Only one of these tech "sports" is real. Can you guess which?
Have you heard of the Quantum Cable Untangling Contest, or the VR Headset Balance Race? How about the World Server Throwing Championship?
Nvidia NVLink Fusion delivers 14x more bandwidth than PCIe Gen5 for AI data centers
A performing computing fabric that's essential in Nvidia's plans for AI factories
Hacker breaches TeleMessage system used by US officials, raising security concerns
The dangers of archiving encrypted messaging for compliance
Nvidia AI servers coming from Mexico could be partially exempt from Trump's tariffs
The industry is debating about resiliency of the AI enterprise business
Are Passwords Dead? What Are Passkeys, and Why Everyone's Talking About Them
Tired of forgetting passwords and getting locked out of your accounts? Passkeys offer a simpler, safer way to log in---no passwords, no frustration, just a quick scan or tap on your device.
Micron, Samsung, and SK Hynix preview new HBM4 memory for AI acceleration
They're likely too costly for consumer GPUs for now
Global server market revenue nearly doubled in 2024 with Nvidia's continued dominance
Nvidia shipped 90% of embedded GPUs contributing to over half of total revenue growth
Intel data center lead Justin Hotard to take over as Nokia's CEO in April
Hotard inherits challenges amid Nokia's strained 5G push
Intel Xeon server CPU sales hit 14-year low as AMD gains ground
Rumors of an Intel buyout swirl as its data center business weakens further
Gigabyte is offering access to a $300K supercomputer for free, but there's a catch
In a nutshell: Gigabyte has an intriguing offer for those who need access to a supercomputer. Through its Giga Computing subsidiary, the company offers qualified users the opportunity to test drive one of the world's most advanced supercomputers for free. Of course, as with all "free" offers, there is a catch.
AI adoption to double storage demands in just 3 years, Seagate survey finds
72% of surveyed businesses say they are already using AI
Nvidia's data center customers are postponing Blackwell chip orders due to overheating and other issues
Hyperscalers like Microsoft and AWS delay orders worth billions
Microsoft develops GreenSKU framework to limit environmental cost of server hardware
Leveraging memory pooling and RAID arrays
Apple may be working on a custom AI server chip with Broadcom's help
Slated for 2026, Apple would be leveraging Broadcom's 3.5D XDSiP technology
Chocolate maker Cadbury is fighting AI by injecting gibberish into training data
"Is AI truly reducing our workload or only causing us to work faster?"
Arctic's new 8,000 RPM case fans absolutely scream at full bore
Server-grade fans that move 220 CFM of air
Intel will respond to AMD's 3D V-Cache with server-bound Clearwater Forest, not desktop CPUs
Servers are more important to Intel than gaming
Apple turns to Foxconn and Lenovo to build new AI servers based on Apple Silicon
Cupertino wants to build new servers for inference
The $120,000 Titan A900 crams 6TB of RAM into what's quite possibly the world's most powerful desktop PC
The top-tier model includes a 256-core server processor
AMD unveils passively-cooled Radeon Pro V710 GPU with 28GB of VRAM
You probably can't buy it, though
Intel unveils record-breaking $17,800 price for 128-core Xeon 6980P processor
It is the most expensive CPU to date
Fujitsu and Supermicro partner to build Arm-based, liquid-cooled AI data centers
A high-performance, energy-efficient platform
Windows 11's latest update doubles file copying speeds with support for ReFS format
The format isn't designed for consumer use, though
Remember AMI BIOS? Turns out there's a buried treasure in firmware
You might also remember them from their "American Megatrends" BIOS days
The big picture: Firmware is one of those obscure areas of computing that is simultaneously critical yet largely ignored. Not coincidentally, we have been doing a lot of work lately digging around such dark corners of the industry. Despite the ubiquitous nature of firmware, almost no one talks about it much.
AMD's Epyc server CPU gets shoehorned into consumer motherboard, overclocked to 6.6GHz
The server chips are actually quite similar to the Ryzen 7000 series