Tag: author_name|Devindra Hardawar
Intel unveils Core Ultra, its first chips with NPUs for AI work
Intel today is entering the "AI PC" era with the launch of its new Core Ultra notebook chips. Originally codenamed "Meteor Lake," these are Intel's first processors to include an NPU, or neural processing unit, for accelerating AI tasks. The launch comes a week after AMD revealed its upcoming Ryzen…
Read MoreAMD’s Ryzen 8040 chips remind Intel it’s falling behind in AI PCs
Last January, AMD beat out Intel by launching its Ryzen 7040 chips, the first x86 processors to integrate a neural processing unit (NPU) for AI workloads. Intel's long-delayed Core Ultra "Meteor Lake" chips, its first to integrate an NPU, are set to arrive on December 14th. But it seems AMD…
Read MorePlayStation Portal review: A baffling handheld for no one but Sony diehards
Sony has apparently learned nothing from the success of the Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck. Or from its own portable systems like the Vita and PSP, for that matter. The PlayStation Portal (yes, technically it’s another PSP) is a $200 handheld system that can only stream games from your PlayStation…
Read MoreApple’s M3 chips bring ray tracing to Macs
There’s nothing truly spooky about Apple’s new M3 chips — except, perhaps, for how scared they’ll make Intel, AMD and Qualcomm. During its “Scary Fast” Halloween Eve product event (at 8PM Eastern Apple, really?) the company officially debuted its new M3, M3 Pro and M3 Max chips. As featured in…
Read MoreI taught my daughter to love RPGs by playing Sea of Stars
I've always dreamed of revisiting classic RPGs with my kids — I wanted them to jump across time with me in Chrono Trigger, or pretend to be sky pirates in Skies of Arcadia. It's not that tough to transform a well-told RPG into an interactive storybook for children (though I…
Read MoreIs streaming video even still worth it?
When Netflix first unveiled its streaming video service in 2007, it felt like a miracle. Netflix’s DVD customers in the US, who were paying between $5.99 to $17.99 a month, instantly had access to 1,000 movies over a web browser. No more waiting for DVDs in the mail, no ads…
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