AMD Instinct MI300A APU With CDNA 3 GPU, Zen 4 CPU & Unified Memory Offers Up To 4x Speedup Versus Discrete GPUs In HPC
AMD's Instinct MI300A APUs deliver a substantial performance improvement in HPC workloads versus traditional discrete GPUs.
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This viral Chatroulette-style browser game challenges you to figure out if your partner is human or AI, and I keep failing
We live in an era of fakes and frauds. With the proliferation of AI, it's harder than ever to figure out what's true and what isn't. Is the Pope dripped out in Balenciaga? Has Tom Cruise met Gorbachev? Am I AI? Are you?
Unreal Engine 5 NvRTX Branch Has Been Updated with Experimental ReSTIR GI Support
NVIDIA has announced an update to the NvRTX branch of Epic's Unreal Engine 5. The major new feature is the addition of experimental support for ReSTIR Global Illumination, the ray tracing algorithm first discussed by NVIDIA researchers in the seminal paper Spatiotemporal Reservoir Resampling for Real-Time Ray Tracing with Dynamic Direct Lighting released at ACM SIGGRAPH 2020.
There's still time to bid on this decommissioned petaflop supercomputer including 8,064 Intel Xeon CPUs but no cables—local collection only
We're always on the hunt for hardware deals here at PC Gamer, but this might be a bit much even by our standards. The US General Services administration is currently auctioning off a decommissioned 5.34 petaflop supercomputer, and although the starting price was a mere $2,500, the top bid is currently $280,085. A bargain, we think you'll agree, but it does come with the odd issue.
Limited Run apologises for selling CD-Rs as authentic 3DO games
Limited Run Games has apologised for using burnt CD-R discs instead of pressed discs for a recent 3DO re-release.
Huawei’s Pura 70 Series With 90 Percent Chinese Components Was Falsely Reported, Japanese Firm Denies Performing An Analysis
Huawei was reported to have attained a new milestone as its Pura 70 lineup was said to be comprised of 90 percent components sourced from Chinese partners. This approach would have meant that shortly, the company would be even less dependent on foreign suppliers that are strongly influenced by the U.S., assuming the claim turned out true. The report mentioned that the Japanese electronics consultancy firm Fomalhaut Techno Solutions analyzed the latest smartphones, but the Chief Executive has denied this information.
Intel Explores Silicon-Based Quantum Processors, Scaling Performance Massively
Intel explores a new domain for the future of processors and reportedly plans on building scalable silicon-based quantum processors.
Iconic “5.34 PFLOPs” Cheyenne Supercomputer Gets Listed On Government Auction, Currently Bidding At $10,000
The "retired" Cheyenne Supercomputer is finally up for auction by the GSA, currently going for around $10,000, which is nothing when you consider what Cheyenne hosts.