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After Nvidia, Samsung vows to abandon consumer focus and concentrate on lucrative enterprise market instead — surge in HBM, enterprise SSD, DDR5 server memory chip expected to drive margins

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Nvidia has transformed into an AI superpower, becoming the third most valuable company in the world off the back of it, so it’s perhaps no surprise other tech giants are looking on in envy and shifting their focus to follow suit. During its recent earnings call, Samsung reported a consolidated operating profit of $4.8 billion in … Read more

Nvidia asserts dominance over ‘basic AI PCs’ running NPUs with its GPU hardware

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As the AI computing revolution hits its Apex, Nvidia has confidently stated that GPU technology is the way forward instead of dedicated NPUs in a new meeting.  As reported by Videocardz, a new meeting held by Nvidia about the “Premium AI PC” has seen Team Green confidently back its GPU technology against the current crop … Read more

This pink Nvidia RTX 4060 GPU features adorable cats and pugs, oh my!

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There’s a new Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 on the block and while it might not be the best graphics card out there, it has one massive advantage: it’s adorably cat-themed. The card is currently available through one of Nvidia’s Chinese board partners, ASL, and can be shipped out to the US. Even better, the price … Read more

Chip firm founded by ex-Intel president plans massive 256-core CPU to surf AI inference wave and give Nvidia B100 a run for its money — Ampere Computing AmpereOne-3 likely to support PCIe 6.0 and DDR5 tech

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Ampere Computing unveiled its AmpereOne Family of processors last year, boasting up to 192 single-threaded Ampere cores, which was the highest in the industry.  These chips, designed for cloud efficiency and performance, were Ampere’s first product based on its new custom core leveraging internal IP,  signalling a shift in the sector, according to CEO Renée … Read more

Apple is reportedly developing its own AI servers — could it be gearing up to take on Nvidia and AMD?

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Apple may again be partnering with silicon chip manufacturer TSMC to produce its own AI server processor, according to a leak from Chinese social network Weibo. Yes, news of Apple’s next step into the world of artificial intelligence tools is unironically brought to you by, MacRumors reports, “the Weibo user known as ‘Phone Chip Expert’”, … Read more

It’s time for AMD, Intel, and Nvidia to call a truce on the performance arms race and focus on sustainability and efficiency

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Today is Earth Day, and it’s as good a time as any to think about the way we use technology and how we can use it better and more sustainably given the myriad challenges it represents to our environment. Major computer manufacturers like Acer, Apple, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and many others have all started moving … Read more

Obscure $10 billion chip firm you never heard of finally delivers crucial tech for AI future — Astera Labs showcased its Aries 6 PCIe retimer board as it targets future Nvidia HGX boards

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Astera Labs, a relatively unknown semiconductor company with a $10 billion market value, recently showed off its new Aries 6 PCIe retimer board, which it is now sampling to leading AI and cloud infrastructure providers. Due to the high-speed data transfer within the PCIe interface, the signals can suffer from degradation, especially over longer distances … Read more

NVIDIA Instant NeRFs need just a few images to make 3D scenes

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NVIDIA sees AI as a means of putting new tools into the hands of gamers and creators alike. NVIDIA Instant NeRF is one such tool, leveraging the power of NVIDIA’s GPUs to make complex 3D creations orders of magnitude easier to generate. Instant NeRF is an especially powerful tool in its ability to create these … Read more

An incredible $100 billion bet to get rid of Nvidia dependence — tech experts reckon Microsoft will build a million-server strong data center that will primarily use critical inhouse components

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Microsoft and OpenAI are reportedly in the process of planning a groundbreaking data center project which would include an AI supercomputer named “Stargate”. A report by Anissa Gardizy and Amir Efrati in The Information claims the goal of the project, which would be financed by Microsoft to the tune of over $100 billion, and which … Read more

Another startup is taking on Nvidia using a clever trick — Celestial AI brings DDR5 and HBM together to slash power consumption by 90%, may already be partnering with AMD

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There’s no shortage of startups pushing technology that could one day prove pivotal in AI computing and memory infrastructure.  Celestial AI, which recently secured $175 million in Series C funding, is looking to commercialize its Photonic Fabric technology which aims to redefine optical interconnects.  Celestial AI’s foundational technology is designed to disaggregate AI compute from … Read more