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Want to put 24TB of RAM in your PC? This motherboard can, and will even accommodate 384 AMD EPYC Turin cores and almost 1 petabyte storage
ASRock Rack’s TURIN2D48G-2L+ is a sizable new server motherboard designed to handle the most demanding needs of high-performance computing. Supporting dual AMD EPYC 9005/ 9004 series processors, including the top-tier 192-core EPYC 9965, this motherboard is engineered for maximum power and memory capacity. With 48 DIMM slots – 24 per…
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Yet another startup wants to crack the LLM code but this time using light; optical pioneer Oriole Networks wants to train LLMs 100x faster with a fraction of the power
A couple of years ago, Israeli startup CogniFiber made headlines with Deeplight, a fiber-optic cable which could, “process complex algorithms within the fiber itself before the signal hits the terminal.” At the time, we warned this technology wouldn’t reach end users in the near future, and was unlikely to appear…
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Chinese rival to Intel and AMD vows to close performance gap with trio of CPUs nicknamed Three Musketeers
Loongson is a major player in China, creating domestic chips for the past 22 years with the goal of providing affordable alternatives to Intel and AMD products. Historically, however, there has always been a noticeable performance gap between its homegrown CPUs and those from outside China. Now, Fast Technology reports…
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Samsung scientists are working on a new type of memory that could bring RAM like speeds and SSD capacities together
Samsung has used advanced computer modeling to accelerate the development of Selector-Only Memory (SOM), a new memory technology that combines non-volatility with DRAM-like read/write speeds and stackability. Building on the company’s earlier research in the field, SOM is based on cross-point memory architectures, similar to phase-change memory and resistive RAM…
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Something to make Arm, Intel and AMD squirm; Nvidia, Qualcomm, Google and Samsung will deliver AI-focused presentations at RISC-V Summit
The recent RISC-V Summit in Santa Clara, California, saw major industry players like Nvidia, Qualcomm, Google, and Samsung deliver presentations focused on AI and the expanding role of the RISC-V architecture. The involvement of such big name players put a spotlight on the growing momentum behind RISC-V, which is increasingly…
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Sandisk quietly puts 2TB SD card on sale — Extreme Pro is as fast as a hard drive, has a lifetime warranty, and is actually cheaper than I’d expect
Western Digital recently split its business into two divisions: The WD brand, which now focuses exclusively on hard drives, and SanDisk, which manages the flash side, including SSDs, memory cards, and USB flash drives. While browsing SanDisk’s site, I noticed the Extreme Pro SDHC and SDXC UHS-I card is now…
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