The future of GPUs in crypto mining
ROI and the yellow-brick road Add-in boards for driving displays have been a major part of the PC since its introduction in 1981. Up until the advent of the integrated graphics chipset (IGP), introduced by ...
Qualcomm rides the 7nm wave all the way to TSMC
Through relationships with Samsung and TSMC, Qualcomm keeps its naming conventions consistent. The Snapdragon SoC from Qualcomm made its debut in 2007, the first being apply named, S1. Incrementing to S4 by 2012, the ...
When it comes to GPUs, who’s your daddy?
Qualcomm ships more GPU than almost everyone else combined In our annual quest to count every GPU in the world, and document developments, we reviewed the year’s shipment numbers, and we found Qualcomm is the ...
LG UltraGear VR HMD
LG showed a prototype integrated display, tethered PC-based HMD at GDC 2017. It featured two 3.64-in OLED displays with a resolution of 1440 × 1280 pixels (540 ppi) a wide 110-degree field of view, and ...
NNEF aiming to be a PDF for Neural Nets
The Khronos Group has just released a new standard format for moving neural networks among frameworks and between frameworks and inference engines. The new standard is the Neural Network Exchange Format (NNEF); it has been ...
Bye-bye 32, says Nvidia
32-bit is so Windows 95 In a no frills, no hoopla, in an a very un-Nvidia like fashion, the company announced that after Release 390, Nvidia will no longer release drivers for 32-bit operating systems ...
Connected, always on PC—revolution or evolution?
It’s a game changer whatever you call it. In December 2016, at WinHEC in Shenzhen, Qualcomm announced that they were collaborating with Microsoft to enable Windows 10 on mobile computing devices powered by the next-generation ...
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845
10nm plus architectural improvements packs more performance in smaller package using less power Rumored since mid-year, Qualcomm has taken some of the wraps off its new flagship SoC, the Snapdragon 845, and although it won’t ...
AI & XR drive new alliances for Qualcomm
Qualcomm's quest to improve AI and XR leads to alliances with Baidu and NetEase Qualcomm’s second annual Snapdragon Tech Summit had three major parts, Qualcomm’s entry into PCs, a focus on its upcoming Snapdragon 845 ...
New Report: Crypto-Currency Impact on AIBs
Supplement to Q3’17 Market Watch Jon Peddie Research estimates that Crypto-currency mining accounts for $1.05 billion dollars in AIB revenue since Q1’15, and accounts for sales of 4.6 million AIBs. Ethereum and Bitcoin, are among ...
Scott Belsky named Adobe’s chief product officer
Returns to a fulltime role in Adobe executive offices Scott Belsky came to Adobe with the acquisition of his company Behance in 2012 for a reported $100-150 million. Behance, founded in 2006, is a site ...
Qualcomm and Microsoft announce the latest entrant in the PC wars: the Connected PC
It was a couple of years ago that Qualcomm and Microsoft threatened the status quo with the Always Connected PC, a true PC running Windows 10 on an Arm-based mobile phone processor with enough battery ...