Chinese think tank advises data centers to stick with Nvidia AI GPUs — homegrown Chinese GPUs suffer from 'high costs' and 'complex engineering'

Due to high costs and unwanted complexities, the Chinese research institute CAICT advised data centers to continue using Nvidia's AI chips rather than look for local alternatives. Source

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 sucks up to 180 Mb/s of internet bandwidth while in flight — equivalent to 81GB of data per hour

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is discovered to have incredibly brutal streaming bandwidth requirements: limited cap users need not apply. Source

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Move aside H100, Huawei wants Chinese hyperscalers to use its new Ascend AI chip instead of Nvidia's workhorse, but it's going to be tough

The US restrictions on exporting advanced hardware have severely impacted the AI ambitions of many Chinese firms, limiting their access to powerful chips necessary for training large-scale AI models and…

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