The CPU industry has been rocked with China officially banning the use of Intel and AMD CPUs across all Chinese government PCs. 2 VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES The move by China to ban US chip manufacturers from its systems is only pushing further hostilities between the two nations. At the very least, the decision …
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WASP-12b was originally discovered in 2008 and since then has been a point of interest for many astronomers around the world due to its strange and relatively close proximity to Earth. 2 Artist illustration of WASP-12b being sucked into its host star VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES WASP-12b is an exoplanet orbiting its host star …
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AMD has just confirmed its upcoming RDNA 3+ GPU architecture, which will be used in the company’s next-generation Strix Point APUs. 3 VIEW GALLERY – 3 IMAGES We’ve been hearing and reporting on AMD’s next-gen Strix Point and Strix Halo APUs for a while now, but the company recently hosted a new AI PC summit …
You’d think a team working on Formula 1 cars would be using advanced software, but nope… it’s been discovered that an F1 team has been using Microsoft Excel for the Williams car build workbook. James Vowles and Pat Fry took over the team principal and chief technical officer roles for the Williams F1 in 2023, …
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Micron teased some incredible new 256GB MCR DIMM memory modules at NVIDIA’s recent GPU Technology Conference (GTC) last week. 2 VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES The new Micron 256GB DDR5-8800 MCRDIMMs have been designed for next-generation servers, and being at GTC 2024, you’d think they’re being aimed at AI systems and servers, including Intel’s new …
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Yingren has just announced their new YRS820 Gen5 SSD controller, which is based on the RISC-V architecture, offers 14GB/sec+ reads, and it’s done with a fanless design. 2 Yingren’s new YRS820 Gen5 SSD controller (source: MyDrivers) VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES The Chinese firm has some of the fastest SSD controllers on the planet, but …
We’ve made this post in terms of AI upscaling capabilities, efficiency, ease of use, pricing and affordability, and user reviews. In this post, the best overall AI image upscaler goes to VideoProc Converter AI. The best high-end upscaler goes to Topaz Photo AI. And the best free online AI image upscaler goes to Wifu2x. In …
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Intel’s new semiconductor chip plant in Germany has had archaeologists working on the site discovering two prehistoric burial mounds with human, and animal remains from a prehistoric human and animal sacrifice. 2 VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES The State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt (LDA) examined the 300-hectare industrial site ahead of site …
NVIDIA revealed its next-generation Blackwell B200 AI GPU at its recent GTC 2024 (GPU Technology Conference) event but left out some details that we’re now discovering… like the new AI GPU consuming up to a whopping 1200W of power. 3 NVIDIA’s new Blackwell B200 versus Hopper H100 AI GPUs (source: NVIDIA) VIEW GALLERY – 3 …
MediaTek announced during GTC 2024 last week that four new automotive SoCs within its Dimensity Auto Cockpit portfolio, with the new chips featuring NVIDIA GPUs ready for AI workloads. 4 VIEW GALLERY – 4 IMAGES The next-gen Dimensity Auto Cockpit SoCs feature Arm-based Cortex cores under the latest Armv9 instruction set architecture, as well as …
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NVIDIA announced its next-generation Blackwell GPU architecture and the world’s fastest AI GPU, the Blackwell B200 AI GPU, last week at GTC 2024 (GPU Technology Conference). CEO Jensen Huang said it’ll be around 10 years before something like DLSS 10 renders every frame using AI. 2 VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang …
Reports indicate that Grand Theft Auto VI could be delayed into 2026, and if that happens, Take-Two will have a sizable reduction in its revenue forecasts. But GTA V could help save the day (again). 3 VIEW GALLERY – 3 IMAGES How long can GTA V sustain the Grand Theft Auto franchise? If reports are …
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Overwatch 2 is poised to break a huge KPI milestone as soon as April, Blizzard says. 2 VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES Overwatch 2 is an interesting case of a publisher actively experimenting with a new strategy, failing with said strategy, and actively pivoting while the game continues its live service delivery. Blizzard’s new free-to-play …
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Square Enix may have just teased the hotly anticipated FF9 Remake on stage at PAX East 2024. 3 VIEW GALLERY – 3 IMAGES Final Fantasy IX is expected to be the next game to get the full-on remake treatment from Square Enix, but official details have been slim. The existence of the FF9 Remake was …
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In a stunning show of self awareness and understanding of its core fans, Square Enix has decided to push Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail’s expansion release date in order to make room for Elden Ring’s thunderously anticipated Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. 5 VIEW GALLERY – 5 IMAGES Elden Ring took the world by storm in …
Final Fantasy XIV’s new expansion Dawntrail is on the horizon, and Square Enix is prepping a huge $215 collector’s edition…but there’s some details you need to know before you buy. 8 VIEW GALLERY – 8 IMAGES At PAX 2024, Yoshi-P revealed tons of new details about the upcoming FFXIV Dawntrail expansion. Dawntrail is a big …
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Square Enix’s Creative Business Unit III lays out what the next 10 years of Final Fantasy XIV will look like, and more intense and thrilling battles are a big part of the plans. 3 VIEW GALLERY – 3 IMAGES A bit ago, Square Enix confirmed that FFXIV would last at least another decade. The MMORPG …
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Reports indicate that Microsoft is currently experimenting with new handheld gaming prototypes, presumably in an effort to help the hybrid market mature while raking in profits along the way. 3 VIEW GALLERY – 3 IMAGES Microsoft may be exploring a new handheld device capable of natively playing Xbox games. The news comes from a recent …
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New compensation policies at Blizzard have cut bonuses for Overwatch 2 developers, sources tell Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier. 3 VIEW GALLERY – 3 IMAGES New reports have pulled the curtain back on the complex inner-workings of game development at the industry’s former-largest independent publisher, Activision Blizzard. On top of layoffs, a new compensation plan at Blizzard …
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Capcom is facing backlash and controversy from gamers for the new Dragon’s Dogma 2 microtransactions that seemingly popped up out of nowhere. 2 VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES Dragon’s Dogma 2 just launched, and right at release, Capcom has injected microtransactions into the game. This has predictably kicked the hornet’s nest and gamers aren’t happy …