I've never taken Intel's GPU competition seriously, but the Arc B580 has left me no choice – it just surpassed the RTX 4060 and RX 7600 in Vulkan benchmarks

Intel's Battlemage Arc B580 GPU just scored higher than the RTX 4060 in Vulkan testingAMD's RX 7600 loses to both Nvidia and Intel GPUs in Vulkan testsThe new GPU will…

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China's 504-qubit quantum computer chip marks a new domestic record — will be globally available via the cloud

A Chinese group led by China Telecom Quantum Computing Group has unveiled Xiaohong-504, a 504-qubit quantum computing chip, and Tianyan-504 superconducting quantum computer. Source

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Nintendo Switch 2 Games Will Likely Use NVIDIA DLSS Widely, but the Most Demanding Titles May Not Target 1080p, 4K Resolution Output

Nintendo Switch 2 games will likely extensively use NVIDIA DLSS, but the most demanding titles may not be able to target 4K and 1080p output resolutions in docked and handheld…

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Google claims its new Willow quantum chip can swiftly solve a problem that would take a standard supercomputer 10 septillion years

Google has announced its latest quantum processor, dubbed Willow, and it shames the best supercomputers in some benchmarks. Source

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Nvidia facing Chinese anti-monopoly probe as business practices come under scrutiny

Nvidia’s acquisition of Mellanox Technologies is being investigated by ChinaThe second-biggest company in the world will cooperate with regulatorsChina’s probe comes just days after the US intensifies restrictions The recent…

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TSMC’s Founder Slams Intel’s Business Strategy, Says That They Shouldn’t Have Entered The Chip Business

Intel shouldn't have entered the chipmaking business, says TSMC's Founder Morris Chang, claiming that Team Blue would be much better if they focused on the AI markets. TSMC's Founder Morris…

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AMD Strix Halo leak suggests chips are imminent, but gives me a couple of reasons to worry about the flagship laptop CPU

One of AMD’s incoming Strix Halo chips has been spotted in a benchmark for the first time, and this is the flagship APU in fact, indicating that as rumors suggest,…

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Chinese AI Startup Founder “Mocks” Effectiveness Of US Trade Policies By Showing Off “Restricted” NVIDIA AI Accelerators & Servers

The co-founder of a Chinese AI startup has apparently "mocked" the effectiveness of the US restrictions on Beijing by showing the "restricted" NVIDIA H100 and H200 AI accelerators. China Still…

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Flagship AMD Strix Halo CPU makes Geekbench debut with a confusing name and GeForce RTX 4060 level GPU performance

AMD's upcoming high-end laptop silicon, codenamed Strix Halo, has shown up on Geekbench again. This time, it is the top-spec AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395, complete with 16 Zen…

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