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The semiconductor industry increasingly needs more flexible and scalable processor architectures, driving the growing adoption of RISC-V. Originally developed at the University of California, Berkeley, the open-source RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) has become very popular in recent years. RISC-V allows designers to customize their processor implementations to meet the specific needs of their target applications. By selecting the extensions they want to use for their design, developers can optimize for power, performance, and/or area (PPA). RISC-V also allows the addition of custom instructions, allowing designers to develop and add instructions for specific use cases, for example, AI or automotive, … Read more

SpaceX’s Super Heavy rocket was the star of the show during last week’s test flight after being successfully caught by the launch tower’s giant mechanical arms at the first attempt. Minutes earlier, the Super Heavy booster had deployed the upper-stage Starship spacecraft to orbit as part of the fifth test flight of the world’s most powerful rocket. While we’ve heard less about it, the spacecraft also enjoyed a wild ride, coasting to the other side of the world from the launch site in Boca Chica, Texas, before performing a landing burn and coming down in the Indian Ocean. Even better, … Read more

At the Adobe MAX creativity conference this week, Adobe announced updates to its Adobe Creative Cloud products, including Premiere Pro and After Effects, as well as to Substance 3D products and the Adobe video ecosystem. These apps are accelerated by NVIDIA RTX and GeForce RTX GPUs — in the cloud or running locally on RTX AI PCs and workstations. One of the most highly anticipated features is Generative Extend in Premiere Pro (beta), which uses generative AI to seamlessly add frames to the beginning or end of a clip. Powered by the Firefly Video Model, it’s designed to be commercially … Read more

Microsoft, Amazon, and Google have all announced plans to partner with or build new nuclear power plants and reactors for AI. Here’s why.Read More

The growth in the enterprise SSD (eSSD) market has outpaced that of the client SSD market over the last few years. The requirements of AI servers for both training and inference has been the major impetus in this front. In addition to the usual vendors like Samsung, Solidigm, Micron, Kioxia, and Western Digital serving the cloud service providers (CSPs) and the likes of Facebook, a number of companies have been at work inside China to service the burgeoning eSSD market within. In our coverage of the Microchip Flashtec 5016, we had noted Longsys’s use of Microchip’s SSD controllers to prepare … Read more

Google’s NotebookLM, got a big upgrade, giving users more control over its AI-generated audio conversations in podcast style. NotebookLM, initially rolled out as a tool for summarizing information, now lets people guide these summaries in ways that better match their needs, particularly when creating audio overviews. The feature upgrade comes alongside a new business pilot aimed at organizations. New Level of Audio Customization Before, NotebookLM would automatically create audio from the uploaded documents, which some found limiting. With this latest update, Google introduced a “Customize” button, letting you tell the AI exactly what to talk about. For instance, you can … Read more

There are multiple layers to a Clans battle. There is your actual movement, which can take getting used to, with your legs moving on their own trajectory while you swivel your torso. There is your squad and how they’re deployed, which takes up many of your background thought cycles. And there is your mech, its heating levels, its armor condition, its speed, and everything else you set yourself up for during customization. Your enemies and your copilots are, well, pretty dumb. There’s good variety in what you face and what you must do, but nobody besides you on the field seems to … Read more

Standard CPU coolers, while adequate for managing basic thermal loads, often fall short in terms of noise reduction and superior cooling efficiency. This limitation drives advanced users and system builders to seek aftermarket solutions tailored to their specific needs. The high-end aftermarket cooler market is highly competitive, with manufacturers striving to offer products with exceptional performance. Endorfy, previously known as SilentiumPC, is a Polish manufacturer that has undergone a significant transformation to expand its presence in global markets. The brand is known for delivering high-performance cooling solutions with a strong focus on balancing efficiency and affordability. By rebranding as Endorfy, … Read more

In its heyday, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 era produced many still-ongoing franchises, but few have endured quite as interestingly as Borderlands. Gearbox Software’s shooter-RPG series has been so definitive and so infamous for so long in ways that will never truly go away. At the same time, it’s always been itself: for better or worse, Borderlands has no interest in changing what it is, or at least not for very long. Gearbox and 2K released the first Borderlands on October 20, 2009 for the two consoles (and a week later on PC), and it almost wasn’t what it is … Read more

(Rawpixel/Shutterstock) As part of a blockbuster deal between two tech giants, Accenture and NVIDIA have expanded their partnership to form the NVIDIA Business Group to train 30,000 Accenture employees on NVIDIA’s full AI technology stack.  The training’s goal is to equip Accenture employees with the knowledge and skills to help global clients reinvent processes and scale enterprise AI adoption. The partnership is set to bring more agentic AI systems to businesses.  Agentic AI is a type of artificial intelligence that can act independently to achieve goals without constant human intervention. Hailed as the “next frontier” of GenAI, agentic AI systems … Read more