Noctua shows Ampere Altra and Nvidia GH200 CPU coolers
Published in PC Hardware


Computex 2024: Not only about the consumer market

Noctua showcased several new products and prototypes at the Computex 2024 show, including new Ampere Altra family of CPU coolers and the upcoming NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper superchip CPU cooler.

Oracle adapts database to work with Ampere chips
Published in PC Hardware


x86 has reached its limits

Oracle said that it has modified its flagship database software to work on a new category of computing chip, starting with chips from Ampere Computing.

Microsoft releases virtual machines on Azure
Published in Cloud


Uses its Arm-based Ampere Altra

Microsoft announced the general availability of virtual machines (VMs) on Azure featuring the Ampere Altra, a processor based on the Arm architecture. 

Nvidia open sources 73k lines worth of header files
Published in News


For the 3D classes of the Ampere GPU

The GPU maker named after a Roman vengence daemon Nvidia has published 73k lines worth of header files to document the 3D classes for their Fermi through current-generation Ampere GPUs.

HPE announces new cloud-native server
Published in Cloud
Wednesday, 29 June 2022 11:49

HPE announces new cloud-native server


Uses Ampere chips

Former maker of expensive printer ink Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced today that it will offer a new cloud-native server in Q3 of 2022 using Ampere chips.

Nvidia’s anti-mining code is now broken
Published in News


Probably too late to do any damage

Nvidia’s code which borks its cards if they are used for Ethereum mining has been cracked.

Nvidia RTX 40 series Ada Lovelace GPU specification detailed
Published in Graphics


An impressive increase in SM count

An alleged set of specifications for Nvidia's Ada Lovelace GPU has leaked online, showing a lot of details including an impressive increase in SM count over Ampere.

Nvidia's new RTX 3070 Ti 16GB and RTX 3080 12GB delayed
Published in Graphics


Pushed back to mid-February

According to a report, a part of Nvidia's upcoming refresh has been pushed back to after the Chinese New Year, so only one SKU could be announced at the CES 2022 event.

Nvidia's MX550 GPU surface online
Published in Graphics
Monday, 13 December 2021 16:04

Nvidia's MX550 GPU surface online


Based on GA107 GPU with 2GB of GDDR6 memory

Nvidia's MX550 entry-level mobile GPU has appeared online and according to rumors, it should be based on GA107 Ampere GPU and paired up with 2GB of GDDR6 memory.

Nvidia working on new Ampere GPUs to limit crypto-mining
Published in Graphics


The GA106, GA104, and GA102

According to various rumors around the net, it appears that Nvidia is preparing updated Ampere GPUs that will limit crypto-mining, eventually covering the entire RTX 30 series lineup.