Intel is no stranger to AI-oriented chips, but now it’s turning its attention to those chips that might be thousands of miles away. The tech firm has introduced two new Nervana Neural Network Processors, the NNP-T1000 (below) and NNP-I1000 (above), that are Intel’s first ASICs designed explicitly for AI in the cloud. The NNT-T chip is meant for […]
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AMD Ryzen 9 APUs could present a new challenge for Intel
AMD has been doing everything right and is looking to parlay its recent victories into sustained success for the long haul. According to hardware leaker @Komachi, the chipmaker could do just that through the use of integrated graphics. As TechRadar highlights, a list of processors recently published by the hardware leaker highlights four Ryzen 9 parts […]
NVIDIA Introducing Ampere in March 2020 & Releasing RTX 3080 in June, Analyst Indicates
NVIDIA is allegedly preparing to introduce its next generation family of 7nm graphics cards based on the Ampere architecture next year at GTC in late March and is reportedly planning to release the RTX 3080 around Computex 2020 in June. There has been a lot of talk in the techsphere lately about NVIDIA’s next generation […]
This RGB memory kit runs faster in certain Gigabyte Aorus motherboards
In certain Aorus motherboards, Gigabyte’s newest DDR4-3600 kit can boost to 3733MHz. Gigabyte has added an interesting feature to its newest Aorus RGB memory kit, one that allows it to run faster in certain motherboards with minimal fuss. It’s called “Aorus Boost,” and it gives users up to a 4 percent bump in performance. Even without […]
Chinese SSD Manufacturer Races Forward to PCIe 5.0
According to a report by Chinese media IThome, Jiangsu Huacun Electronic Technology has demoed its PCIe 5.0 controller at the 2019 Nantong New Generation Information Technology Expo. The memory and storage manufacturer is optimistic that the controller will be in mass-production by the end of 2020. It was only this year that computer hardware started to […]
ASRock X570 Creator Review: Aqua-Free Thunderbolt 3
OUR VERDICT What looks on paper to be a half-priced version of the X570 Aqua is really a completely different product. But the X570 Creator’s impressive feature set still makes it worth its price to those in the market for integrated Thunderbolt 3 and 10GbE. FOR Integrated Thunderbolt 3 with DisplayPort passthrough 10GbE, Gigabit Ethernet […]
Intel Claims Xeon Cascade Lake-AP 56 Core CPU Up To 84% Faster Than AMD’s 64 Core EPYC Rome 7742 in Real-World HPC Benchmarks
Intel has posted a series of new benchmarks claiming that their Xeon class Cascade Lake-AP CPUs run much faster than AMD’s 2nd Generation EPYC Rome CPUs. The benchmarks which Intel claims are representative of ‘real-world’ performance in the HPC segment compare Intel’s 2S (dual socket) Xeon Platinum 9282 versus AMD’s EPYCX 7742 (also in a dual-socket configuration). The […]
MSI is dishing up boot-shortening BIOS updates for its X570 motherboards
As the company previously promised, it has begun rolling out firmware updates based on AMD’s latest microcode (AGESA 1.0.0.4), for its X570 motherboards, some of which are on our list of the best gaming motherboards. According to MSI, these BIOS updates bring with them over 100 improvements and fixes, and can shorten boot times as well. […]
Aorus’ New PCIe 4 SSD Gobbles Up 16 Lanes of PCIe, Might Make Your GPU Jealous
Even though it’s not really a secret anymore, Gigabyte now formally announced this week the Aorus Gen4 AIC SSD 8TB. This is a PCIe add-in-card which houses four 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe SSDs, which turns it into, for lack of better words, an absolute storage monster. Add those numbers up, and you’ve got an 8TB NVMe SSD that runs over the […]
AMD’s comments on CPU design reflect it is in a very different place than Intel right now
While Intel is making investments to recapture process leadership, AMD says it’s more focused on architecture. AMD just wrapped up a quarter in which it generated the highest revenue since 2005, and that in and of itself is impressive. The real story is not in the sales numbers, though. What I find more interesting than […]