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US Chip Export Rule Proposes Limits to Thwart Chinese GPUs
The federal government on Jan. 13 proposed a global policy to limit the distribution of powerful, U.S.-made GPUs, an effort to promote U.S. dominance over China in the AI chip industry. “To enhance U.S. national security and economic strength, it is essential that we do not offshore this critical technology and that the world’s AI runs on American rails,” the…
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Forget Expensive GPUs, Some Console Games Came With Their Own Graphics Chip
Summary 16-bit consoles excelled at 2D graphics, offering large sprites, complex animations, and vibrant colors. 32-bit consoles marked a shift to 3D rendering, leaving behind 2D graphic powerhouses like the SNES and Genesis. Nintendo’s Super FX chip and Sega’s Virtua Processor enhanced specific games with unique capabilities, but increased costs. It’s easy to be cynical about the cost of gaming…
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These Are NVIDIA’s New RTX 5000-Series GPUs
The RTX 4000-series was unveiled more than two years ago, and while the lineup is still holding up pretty well, we’re already due to successors. Now, NVIDIA has just unveiled its RTX 5000-series, and it’s one of the company’s biggest generational improvements ever. NVIDIA has announced its next-generation GeForce RTX 5000-series GPUs, powered by the new Blackwell architecture. There’s a…
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Newegg Black Friday sale is live — save up to 50% on gaming laptops, monitors, GPUs and more
Is there any better way to kick off Black Friday deals than a wealth of gaming sales? That’s what Newegg is going for, and it has everything from laptops with RTX 40 series GPUs to 4K gaming monitors with amazing discounts on offer. Plenty of these deals deliver eye-catching value, such as the Asus TUF Gaming F17 with an RTX…
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Intel Might Give up on Dedicated Arc GPUs
Intel has released one single generation of Arc GPUs, and we’ve been left wondering about what’s next. Sadly, Intel might just give up on the idea. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, during the company’s Q3 2024 earnings call, talked about many of the company’s future products. He discussed Intel’s future chips, and the complexities and low margins associated with the recently…
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AMD confirms its next-gen RDNA 4 GPUs will launch in early 2025
AMD’s Q3 2024 earnings call today wasn’t bullish on gaming revenue overall, but it did confirm a hot new rumor on GPUs — specifically, the launch of AMD’s next-gen RDNA 4 parts early next year. “We are on track to launch the first RDNA4 GPUs in early 2025,” said AMD CEO Lisa Su, and the company confirmed to PCWorld that…
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NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs Sold Out: Demand Surges, What’s Next?
Nvidia continues to ride the AI wave as the company sees unprecedented demand for its latest Blackwell GPU next-generation processors. The supply for the next 12 months is sold out, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told Morgan Stanley analysts during an investors’ meeting. A similar situation occurred with Hopper GPUs several quarters ago, Morgan Stanley Analyst Joe Moore pointed out. Nvidia’s…
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AMD’s new Instinct GPUs might just blow Nvidia out of the water
AMD has announced the launch of its new Instinct MI325x accelerators as competition heats up with Nvidia in the AI space. Unveiled at the chip maker’s Advancing AI conference in San Francisco, AMD said the new range is designed specifically to drive performance and efficiency in contending with “demanding AI tasks”. The new Instinct range is aimed at supercharging foundation…
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Sony offers reason to spend $700 on PS5 Pro — ‘no other AMD GPUs’ have this tech
When Sony announced the $700 PlayStation 5 Pro it was easy to scoff at the super-high price (even if it’s somehow still cheaper than the PS3 at launch, which would cost $950 today according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator). However, it may be a console that we shouldn’t dismiss outright. In an interview with CNET, Sony’s Mark…
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