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AMD scores big win with thousands of Instinct MI300x shipped to one of world’s largest privately held cloud computing platforms
AMD‘s Instinct MI300X is a beast of an AI accelerator – built on the company’s third-generation CDNA architecture and TSMC’s advanced 5nm and 6nm processes, it features 19,456 stream processors, 192GB of HBM3 memory, 304 compute units, 1,216 matrix cores, and a thermal design power (TDP) of 750 watts. In…
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A new era of quantum computing emerges as Microsoft and Quantinuum partnership advances Logical Qubit development
Microsoft and Quantinuum claims to have made significant strides in the field of quantum computing through their a joint Azure Quantum project. The companies say they have successfully created a new generation of highly reliable logical qubits, which are essential for achieving practical applications of quantum computing. A few months…
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Super bendy CPUs could pave the way for some extraordinary thinking-outside-the-box designs — Flex-RV is an open source, flexible and affordable processing unit coming to a pen near you
Traditional microprocessors, built on silicon, have seen significant performance improvements in recent years due to shrinking transistor sizes – however, expense remains a barrier for integrating such chips into disposable or flexible products. This cost is typically driven by three main factors: the expensive silicon fabrication processes, licensing fees for…
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Generative AI’s energy demands are “accelerating the climate crisis” – top researcher warns of environmental impact of Google’s new Search feature
Generative AI famously consumes large amounts of energy due to the extensive computational power required for training models and processing tasks, and this is raising concerns about its contribution to environmental issues such as increased carbon emissions and resource depletion. Sasha Luccioni, a prominent Canadian computer scientist and AI researcher…
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Parallels debuts AI virtual machine platform that bundles 14 tools including small language models — and promises faster performance on Windows and Linux
The official launch of Parallels Desktop 20 has introduced a number of advanced AI capabilities to the virtualization platform. Offering compatibility across macOS Sequoia and Windows 11 24H2, Parallels Desktop 20 brings enhanced performance for users working on macOS, Windows, and Linux environments. The latest edition introduces secure, downloadable AI-ready…
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Persistent malware WordDrone exploits DLL Side-Loading to compromise Taiwan’s drone industry
A recent investigation by Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) has revealed an intricate attack which utilized an old version of Microsoft Word as a conduit for installing a persistent backdoor on infected systems. WordDrone focuses on companies in Taiwan, particularly those involved in the drone manufacturing industry. The investigation revealed…
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