AMD’s Zen 6-based EPYC ‘Venice’ CPU pushes core count to 256, boosts performance by 70%, and features PCIe 6.0, 1.6 TB/s memory bandwidth, and a new SP7 packaging, according to AMD.
AMD plans to launch its second-generation rack-scale AI platform in 2027 with EPYC 'Verano' CPUs, Instinct MI500X GPUs, and Vulcano 800 GbE NICs, accelerating its roadmap to an annual cadence.
AMD unveiled its new MI350X and MI355X GPUs for AI workloads here at its Advancing AI 2025 event in San Jose, California, claiming the new accelerators offer a 3X performance boost over the prior-gen MI300X, positioning the company to improve its competitive footing against its market-leading rival, Nvidia.
The Nintendo Switch 2's powerful internals deliver a major upgrade to the Switch formula, but there's still some room for improvement.
AMD unveiled Helios, its first in-house rack-scale AI system built around upcoming EPYC 'Venice' CPUs and Instinct MI400-series GPUs, aiming to challenge Nvidia's dominance in AI. But while it is said to offer higher memory capacity and bandwidth than competing platforms, it is expected to trail in peak compute performance against Nvidia's future Rubin-based systems.
Bilibili hardware tester finds discrepancies between SK hynix and Samsung memory across Radeon 9070 XT models
A video chronicling the degradation of an OLED monitor over time has just been published, offering a 15-month update, and things aren't too bad.
Running Linux on your Chromebook used to be fraught with hacks and complications, but now we can easily run a Linux virtual machine alongside Google’s cloud based OS.
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/how-to-run-a-linux-os-on-your-chromebook
A team has created an application called PartCrafter that creates 3D models, in single or multiple parts, using AI based on 2D images for input.
Micron has become the first DRAM vendor to begin sampling 36GB HBM4 memory with a 2048-bit interface and 2TB/s bandwidth.