dominate The Markets, Courtesy of Their Huge Performance Uplifts The next-gen AI accelerators from Team Green have hyped up everyone, whether they are potential clients or even investors since it is anticipated that the Blackwell lineup could take things to a new level when it comes to computing performance and clientele demand. In light of this, NVIDIA's CFO Colette Kress has expressed that we could see a similar […]
In a press and analyst session following the IFS Direct 2024 event, Intel's CEO Pat Gelsinger confirmed that Chipzilla is leveraging TSMC's advanced process node technology to power its upcoming CPUs codenamed Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake. Intel Arrow Lake To Utilize TSMC N3 Node While Lunar Lake Gets TSMC's N3B Node, Confirms CEO Pat Gelsinger During the session, Pat stated that Intel has been collaborating with TSMC for its CPU designs and that next-gen CPUs such as Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake will advance this from 5nm to 3nm nodes. Gelsinger also confirmed the expansion of orders to TSMC, […]
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 & 4060 Ti Founders Edition GPUs are now available below their MSRP in China, making them a nice deal for mainstream gamers. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Available For 4599 RMB, RTX 4060 Ti For 2999 RMB In China As Founders Edition GPU Prices Fall Below MSRP The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 & 4060 Ti GPUs are a popular choice for gamers as they target the mainstream gaming segment. Both GPUs have retained prices close to their MSRP with a few price discounts here and there but it looks like retailers in China are offering a price […]
The latest 12V-2x6 "H++" power connector recently made debut on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 SUPER series GPUs and offers slightly higher power delivery versus the existing 12VHPWR "H+" connectors. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 SUPER GPUs With 12V-2x6 "H++" Connectors Can Support Up To 675W Power Delivery The 12VHPWR connector has been a topic of discussion ever since its debut and all for the wrong reasons. The connector marked a big flaw in NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4090 GPUs with cards burning up right and left. This led to PCI-SIG issue a revision under the 12V-2x6 connector design which tried to […]
Intel has reportedly demanded further subsidies from the Biden administration under the CHIPS Act as the firm ramps up developments in setting facilities in the US. Intel Sticks To The US Plan, Requests For An Economic "Injection" To Keep Existing Developments Running Up Bloomberg reports that Intel is negotiating with the US to acquire a larger share of the subsidies under the CHIPS Act, with the requested additional amount reaching $10 billion in the form of both direct loans and grants. For those unaware, the CHIPS Act is an incentive provided to companies in the semiconductor industry, which included $280 […]