US mulls tightening ban on AI chips to China To protect against weapons or economic interests – either way, it's bad news for some vendors Systems28 Jun 2023 | 5
Snowflake's finding NeMo to train custom AI models Snowflake Summit Submerge an Nvidia LLM 20,000 leagues under the data lake Databases27 Jun 2023 |
US export ban drives prices of Nvidia's latest GPUs sky high in China AI in brief Plus: IBM builds AI commentator for Wimbledon; US regulator dithers on generative AI political ad policy AI + ML26 Jun 2023 | 4
Why can't Nvidia boss Jensen Huang escape the Uncanny Valley that makes AI feel icky? Opinion Is he human? Is he an avatar? Does it really even matter? AI + ML09 Jun 2023 | 8
The challenges Intel faces to compete with TSMC, Samsung Analysis Fabs still need to be built, process tech needs to be proven – and Pat's gotta make it price competitive Systems06 Jun 2023 | 25
Netherlands digital minister smacks down Big Tech over AI regs Many people die in car crashes but we don’t outlaw cars, so bad AI might be OK, says Microsoft Asia president AI + ML06 Jun 2023 | 20
What supply chain crisis? Supermicro lifts rack-scale system production Computex CEO Charles Liang and Nvidia's Jensen Huang did the 'locals made good' thing and the crowd loved it Systems02 Jun 2023 | 2
Foxconn is ecstatic you're all going gaga for AI servers Keep that hype train rolling, please AI + ML01 Jun 2023 | 1
Broadcom says Nvidia Spectrum-X's 'lossless Ethernet' isn't new Been there, done that, SVP Ram Velaga tells El Reg Networks31 May 2023 | 3
Nvidia to power more supercomputers as AI frenzy kicks in Computex New beasts to take up residence in Israeli and Taiwanese DCs HPC30 May 2023 |
Nvidia creates open server spec to house its own chips – and the occasional x86 Computex Taiwan's big OEMs are all-in on plan to build servers that won't cook when running AI Systems29 May 2023 | 3
Look mom, no InifiniBand: Nvidia’s DGX GH200 glues 256 superchips with NVLink Computex Unless you need more nodes HPC29 May 2023 | 3
When it comes to liquid and immersion cooling, Nvidia asks: Why not both? Promises demo of new ways to chill out in the datacenter by 2026 Systems26 May 2023 | 2
Microsoft rains more machine learning on Azure cloud No surprise: Nvidia is in the picture AI + ML25 May 2023 | 1
AMD undercuts Nvidia's 4060 launch with a $269 GPU Maybe the years of accelerators being hard to find and harder to pay for are behind us? Personal Tech25 May 2023 | 16
Your boss tells you to build some generative AI. Dell and Nvidia are already knocking Dell World Who wouldn't want to feed their enterprise into Project Helix for training and inference? Anyone? AI + ML24 May 2023 | 1
HPE bags contracts to build HPC beasts for UK and Japan boffins TSUBAME4.0 ordered for Tokyo Institute of Tech, and Isambard 3 to live in Bristol & Bath Science Park HPC22 May 2023 |
Nvidia GPUs fly out of the fabs – and right back into them Comment Let's use AI to make better chips for AI, what could go wrong? Systems20 May 2023 | 3
Nvidia's RTX 4060 and 4060TI are actually priced like mid-tier cards Maybe Jensen finally got the memo about the whole GPU shortage being over Systems19 May 2023 | 15
Nvidia CEO pay falls ten percent in FY23 on missed sales targets He still gets paid 94 times what his median workers do Systems11 May 2023 | 7
IBM launches Watsonx to help enterprises streamline workers out the door Let's face it, Big Blue has plenty of experience in that area AI + ML09 May 2023 | 8
ChatGPT hasn't been around for long and Nvidia already wants to put a leash on it NeMo Guardrails stops everything that made these chatbots so much fun AI + ML26 Apr 2023 | 9
Are accelerators the cure to video's power problem or just an excuse to peddle GPUs? Analysis You could just watch less TikTok or Twitch, maybe go outside Energy Efficient Datacenters13 Apr 2023 | 17
Google boffins pull back more of the curtain hiding TPU v4 secrets And Nvidia's having none of Big G's claims of superiority AI + ML06 Apr 2023 | 7
Nvidia CEO promises sustainability salvation in the cult of accelerated computing GTC Not quite as dramatic as AMD's Lisa Su and her visions of nuclear-powered supercomputers Systems21 Mar 2023 | 1
Nvidia's generative AI inferencing card is just two H100s glued together GTC Don’t need a 700W fire-breathing GPU? It also launched an itty-bitty AI chip too Systems21 Mar 2023 | 2
Nvidia hooks TSMC, ASML, Synopsys on GPU accelerated lithography GTC What's next – AI designing AI chips? Oh wait... that's exactly what's next Systems21 Mar 2023 | 4
Qualcomm tries to kick holes in logic behind €242M fine Hopes to avoid paying up for crushing a rival while helping Huawei and ZTE to prosper Networks14 Mar 2023 | 4
Nvidia in blast radius as Uncle Sam looks to cut off China's Huawei for good GeForced into a cold war Systems07 Mar 2023 | 9
GPU slowdown earns Discord weird bug of the week A fix is coming eventually, Nvidia says Systems02 Feb 2023 | 4
China shops around US bans to power its nuclear weapons research program Entity List proves to be a non-entity once Beijing's buyers get busy Systems31 Jan 2023 | 27
So you want to replace workers with AI? Watch out for retraining fees, they're a killer Comment Who said workforce development was just for humans? AI + ML29 Jan 2023 | 54
Mercedes-Benz thinks Nvidia's Omniverse can help with manufacturing CES German automaker gets deeper into the GPU giant's hardware and software ecosystem Software06 Jan 2023 | 4
After roasting Nvidia for overheating issues AMD now has its own Perhaps make sure your own products are working properly before razzing your rival's Systems05 Jan 2023 | 20
Nvidia chips and sensors to feature in Foxconn electric vehicles CES Foxconn targets EV portfolio growth and brings Nvidia along for the ride Systems04 Jan 2023 |
Nvidia revives canceled RTX 4080 as 'new' 12GB RTX 4070 TI Hopefully it comes with a 'new' competitive price, too Personal Tech30 Dec 2022 | 25
Intel aims for lower-power GPUs as Nvidia pushes pricey energy guzzlers GPU boss vows 'dramatic shift in the PC graphics landscape' with next-gen CPU Systems12 Dec 2022 | 6
Deutsche Bank backs Nvidia's bet to make big bucks on software German financial giant aids GPU maker's vision of vertical integration Software07 Dec 2022 | 3
Creator of spec for melting RTX 4090 cables urges Nvidia, others to 'ensure user safety' Testing is your responsibility, not ours, says PCI-SIG Systems02 Dec 2022 | 22
Nvidia patches 29 GPU driver bugs that could lead to code execution, device takeover Take a break from the gaming and fix these now Patches01 Dec 2022 | 5
Apple pushes TSMC to make more advanced chips in US by 2024 Biden to join Tim Cook as well as AMD and Nvidia chiefs for an announcement from the semiconductor giant next week Systems01 Dec 2022 | 6
GPU shipments saw biggest nosedive since noughties recession A sign of the computer industry’s sad state, but at least there’s supply! Systems23 Nov 2022 | 13
Nvidia faces lawsuit for melting RTX 4090 cables as AMD has a laugh Law firm wants class-action status, says issue poses 'serious electrical and fire hazard' Systems18 Nov 2022 | 59
Nvidia H100-based Henri supercomputer tests AMD’s claim on Green500 SC22 In this race it's all about flops per watts HPC17 Nov 2022 | 1
Azure-based 'AI supercomputer' to use Nvidia GPUs and software Is it a super or a cloud service? Users would string together components as required HPC17 Nov 2022 |
Nvidia's datacenter growth can't save it from gaming GPU woes CEO says new RTX 4090 cards off to a 'great start' despite melting cable issues Systems17 Nov 2022 | 16
Nvidia turns to optical trickery to boost long-haul InfiniBand performance SC22 The platform launches alongside new frameworks for AI preprocessing at the edge Networks15 Nov 2022 | 1
SiPearl works with AMD on GPU support for Arm HPC chip Duo also hope to support development of exascale computing at research institutions Systems15 Nov 2022 |
Nvidia, Lockheed team up to build digital twin of the Earth for climate researchers Come September '23, scientists might be able to learn more rapidly how we're failing to control global warming HPC14 Nov 2022 | 7
How AMD, Intel, Nvidia are keeping their cores from starving Analysis Chips are only as fast as the memory that feeds them Systems14 Nov 2022 | 2
Nvidia bundles enterprise AI software with incoming H100 systems GPU maker wants more of your money with next wave of servers Systems14 Nov 2022 |
Optimizer Rescale recommends Rescale's optimization recommender Say that three times in a row. Better yet, train a model with Nvidia GPUs to say it HPC09 Nov 2022 |
Chipmakers cripple products to dodge US China ban Nvidia’s A800 is the new A100, but slower, Biren’s A100 now 64GBps slower Systems08 Nov 2022 | 34
Supermicro bets on next-gen chips to carry it through economic downturn Analysis Customers just love taking risks on pricey new tech, right? Systems06 Nov 2022 |
AMD’s latest, greatest Radeon graphics card $600 cheaper than Nvidia’s top RTX 4090 Chiplet-based RNDA 3 GPU fans have been waiting for Personal Tech03 Nov 2022 | 20
AI-driven creativity gives overpowered PCs something worthwhile to do, at last Column Take your desktop rig out for a proper run, turning words into images, 3D models and videos – if it can AI + ML26 Oct 2022 | 10
Most Metaverse business projects will be dead by 2025 Canalys Channels Forum McKinsey forecasts market value of $5 trillion by 2030, Citi says up to $13 trillion, but Canalys doesn't agree Personal Tech24 Oct 2022 | 75
Nvidia admits mistake, 'unlaunches' 12GB RTX 4080 The cheapest 40-series card now starts at [checks notes] $1,199 Personal Tech14 Oct 2022 | 21
The new GPU world order is beginning to take shape Comment As Nvidia hikes prices, Intel is only too happy to profit from your discontent, and AMD remains a wild card Personal Tech11 Oct 2022 | 53
Last week's US export controls could mark start of trade war Analysis China thinks America targets its tech to kill off competition, and some believe economic standoff on way Systems10 Oct 2022 | 18
Arm job cuts hit UK harder than global rationalization Anyone remember SoftBank's pledge to double headcount in Britain? Personal Tech05 Oct 2022 | 10