Chip off the old block
Published in News
Tuesday, 02 January 2024 11:54

Chip off the old block


Nvidia and AMD should do well this year

The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street are predicting a good year for rivals AMD and Nvidia.

Nvidia launches Geforce RTX 4090D in China
Published in Graphics
Thursday, 28 December 2023 20:40

Nvidia launches Geforce RTX 4090D in China


Cuts down the CUDA cores but leaves it with 24GB of GDDR6X memory

As rumored and expected, Nvidia has now officially launched the Geforce RTX 4090D in China. The new RTX 4090D has slightly fewer CUDA cores and fewer Tensor cores but still packs 24GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit memory interface.

AMD miffed at Nvidia’s performance comparison
Published in Graphics
Wednesday, 20 December 2023 11:21

AMD miffed at Nvidia’s performance comparison


Handbags at dawn

AMD has come out with a benchmark of its own between its Instinct MI300X and Nvidia’s H100 (Hopper) GPUs.

Nvidia chucking money at AI
Published in AI
Tuesday, 12 December 2023 11:22

Nvidia chucking money at AI


Invests in 24 companies this year

Nvidia has become one of the most prolific investors in AI start-ups this year as it tries to capitalise on its position as the dominant provider of AI processors.

Meta, OpenAI, and Microsoft snub Nvidia
Published in AI
Thursday, 07 December 2023 10:16

Meta, OpenAI, and Microsoft snub Nvidia


Moving to AMD's Instinct MI300X

Meta, OpenAI, and Microsoft told an AMD investor event today that they will use AMD's newest AI chip, the Instinct MI300X, as an alternative to Nvidia's expensive graphic processors.

Nvidia announces new Play Beyond Fast With RTX bundle
Published in Gaming


Gives three months of free access to PC Games Pass

Nvidia has announced its latest bundle promotion for Geforce RTX 40 series graphics cards, the Play Beyond Fast With RTX Bundle which gives three months of access to PC Games Pass.

Nvidia delays H20 in China
Published in AI
Friday, 24 November 2023 10:09

Nvidia delays H20 in China


That is AI and not water

Nvidia has told Chinese customers is delaying the launch of a new AI chip which it designed to comply with US export rules until the first quarter of next year.

Nvidia rolls out Geforce 546.17 WHQL Game Ready Driver
Published in Graphics


One to have for DLSS in CoD: Modern Warfare III and Starfield

Nvidia has released its latest Geforce Game Ready driver, the Geforce 546.17 WHQL, bringing optimizations for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Starfield games, which both support Nvidia DLSS.

Nvidia unveils HGX H200 AI computing platform
Published in Graphics


Featuring the NVIDIA H200 GPU with 141GB of HBM3e memory

At the SC23 conference in Denver, Colorado, Nvidia unveiled the HGX H200, the world's leading AI computing platform, according to the company. Based on Nvidia Hopper architecture and featuring the Nvidia H200 GPU, it promises a significant performance boost to generative AI, large language models, and HPC workloads.

Nvidia will release three new AI chips in China
Published in AI
Thursday, 09 November 2023 11:30

Nvidia will release three new AI chips in China


Will get around US regulations

Nvidia is planning to release three new chips for China, weeks after the US blocked it from selling two high-end artificial intelligence (AI) chips and one of its top gaming chips to Chinese companies.