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Samsung Spent Almost $9 Billion In Chipset Purchases In 2023, But It Aims To Bring Down That Cost By Adopting More Exynos SoCs
Switching to just the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for its Galaxy S23 family meant that Samsung had to bear a chipset expenditure that was in the billions, so it is unsurprising to learn that the Korean giant invested heavily in launching the Exynos 2400 that powers several Galaxy S24 variants. According to the latest report, Samsung will pursue a higher adoption of its own silicon as it aims to reduce these costs substantially.
AMD Demos GPU Work Graphs On Radeon RX 7900 XTX, Much Faster Rendering With Mesh Nodes Coming Later This Year
AMD has published the first demo of its Radeon RX 7900 XTX "RDNA 3" GPU handling Work Graphs, providing much faster and more efficient rendering.
NVIDIA Blackwell GPU Architecture Official: 208 Billion Transistors, 5x AI Performance, 192 GB HBM3e Memory, 8 TB/s Bandwidth
NVIDIA has officially unveiled its next-gen Blackwell GPU architecture which features up to a 5x performance increase versus Hopper H100 GPUs.
Billions from the CHIPS Act is soon to begin flowing with Samsung, Intel and TSMC set to benefit
The CHIPS Act was signed into law in August 2022. Its aim is to boost US based semiconductor manufacturing, and not just for commercial reasons, but for broader strategic reasons including the desire to reduce reliance on manufacturing in Asia. Some of the money allocated to woo chipmakers onto US soil is soon to flow, with Samsung, Intel and TSMC set to receive billions in grants and subsidies.
PS VR2 Production Reportedly Paused Until Sony Sells Current Backlog
According to a Bloomberg report, Sony has paused the production of new PS VR2 units until they can sell the current backlog of unsold units.
Blood Bowl 3 gets Wood Elves, Resurrection mode, and a new roadmap
Blood Bowl 3 continues to trundle along somewhere between life and death, receiving a seasonal pass update every three months including a new team. Following last season's addition of the Shambling Undead, Season 4 brings us an agility team: Wood Elves.
Samsung To Unveil A “SSD Subscription” Model At NVIDIA’s GTC Conference
Samsung is all set to participate at NVIDIA's GTC, where the Korean giant is expected to showcase a new server SSD "subscription" model.