Q3 profits jump 191 percent from last quarter on revenues of $6.2 billion, helped by accelerated interest in Instinct AMD continued to ride a wave of demand for its Instinct MI300X AI accelerators – its answer to Nvidia's venerable H100 – in its thi…
Lees meerOh, and it'll need the total current US power output Video Masayoshi Son, the Japanese billionaire behind Softbank, has predicted that an artificial superintelligence 10,000 times smarter than a human brain will be created within about a decade - b…
Lees meerWork already underway to expand system to 200,000 Nvidia Hopper chips Unlike most AI training clusters, xAI's Colossus with its 100,000 Nvidia Hopper GPUs doesn't use InfiniBand. Instead, the massive system, which Nvidia bills as the "world's larges…
Lees meerOminously-named bot can spot trouble from a mile away, distinguish threats from false alarms, says DoD The US Army is testing a new AI product that it says can identify threats from a mile away, and all without the need for any new hardware. …
Lees meerAt the end of the day, it all boils down to tokens per dollar Analysis Today, most GenAI models are trained and run on GPUs or some other specialized accelerator, but that doesn't mean they have to be. In fact, several chipmakers have suggested tha…
Lees meerWouldn’t want to inadvertently fund the PLA The US treasury department finalized a rule on Monday that limits domestic entities' investment in Chinese semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum information technologies, and AI.…
Lees meer'The single biggest constraint is access,' says exec looking to invest 'hundreds of millions' One of the UK's major commercial property developers says it would be pumping investment into new datacenters if it could just secure the energy supply nee…
Lees meerJessica Rosenworcel looks at policy challenges for the next decade The chair of America's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) foresees a single network future where space-based comms will be integrated with terrestrial networks to ensure connect…
Lees meerIt's not just the French president, Biden and Putin also reportedly trackable The French equivalent of the US Secret Service may have been letting their guard down, as an investigation showed they are easily trackable via the fitness app Strava.…
Lees meerAfter years of delay, new systems with 'diverse tech stacks' need a hand in £195M deal The UK's Home Office has launched a procurement for tech support and services to oversee border control and immigration via a contract estimated to be worth up to…
Lees meerAI projects under pressure to show real value in the tightest of timeframes might be worth keeping on-premises Sponsored Feature As those petabyte-heavy AI workloads start to stack up, hyperscale providers are having to beef-up their infrastructure…
Lees meerThe GPIO turns out to be a handy tool if you want to measure the conductivity of concrete Chinese scientists have found a novel use for the Raspberry Pi: detecting voids in the linings of railway tunnels that could lead to structural damage, or even…
Lees meerThe GPIO turns out to be a neat way to measure the conductivity of concrete Chinese scientists have found a novel use for the Raspberry Pi: detecting voids in the linings of railway tunnels that could lead to structural damage, or even collapse.…
Lees meerThe decentralized social network hints at sustainability with talk of subscriptions Bluesky says it has hauled in more than 13 million users, up from about three million when it opened to the public in February 2024.…
Lees meerYou know what they say, where there's a will there's a Huawei Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has allegedly cut off shipments to Chinese chip designer Sophgo over allegations it was attempting to supply components to Huawei in violation of US…
Lees meerThe silicon no longer limited to Cupertino's priciest iPads In a surprise announcement on Monday, Apple unveiled a rainbow of new iMacs powered by its M4 processor with 16 GB of memory as standard, a 12 MP webcam, and no shortage of AI gimmicks… er……
Lees meerWants injunction on GPUs that use what it alleges is its own IP German HPC vendor ParTec is taking legal action against Nvidia for alleged patent infringement, seeking an injunction to stop its GPUs being sold in 18 countries that are participants i…
Lees meerThe silicon no longer limited to Cupertino's priciest iPads In a surprise announcement on Monday, Apple unveiled a rainbow of new iMacs powered by its M4 processor with 16 GB of memory as standard, a 12 MP webcam, and no shortage of AI gimmicks… er……
Lees meerChipzilla unlikely to give in when it comes to its biggest sales market Intel is expanding its packaging and testing base in Chengdu, a move that signals its intent to remain firmly rooted in the Chinese market, despite geopolitical pressures.…
Lees meerPlus: Singapore building two Supercomputers; Toyota to rebuild IT with Fujitsu AI; Are Samsung engineers jumping ship? ASIA IN BRIEF Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous nation, has banned the import of Apple's iPhone 16.…
Lees meerNearly all of those without access live in low to middle income countries, GSMA says Just over half the global population now has access to mobile internet, but the rate of growth is slowing. While some of the remainder live in hard-to-reach areas, …
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