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

April 27, 2024 by lisa nichols

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

Xbox president confirms commitment to backwards compatibility with ‘new team dedicated to game preservation’

April 8, 2024 by lisa nichols

Xbox president Sarah Bond has confirmed that backwards compatibility with previous-generation Xbox games will remain a priority for the company’s hardware going forward. In emails obtained by Windows Central, Bond states: “We have formed a new team dedicated to game preservation, important to all of us at Xbox and the industry itself. “We are building … Read more

‘Despair’ as Argentinian president begins dismantling science

March 11, 2024 by lisa nichols

Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. The worm-like caecilian Siphonops annulatus is the first amphibian described to produce ‘milk’ for offspring hatched outside its body.Credit: Carlos Jared A species of amphibian is the first observed to nourish its young with a milk-like … Read more

Argentinian researchers protest as president begins dismantling science

March 9, 2024 by lisa nichols

Three months after Javier Milei took office as the new president of Argentina, scientists there say that their profession is in crisis. As Milei cuts government spending to bring down the country’s deficit and to lower inflation — now more than 250% annually — academics say that some areas of research are at risk. And … Read more