While neuromorphic computing remains under research for the time being, efforts into the field have continued to grow over the years, as have the capabilities of the specialty chips that have been developed for this research. Following those lines, this morning Intel and Sandia National Laboratories are celebrating the deployment of the Hala Point neuromorphic…
Intel has been in hot water lately, with numerous reports of 13th- and 14th-gen i9 processors crashing while playing games and, in some cases, refusing to boot Windows altogether. Now Intel has released an official statement on the fiasco, but it’s probably not what users want to hear.The blame game has been in full swing…
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Barnsley has become one of the first councils to roll out generative AI (GenAI) tools across its entire organisation as part of a six-month trial of Copilot for Microsoft 365, which it hopes will take some of the heavy admin load off staff. Local councils have become perhaps an unexpected testing ground for GenAI as…
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. this week released its financial results for Q1 2024. Due to a rebound in demand for semiconductors, the company garned $18.87 billion in revenue for the quarter, which is up 12.9% year-over-year, but a decline of 3.8% quarter-over-quarter. The company says that in increase in demand for HPC processors (which includes…
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A prominent hardware leaker has uncovered new patch notes revealing that the now-allegedly canceled AMD Navi 4X / 4C graphics cards would have been significantly more powerful than the current AMD flagship RX 7900 XTX. Uncovered by Kepler_L2 (via Tweaktown), new patch notes for AMD GFX12 supposedly showcase Navi 4X die models, the newer equivalent of…
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Intel’s Arrow Lake processors are already on sale, it seems – well, kind of, or at least pre-release samples of the silicon are being sold illegally.As you’re doubtless aware, Arrow Lake is Intel’s next-gen range of desktop chips that won’t be out until much later in 2024 (or indeed 2025), but so-called engineering samples –…
XFX is gearing up to release a brand new version of the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX which is slated to feature a huge 3.5-slot design with power requirements of at least 850W. That means you’ll need 3x PCIe power connectors, deviating from the standard two of the base and partner models for the added…
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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 is…
This pink Nvidia RTX 4060 GPU features adorable cats and pugs, oh my! Read More »
AMD has just revealed its Q1 2024 earnings with some turbulent news on the GPU front – as well as an apparent focus on AI PCs when it comes to the Ryzen CPU side of the equation.The Q1 results for the gaming division saw revenue fall precipitously to $922 million, which is 48% less than…
Intel has issued new guidelines for its motherboard partners regarding the continued problems around crashing Intel Core i9 13th and 14th Gen processors. As reported by Tom’s Hardware, the new guidelines issued by Intel have been enforced to combat the stability issues of its high-end chipsets. Crucially, the chipset manufacturer has doubled-down that it’s not blaming…
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