SPEC updates its test suite
The standards group celebrates three dozen years of benchmarks
AMD slam-dunks GPGPU test
That’s not a bug—that’s a feature.
SPEC updates its test suite
The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) Graphics and Workstation Performance Group (GWPG) was formed in 1986 under the National Computer Graphics Association (NCGA). GWPG joined SPEC in 1996 joined SPEC in 1996, and today is one of five groups developing benchmarks and tools under the SPEC umbrella. SPEC offers six benchmarks based primarily on commercial applications, and they can be … Read more
1,400 Ångströms or bust
Do you know why airplanes that weigh more than the air they displace can fly? It’s because everyone on board believes it is possible. Every time someone on a flight reasons out that an airplane, or a bee, can’t fly, airplanes and bees fall out of the sky. It’s a fact, look it up—do the research. Did you know … Read more
1,400 Ångströms or bust
Samsung announces plans to scale the mountain.
Intel has released the long-awaited Intel Arc A750 and A770
They’re finally here! The Intel Arc A750 and A770 GPUs officially launched October 12
Intel 2.0—start with integrated device manufacturing
Gelsinger makes the biggest change in Intel’s history.
Seeing loss of two licensees, Arm sues them
It’s been a rough year for Arm. The much-anticipated acquisition of Arm by Nvidia, a plan despised by everyone except SoftBank and Nvidia, got canceled. Arm’s long-standing CEO quit. Then the company laid off over 1,000 people. Then SoftBank canceled the IPO for Arm; RISC-V was replacing Arm in more and more places every day, signaling dozens of licensees would … Read more
GPUs are damn tricky
Intel is finding out just how tricky they can be!
Intel’s wonderful Flex AIBs
(Source: Intel) A few weeks ago, Intel rebranded the Artic Sound-M data center GPU as the Flex series. The first products introduced are the Flex Series 170 and 140—how wonderful is that? The name change was made almost the same time Intel launched its new slogan campaign, How Wonderful Is That? Intel’s new campaign. (Source: Intel) The Flex 170 and … Read more
Nvidia announces another blockbuster GPU—Ada Lovelace
This week (#38 of the year), Nvidia dominated the news with their GTC announcements. Top among them was the introduction of the long-awaited and rumored RTX 40 series and associated AD100 series GPUs known as the Ada Lovelace architecture. Everything about the AD100 is supersized—compare the current GPU with the previous generation. RTX 4090 RTX 3090 Difference Architecture Ada … Read more
EVGA won’t offer Nvidia next-gen series
Citing price increases and shrinking margins, EVGA quits Nvidia.