Nvidia's Rubin CPX GPU targets AI inferencing arms race
Rack-sized monster to crush token counts
Nvidia has decided that building GPUs the size of small towns is the way to stay ahead in AI, and its latest weapon is the Rubin CPX which is aimed squarely at inferencing and large context models.
China’s Anfu and Xiangdi tout 5nm ‘Fuxi’ GPUs for AI push
160 TFLOPS claims and ‘AI PC’ chatter
Beijing’s homegrown silicon drive has coughed up a fresh boast from Anfu Technology and Xiangdi.
Linux devs keep ancient Radeon cards kicking
Open-sauce driver breathes new life into 20-year-old GPUs
While Microsoft long ago lobbed support for ATI’s ancient R300-series GPUs into the skip, Linux developers are still quietly keeping the lights on for hardware that predates most influencers.
AMD tipped to bump Radeon RX 9070 GRE up to 16GB
Chipmaker wants fatter memory bus
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn that AMD is planning to beef up its Radeon RX 9070 GRE with more memory after punters grumbled about the 12GB launch earlier this year.
AMD snips capacitors from Ryzen 7000 CPUs
Users panic over missing components, but it’s not a fake
Some Ryzen 7000 series chips are shipping without their usual dose of SMD capacitors, but AMD insists it’s all part of its cunning plan.