Supercomputers—who gives a rat’s patootie
Is it just bragging rights, or nuclear weapons research?
Fujitsu Arm-based supercomputer number one
This is the first time in history that the same supercomputer has become No.1 on Top500, HPCG, and Graph500 simultaneously.
Lenovo’s new ThinkPad P mobile workstations
Three 15-inch and a 17-inch with WS dGPUs
Imagine gaming on a 65-inch display
Where does one sit?
Lenovo’s new ThinkPad P mobile workstations
Lenovo has launched the next generation of the ThinkPad P Series: the ThinkPad P15, ThinkPad P17, ThinkPad P1 Gen 3, and the new ThinkPad P15v. In addition, the ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 3 will also make its debut. Lenovo makes the bold claim that the new ThinkPad 1 the most powerful X Series commercial laptop. All the laptops are equipped … Read more
AMD’s new Ryzen 3000XT processors
AMD continues to expand its popular Ryzen processor line on the desktop. The company has just announced three pin-compatible products with boost frequencies as high as 4.7 GHz, targeted at the enthusiast community. To make sure the enthusiasts get it, the company has added the XT suffix to the part numbers. The company said the companion 550 chipset is also … Read more
AMD notebook APUs and their dGPUs
AMD has been making steady gains with its APU line of CPUs and integrated GPUs (iGPUs). We have found 131 SKUs based on APUs Since 2017. That in itself is impressive. What’s additionally interesting is that 28% of them are being offered with a discrete GPU (dGPU) with GDDR memory. Of the notebooks with a dGPU, 61% of them … Read more
Consumer AR could have saved lives and economy
We are very close to having devices that are not conspicuous or uncomfortable, devices that will feel like the sunglasses or prescription lens you now wear.
Consumer AR could have saved lives and economy
(Source: Tamara Bellis) If any of you have attended any of my augmented reality lectures or read my book, you know I am an enthusiastic advocate of what I call consumer AR—AR glasses that look and feel no different than what you are wearing now. They don’t exist, but there are several examples that are close. In 2016, I … Read more
Intel launches hybrid notebook processor
Two and half years ago at an Intel Architecture Day event, Intel revealed its 3D packaging interconnect concept it call Foveros. It sounded intriguing then, but Intel didn’t have much more to say about afterwards. Intel said at the time that Foveros would pave the way for devices and systems combining high-performance, high-density and low-power silicon process technologies. Foveros is … Read more
JPR reports Global add-in board market increased year-over-year in Q1’20
Year-to-year graphics add-on board shipments increased by 7.0% and decreased quarter-to-quarter by -19.5%
GPU and CPU companies fight the virus
The PC GPU and CPU suppliers came forward and quickly to offer what they had in equipment, personal, and money.