Having reviewed and dissected almost a dozen ATX 3.0 power supplies in the last year, thus far we’ve seen an interesting mix in design pedigrees for PSUs targeting the newest power standard. For some manufacturers this has meant bringing up entirely new PSU designs by OEMs new and old, developing fresh platforms to accommodate the…
Intel has announced two new x86-64 instruction sets designed to bolster and offer more performance in AVX-based workloads with their hybrid architecture of performance (P) and efficiency (E) cores. The first of Intel’s announcements is their latest Intel Advanced Performance Extensions, or Intel APX as it’s known. It is designed to bring generational, instruction set-driven improvements to…
Intel Unveils AVX10 and APX Instruction Sets: Unifying AVX-512 For Hybrid Architectures Read More »
The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) unveiled its latest Stampede supercomputer for open science research projects, Stampede3. TACC anticipates that Stampede3 will come online this fall and will deliver its full performance in early 2024. The supercomputer will be a crucial component of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s (NSF) ACCESS scientific supercomputing ecosystem, and it…
TACC’s Stampede3 Supercomputer Uses Intel’s Xeon Max with HBM2E and Ponte Vecchio Read More »
According to new rumors along the tech grapevine, the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D CPU has been spotted in the wild along with some possible specs.The Ryzen 9 7945HX3D might be based on the Zen 4 core architecture with 16 cores, 32 threads, and support for PBO overclocking and tuning capabilities. The leaker’s Weibo tech account…
Possible upcoming AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D CPU could give Intel a run for its money Read More »
Cryptography forms an essential part of organisations’ information security and is indispensable for preventing the theft of sensitive data, verifying that received data is correct, and preventing unauthorised access to systems. With the rise of quantum computers, current cryptographic standards are no longer adequate, says Marc Stevens, senior researcher in the Cryptology research group at the Dutch Centrum…
Handbook helps Dutch organisations migrate to quantum-safe communication Read More »
Many datacentre operators will struggle to meet emerging sustainability reporting requirements and regulations because of how little data they collect on the energy and water usage habits of their sites, suggests data from the 13th annual Uptime Institute annual global datacentre survey. With operators under growing pressure to shrink the environmental footprint of their datacentres, as…
This week the Linux Foundation has announced that the group will be overseeing the formation of a new Ethernet consortium, with a focus on adapting and refining the technology for high performance computing workloads. Backed by founding members AMD, Arista, Broadcom, Cisco, Eviden, HPE, Intel, Meta and Microsoft, the new Ultra Ethernet Consortium will be…
Ultra Ethernet Consortium Formed, Plans to Adapt Ethernet for AI and HPC Needs Read More »
One of design perks of NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4060 is its relatively low power consumption, which has allowed graphics cards makers to produce compact add-in-boards without the massive heatsink and VRM setups required by higher-end cards. At 115 Watts, the power consumption of the card is low enough that it makes even Mini-ITX-sized cards practical,…
Lenovo Develops Mini-ITX Form-Factor GeForce RTX 4060 Read More »
The Russia-aligned KillNet hacktivist group, which has been behind a string of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on Western targets since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, continues to steadily ramp up its capabilities and is likely using newly created or absorbed affiliate groupings to conduct more impactful attacks, but its primary goal likely…
Attention-seeking KillNet hacktivists becoming more dangerous Read More »
ASRock Industrial has been a key player in the ultra-compact form-factor (UCFF) PC space over the last few years. They have managed to release 4″x4″ systems based on the latest AMD and Intel platforms well ahead of other vendors. The company’s NUC(S) BOX-1300 series was launched along with Intel’s introduction of Raptor Lake-P in January.…
ASRock Industrial NUC BOX-1360P/D5 Review: Raptor Lake-P on the Leading Edge Read More »
