MESA Adds CPU Ray Tracing In Vulkan Driver, A Solid 1 FPS In Quake RTX
The famous open-source platform MESA on Linux has pushed out CPU-based ray tracing for its Vulkan driver, opening new performance possibilities on the OS.
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The Apple Car Was a “White Minivan With Rounded Sides”, Here’s Why it Failed to Become a Reality, According to Recent Report
Apple's dream of creating an all-electric self-driving vehicle is no longer alive, as the company recently shut down its decade-long project. However, there are various takeaways on why the company decided to pull the plug on its project. Well, Mark Gurman from Bloomberg sat down with Drake Bennett today to publish an in-depth report on why the Apple Car has been canceled and what it looked like.
Outward 2 Announced, Aims to Improve Survival RPG Gameplay in “Every Aspect”
Released back in 2019, Outward is an open-world survival RPG that’s managed to attract a fairly dedicated audience (Canadian developer Nine Dots Studio claims it’s sold over 1.3 million units). Back in 2022 we got a new “Definitive Edition” of the game for current-gen platforms, and now it seems a full-on sequel is in the works. Just announced today, Outward 2 will build on the foundation laid down by the first game, with livelier NPCs, improved character creation, updated combat, and more. You can check out a trailer for Outward 2, below.
Netflix's new coming-of-age movie from Barbie co-writer Noah Baumbach lands one of the best cast lists we've seen
Noah Baumbach's new Netflix movie has a stacked, A-list cast – and we can't wait.
Qualcomm Was Dependant On Samsung For 40 Percent Of Its Chipset Revenue In Q4 2023, Which May Be Bad News Going Forward
Samsung is regarded as a major smartphone chipset customer for Qualcomm, which is likely why the latter recently renewed a multi-year agreement with the Korean giant to use its Snapdragon silicon. However, it can become worrisome if one company depends on just one client to bring in 40 percent of the total revenue for a specific quarter, but according to the data shared for Q4 2023, Qualcomm appears to be too dependent on Samsung in this regard. We have witnessed on previous occasions that things can go from bad to worse if companies cannot diversify.
Intel’s Next-Gen Panther Lake Client & Clearwater Forest Xeon CPUs Now Supported In LLVM Along With AVX10.1
The LLVM 18.1 release has seen new support for Intel's next-gen Panther Lake client & Clearwater Forest server CPUs.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is Japan’s second biggest physical PS5 launch, behind Final Fantasy 16
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has enjoyed the second-best week 1 sales of any physical PS5 game in Japan.
Intel Core i9-14900KS CPU Delidded & Benchmarked, Over 430W Power Consumption In Y-Cruncher
More detailed delidded benchmarks of the Intel Core i9-14900KS CPU have been published by OCN member, Pakhtunov.