Road 96 will take you on an adventure
A great procedural-based RPG you can play again and again forever
The Arc of the Alchemist
No, not a new Steve Winward song, a new GPU family As you know, or should know, Intel has been up to their old trick of changing names and requiring you to get an upgrade to your Captain Midnight decoder ring. They did a few weeks back when Pat Gelsinger came in and introduced the world to Angstroms. And … Read more
Nvidia’s Q2 FY22 results
May the Omniverse be with you (Source: Nvidia) The company again reported record revenue gains. For the second quarter ended July 30, 2021, the company reported sales of $6.51 billion, up 68 percent from a year earlier and up 15 percent from the previous quarter, with record revenue from the company’s Gaming, Data Center and Professional Visualization platforms. The company’s … Read more
Intel architectural developments and plans
Intel revealed some of the details of their newest CPUs, a few tidbits of their Ponte Vecchio HPC GPU. They also mentioned their someday recently renamed consumer GPUs that are going to put AMD and Nvidia out of business. First off, and totally seriously, the Intel presentation was one of the best-looking and well-organized I have ever seen. Intel has … Read more
Chernobylite
Somewhere between Stalker and FO76
The Arc of the story—Intel brands its GPU
An Intel chip (maybe DG1). (source: Intel) After years in the process, Intel has come up with several names for their proposed someday dGPUs. To tell the world about it, Intel’s marketing department shed a little of the spotlight on some of the troops who are valiantly struggling to fulfill Raja Koduri’s promise. A group of them made a … Read more
Hail to the DIY’er
Today’s PC industry got its start with Microcomputers that were being built in garages all over the world.
Where were you 40 years ago?
When did you get your first PC?
Jensen Huang to Receive Semiconductor Industry’s Top Honor
Adding to his list of honors Jensen Huang is recognized by the industry
Jensen Huang to Receive Semiconductor Industry’s Top Honor
Thirty-one years ago the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) set up the Robert N. Noyce Award, the industry’s highest honor to recognize individuals for outstanding achievement and leadership in support of the semiconductor industry. Lumiaries like Wild Corrigan, Jerry Sanders, and Jack Kilby have received it. Last year Lisa Su received it and Robert H. Dennard, DRAM Inventor the year before … Read more
HP Chromebase All-in-One
HP’s Chromebase. (Source: HP) HP introduced their Chromebase 21.5-inch All-in-One Desktop and claims it is the world’s first Chromebase All-in-One with a rotating display The screen can tilt 20 degrees upwards and easily rotate 90 degrees from landscape to portrait mode. The HP Chromebase AiO also has a split-screen feature that allows for viewing multiple pages simultaneously. The device … Read more
Blending into the Omniverse, Nvidia signs up new partners
What is the metaverse. (Source: Nvidia) Nvidia announced a significant expansion of its Omniverse simulation and collaboration platform—through new integrations with Blender and Adobe. Omniverse is now available to potentially millions of more users. The world’s leading open-source 3D animation tool, Blender, will now have Universal Scene Description (USD) support, enabling artists to access Omniverse production pipelines. Adobe collaborates … Read more