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US probes Nvidia over AI chip shipments to China
Published in News


Tightened export controls

The U.S. Department of Commerce has reportedly asked Nvidia to investigate how its products were acquired by buyers in China over the past year.

Microsoft buys shedloads of Nvidia chips
Published in News
Thursday, 19 December 2024 01:42

Microsoft buys shedloads of Nvidia chips


Big hopper customer

Software King of the world Microsoft has cemented its position at the forefront of artificial intelligence development, purchasing more than double the number of Nvidia’s flagship “Hopper” chips than any of its closest competitors in the US or China this year.

Nvidia slashes AI computer price
Published in AI
Wednesday, 18 December 2024 08:31

Nvidia slashes AI computer price


Targets hobbyists and SMEs

Nvidia has unveiled a $249 version of its Jetson computer for artificial intelligence applications, halving the price of its predecessor in a bid to attract more hobbyists and small companies.

The curious case of the non-existent RTX 4010
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Tuesday, 17 December 2024 03:36

The curious case of the non-existent RTX 4010


Youtuber purchases unbranded Chinese GPU

YouTuber known as Budget-Builds Official has managed to acquire and test a graphics card that seemingly doesn’t exist: the Nvidia RTX 4010.

First Nvidia Geforce RTX 5070 Ti details show up
Published in Graphics


8960 CUDA cores, 16GB of GDDR7 VRAM, and 350W TBP

With the Nvidia Geforce RTX 50 series launch drawing closer, it does not come as a surprise that we are getting first rumors regarding the actual specifications, and the recent one suggests that the RTX 5070 Ti could end up with 8960 CUDA cores, and finally get 16GB of VRAM.

FinalWire releases new AIDA64 v7.50
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 11 December 2024 14:38

FinalWire releases new AIDA64 v7.50


Brings improved support for Intel Panther Lake and AVX2 benchmarks for Core Ultra 200

FinalWire has released the latest version of AIDA64 diagnostic and benchmarking software, the AIDA64 v7.50, bringing improved support, new benchmarks, and fixes.

China takes on Nvidia
Published in PC Hardware
Wednesday, 11 December 2024 12:04

China takes on Nvidia


Tech giant caught in the crossfire of global chip warfare

China has again donned its anti-monopoly cape, this time swooping in to "investigate" Nvidia.

Nvidia’s Project Denver was going to be x86
Published in Network


Legal constraints meant it went to Arm

Nvidia’s Project Denver was supposed to be based on x86 tech, but things took a turn thanks to legal wranglings involving Transmeta’s Tokamak technology. Instead, Nvidia had to pivot to Arm, and the rest is history.

Marvell’s market cap surges past Intel
Published in News
Monday, 09 December 2024 11:29

Marvell’s market cap surges past Intel


Claims to be the new Nvidia

Marvell Technology's stock price has risen dramatically this year, climbing 95 percent and pushing its market capitalisation above Intel.

Generative AI makes English the hottest new programming language
Published in AI


Natural Language prompts are the new black

Generative AI is transforming software development by enabling natural language prompts to generate code, reducing the need for traditional programming skills and making English the new coding language.