Intel outlined its use of AI tools in chip design, which were used to optimize SoC layouts starting with Meteor Lake and slashed the time needed for some of the firm’s semiconductor design processes from six weeks to just minutes. It detailed plans to increase the use of AI design tools in future architectures.
Thanks to a $50 discount the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti Super GPU is down to its lowest-ever price at computer retailer Dell.
Micro Center is giving criminally low offers via its GPU trade-in program, and reportedly offered just $700 for an MSI RTX 4090 Gaming Trio that typically sells for over $1,350 on eBay — for a used card.
Quantum drums capable of storing and converting existing light data (i.e. fiber optic cables) may be integral to the future of a quantum-powered Internet with interconnected quantum computing devices.
Chinese PC part company Jonsbo has added a highly sought-after addition to their lineup, a smaller version of the beloved C6 chassis dubbed the C6-ITX.
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Beefed-up Nvidia A100 (Ampere) GPUs have emerged in the Chinese second-hand market. These GPUs include more memory and processing cores than the normal retail variants, and would also be subject to U.S. export restrictions if they weren't already in China.
Micah Tilton is using a Raspberry Pi to operate an Etch A Sketch using stepper motors and converting images into Etch A Sketch-friendly files.
TrendForce reports continued increases in memory prices for NAND and DRAM, pointing at the Taiwan earthquake and hugely increased demand as root causes. Several major manufacturers aren't even based in Taiwan, and production cuts last year were intended to bring about higher prices.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/more-memory-price-increas
We look at the RTX 4070 and RX 7900 GRE for this GPU faceoff, comparing the newly discounted Nvidia card against AMD's formerly-for-China Golden Rabbit. It's a showdown between two cards that cost right around $550.