The situation with RTX 4090 graphics cards is getting pretty dire, as prices for the Lovelace flagship have shot up, and the reason is seemingly tied into what’s happened with this GPU over in China.As you may be aware, the RTX 4090 is now banned in China, and indeed so are other Nvidia AD102-based products…
It’s Cyber Monday, but prices of Nvidia RTX 4090 GPUs are skyrocketing – what gives? Read More »
The rise of cloud services and internet connectivity means that (almost) all business solutions are now software. Developers are fortunate to live in a time where there is a steady flow of new tools to support the creative development process. They empower engineers to experiment with ideas, which is ultimately a great thing for the…
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The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are already great smartphones, but soon, Google will leverage the power of AI even more by bringing Gemini to the Pixel 8. Gemini is Google’s most advanced large language model, and it will offer a ton of additional AI enhancements when it comes to the search giant’s flagship…
Google is about to bring even more AI enhancements to the Pixel 8 Read More »
Apple’s release of Arm-based system-on-chips for its desktops and laptops three years ago demonstrated that such processors could offer competitive performance and power consumption. On the Windows-based PC front, only Qualcomm has offered Arm-based SoCs for notebooks in recent years, but it looks like it will soon be joined by AMD and NVIDIA, two notable…
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Fast memory is crucial for the performance of high-end system-on-chips that are getting more sophisticated every year. When it comes to smartphones, the most obvious way to boost memory performance is to push its data transfer rate. Apparently, this is what Micron and SK Hynix are doing with their new LPDDR5X and LPDDR5T DRAMs that…
Micron and SK hynix Ship LPDDR5-9600 Memory for Next-Gen Smartphones Read More »
We’re here in sunny Hawaii for day two of Qualcomm’s annual Snapdragon Summit. Yesterday, of course, was the company’s prime keynote, where they announced their forthcoming Snapdragon X Elite SoC for laptops, as well as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for smartphones. As well, the company gave us our first look at their Oryon CPU…
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The secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, Michelle Donelan, has signed a deal with the Republic of Korea to expand collaboration on science and technology including artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing. Among the focus areas will be what the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) describes as “a new dialogue on…
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Last week we saw the announcement of Qualcomm’s first post-Nuvia laptop SoC design, the Snapdragon X Elite. A new brand name being anchored by a new, custom Qualcomm CPU core, the Snapdragon X Elite will be Qualcomm’s most aggressive entry into the laptop SoC market to date, with Qualcomm dedicating far more in the way…
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Performance Preview: A First Look at What’s to Come Read More »
Nvidia has a new version of its RTX 4090 graphics card in the works which will be considerably cut-down in some way, or so rumor has it – and the GPU is tied up with the situation in China.The purported RTX 4090 D – with the ‘D’ referring to the Year of the Dragon, most…
Nvidia could be making a cut-down RTX 4090 GPU – but you won’t be able to buy it Read More »
Google released a big Google Maps upgrade a few weeks ago, including a significant redesign and new AI features. The new Google Maps color palette is now similar to Apple Maps, which is one widespread criticism from users. It’s not necessarily bad, but I can see how longtime Google Maps users will have difficulty adjusting…
Ex-Google Maps designer hates the new design, and it’s not just the colors Read More »
