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A US supercomputer with 8,000 Intel Xeon CPUs and 300TB of RAM is being auctioned — 160th most powerful computer in the world has some maintenance issues though and will cost thousands per day to run

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A US supercomputer with 8,000 Intel Xeon CPUs and 300TB of RAM is being auctioned — 160th most powerful computer in the world has some maintenance issues though and will cost thousands per day to run

The Cheyenne supercomputer, based at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) in Cheyenne, Wyoming, was ranked as the 20th most powerful computer in the world in 2016 – but now it’s up for sale through the US General Services Administration (GSA). By November 2023, the 5.34-petaflops system’s ranking had slipped to 160th in the world, but … Read more

Peacock may increase the cost of its monthly and annual plans again

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Peacock may increase the cost of its monthly and annual plans again

It looks like Peacock is raising prices again for the second time in less than a year. According to Variety, the monthly Premium with ads plan will “increase by $2 to $7.99”, officially making it more expensive than Netflix’s Standard with ads option. The platform’s Premium Plus (which the report points out is “mostly ad-free”) … Read more

The obscure little PC that wanted to be a big NAS — super compact Maiyunda M1 doesn’t cost that much, offers up to 40TB SSD storage, runs Windows and has 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports

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The obscure little PC that wanted to be a big NAS — super compact Maiyunda M1 doesn’t cost that much, offers up to 40TB SSD storage, runs Windows and has 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports

At first glance, the Maiyunda M1 doesn’t look all that special. It’s a mini PC with a large on/off button on the front, alongside a TF card slot, a USB 3.0 port, and two USB 2.0 ports. On the rear, there are HDMI 2.0 and DP ports to allow the device to drive two screens … Read more

Africa’s postdoc workforce is on the rise — but at what cost?

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Africa’s postdoc workforce is on the rise — but at what cost?

Illustration: Fabrizio Lenci Lire en français sur Nature Africa Johnblack Kabukye struggles to explain to his colleagues back home in Uganda why he’s doing a two-year stint as a postdoctoral researcher in Sweden. “If you say you’re doing a master’s or a PhD, it’s clear what that means,” says the digital-health specialist, who worked as … Read more

This is what a single 256GB DDR5 memory module looks like — but you won’t be able to fit this Micron RAM in your desktop or laptop and it will almost certainly cost more than $10,000 if you can buy it

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This is what a single 256GB DDR5 memory module looks like — but you won’t be able to fit this Micron RAM in your desktop or laptop and it will almost certainly cost more than ,000 if you can buy it

Micron has showcased its colossal 256GB DDR5-8800 MCRDIMM memory modules at the recent Nvidia GTC 2024 conference. The high-capacity, double-height, 20-watt modules are tailored for next-generation AI servers, such as those based on Intel‘s Xeon Scalable ‘Granite Rapid’ processors which require substantial memory for training. Tom’s Hardware, which got to see the memory module first … Read more

Nvidia’s fastest AI chip ever could cost a rather reasonable $40,000 — but chances that you will actually be able to buy one on its own are very, very low and for a good reason

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Nvidia’s fastest AI chip ever could cost a rather reasonable ,000 — but chances that you will actually be able to buy one on its own are very, very low and for a good reason

In a recent interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang shared details about the company’s upcoming Blackwell chip which cost $10 billion in research and development to create. The new GPU, which is built on a custom 4NP TSMC process and packs a total of 208 billion transistors (104 billion per die), with … Read more

This is what Nvidia’s Exaflop supercomputer-in-a-rack looks like — the DGX GB200 NVL72 tower most likely uses 48V, 2.5kA to deliver a staggering 1,440 petaflops, could cost millions

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This is what Nvidia’s Exaflop supercomputer-in-a-rack looks like — the DGX GB200 NVL72 tower most likely uses 48V, 2.5kA to deliver a staggering 1,440 petaflops, could cost millions

Nvidia recently unveiled its DGX GB200 NVL72 supercomputer-in-a-rack at Nvidia GTC 2024 and Patrick Kennedy at Serve The Home took a selection of great photos showcasing the impressive beast. The name of the DGX GB200 NVL72 tells you much of what you need to know. The GB200 signifies the Grace Blackwell GB200 compute structure, while … Read more

Cutting-edge CAR-T cancer therapy is now made in India — at one-tenth the cost

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Cutting-edge CAR-T cancer therapy is now made in India — at one-tenth the cost

T cells (pink) attack a cancer cell (yellow) in this scanning electron micrograph image.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/SPL A small Indian biotechnology company is producing a home-grown version of a cutting-edge cancer treatment known as chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy that was pioneered in the United States. CAR-T therapies are used mainly to treat blood cancers … Read more

The Asus ROG NUC carries the torch for Intel’s mini gaming PC dreams, but the cost of entry is still too steep

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The Asus ROG NUC carries the torch for Intel’s mini gaming PC dreams, but the cost of entry is still too steep

Asus first revealed the Asus ROG NUC back at CES 2024, and now more information on the pricing and a release date is coming out regarding the small form factor gaming PC, which could easily be one of the best gaming PCs in the market. Thanks to a pre-order listing at European retailer Proshop, and … Read more