China pushes high performance RISC-V Processor
Ready for data centres
China's Xiangshan project is set to deliver a high-performance RISC-V processor by 2025. The move will elevate RISC-V from low-end silicon to datacenter-level capabilities, use the open-source Mulan PSL-2.0 license to disrupt Arm and Intel, and reduce China's dependence on foreign technology.
Huang claims to have beaten Moore’s Law
Data center superchip is more than 30 times faster
The understated Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang claims that the performance of his company's AI chips is advancing faster than the rates historically set by Moore's Law.
Boxed video game sales plummet
It is all online
Boxed video game sales are fast going the way of Blockbuster and the dodo according to data from Digital Entertainment and Retail Association (ERA).
DEF CON security chief asks for help after accident
Mounting medical bills
The US health system has failed DEF CON’s head of security after a serious accident left him with a broken neck and temporary quadriplegia.
Nvidia and TSMC team up on a silicon photonics chip prototype
Boldly going
Nvidia and TSMC have developed a silicon photonics-based chip prototype, according to a recent report from the Taiwanese press.