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China’s GPU plans are running aground
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 03 September 2024 11:14

China’s GPU plans are running aground


This is proving more challenging than we thought

Chinese GPU maker Xiangdixian Computing Technology has not met its development targets and has laid off some staff as part of a restructuring plan.

High-end Arrow Lake CPU gets a GPU
Published in News
Wednesday, 10 July 2024 11:54

High-end Arrow Lake CPU gets a GPU


But Chipzilla walks away from Core Ultra 9 F CPUs

Recent leaks suggest that Intel's product strategy is shifting. They indicate that the company will not release any Core Ultra 9 F CPUs.

Intel’s flagship GPU will be 4nm
Published in Graphics
Monday, 08 July 2024 12:09

Intel’s flagship GPU will be 4nm


Battlemage might be a bit chunkier than we expected

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn, claiming that Intel’s coming Battlemage GPU will use TSMC’s 4nm process.

Arm releases latest CPU and GPU designs
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 30 May 2024 10:33

Arm releases latest CPU and GPU designs


Including the "most performant and efficient GPU" to date

Arm has unveiled its latest CPU and GPU designs for top-tier smartphones: the Cortex-X925 CPU and Immortalis G925 GPU.

Chipzilla confirms Falcon Shore's AI processor needs 1500W
Published in AI


Nvidia's only needs 1200W

Intel has let slip that its soon-to-drop Falcon Shores AI processor, a nifty hybrid chip that marries x86 and Xe GPU cores, is set to be a proper guzzler, chugging down a hefty 1500 watts (W) of juice -- a fair bit thirstier than Nvidia’s B200, which only sips up to 1200W. 

Intel rolls out new Arc 101.5518 Beta GPU driver
Published in Graphics


One to have for Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut and Homeworld 3

Intel has released the new Arc 101.5518 Beta GPU driver with optimizations for two new big games, Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut and Homeworld 3.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 could have a killer GPU
Published in Mobiles


Adreno GPU at its best

According to the latest rumor, it appears that Qualcomm's next-generation flagship mobile SoC, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, could have an impressive GPU performance, running some GPU-intensive games at native 1080p resolution.

Chipzilla's Lunar Lake shows built-in graphics getting better
Published in Graphics


Discrete graphics might become even more discrete

New leaks into the graphics power of Chipzilla’s Xe2 Battlemage architecture on Lunar Lake indicate that onboard GPUs are about to get a whole lot beefier, ready to smash out some serious frame rates.

GPU farmers are making a killing
Published in AI
Tuesday, 07 May 2024 10:10

GPU farmers are making a killing


And on that farm he had a GPU 

CoreWeave, which started as a crypto miner, has just bagged a whopping €1.02 billion ($1.1 billion) in fresh dosh from backers like Coatue, Fidelity, and Altimeter Capital as big money wants to invest in AI.

Kaby Lake-G platform arises from the dead
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 28 March 2024 11:41

Kaby Lake-G platform arises from the dead


Chipzilla's zombie chip invoked for mini-PC motherboard

Kaby Lake-G, the Intel CPU that incorporated an AMD GPU directly into the CPU package, was declared dead in 2019, yet this hasn't deterred a a plucky company's bringing it back from the dead and plonked it into a mini PC motherboard.