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Chinese data centers told to stick to Nvidia chips, domestic chips not compatible
China is trying to establish a domestic GPU market The idea is to steer away from reliance on sanctioned Nvidia GPUs However compatibility and cost is causing significant issues US export restrictions have targeted China’s access to advanced chips, fearing that cutting-edge technology could bolster China’s military capabilities. These sanctions…
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Could typing on your laptop help charge it as well? Scientists develop material that generates electricity when compressed
A new material that generates electricity has been made by scientists The material was synthesized at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute It could be used in shoes, keyboard, and building to generate electricity Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in New York have made a significant breakthrough in sustainable energy, paving the…
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Nvidia almost produced an x86 CPU to rival AMD and Intel, but was forced to move to Arm due to ‘certain legal issues’
Nvidia’s Project Denver began as x86 but transitioned to Arm Insider reports legal constraints drove Nvidia’s pivot The Arm-based Project Denver CPU debuted in 2011 During a technical session at the recent SC24 event, Dave Ditzel, founder of Esperanto Technologies, offered some fascinating insights into Nvidia’s early server processor efforts.…
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Future exascale supercomputers will be built using these HPE Lego-like cabinets able to hold nearly 100,000 AMD EPYC Cores
HPE’s Cray EX4000 supports modular designs, scaling to 98,304 cores Slingshot 400 interconnect doubles throughput, vital for exascale systems AMD and Nvidia collaborations help compute density exceed 10 petaflops Future exascale supercomputers will adopt modular designs that allow enhanced scalability and efficiency, new reports have claimed. TheNextPlatform says Hewlett Packard…
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Norman and the NERD: Google insider spills beans on how the quest for clean nuclear energy went ballistic at one of the world’s largest technology companies with a weird detour via cold fusion
Cold fusion revival sparked Google curiosity but yielded no conclusive evidence. Google’s bold nuclear projects highlighted innovation beyond traditional tech Google’s NERD explored nuclear energy with audacious and pioneering ideas Google has been at the center of many innovative developments, but its foray into nuclear energy development – aided by…
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This new AI technology enhances video analysis by detecting human actions in real time
A new AI capable of recognizing complex visual data has been developed SMAST can learn and predict complex human actions The tool could be used in surveillance, healthcare, and autonomous driving, researchers say Researchers at the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering and Applied Science have taken AI’s visual data…
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