Real life 6G speed tests revealed by Japanese tech giants — 100Gb/s transmissions could become the norm for mainstream wireless network data transfer within a few years

[ad_1] A consortium of Japanese technology behemoths, including NTT DOCOMO, NTT, NEC, and Fujitsu, have revealed the results of their real-world 6G speed tests. The ground-breaking achievement shows the group's ability to achieve ultra-high-speed 100Gb/s data transmission, marking a pivotal moment in the advent of the 6G wireless communication era. The four firms, which have…

Bywaynewilliams@onmail.com (Wayne Williams)April 16, 20240Comments

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Intel unveils flurry of new Arc GPUs — however serious graphics users will have to wait for more powerful models, as these focus on a completely different and more lucrative market

[ad_1] Two years after the debut of its Arc Alchemist GPUs, Intel is launching six new Arc products, but these are designed for edge/embedded systems. These edge systems, which process data near the source to reduce latency and bandwidth use, are becoming increasingly essential in areas such as IoT, autonomous vehicles, and AI applications. As…

Bywaynewilliams@onmail.com (Wayne Williams)April 14, 20240Comments

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WD launches enormous 4TB SD card for creative pros — smashes world record for largest removable memory card to smithereens at twice the capacity of biggest microSD cards

[ad_1] As higher resolutions and more frames per second become standard in photography and video creation, the demand for larger, more adaptable storage solutions is growing. In response, manufacturers are developing faster, more user-friendly storage options to meet the rigorous project timelines and extensive data requirements of creative professionals. Western Digital has unveiled a…

Bywaynewilliams@onmail.com (Wayne Williams)April 14, 20240Comments

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An incredible $100 billion bet to get rid of Nvidia dependence — tech experts reckon Microsoft will build a million-server strong data center that will primarily use critical inhouse components

[ad_1] Microsoft and OpenAI are reportedly in the process of planning a groundbreaking data center project which would include an AI supercomputer named "Stargate”. A report by Anissa Gardizy and Amir Efrati in The Information claims the goal of the project, which would be financed by Microsoft to the tune of over $100 billion,…

Bywaynewilliams@onmail.com (Wayne Williams)April 14, 20240Comments

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HP launched a very promising ultra portable XPS13 killer laptop — the 1kg EliteBook 635 Aero G11 is only available in Japan with seemingly no plans for a global launch, but why?

[ad_1] HP has launched a new ultra-portable laptop in Japan, and the sleek and powerful EliteBook 635 Aero G11 is already being hailed as a potential competitor to Dell's XPS 13, thanks to impressive specs and a lightweight design. The Windows 11 Pro laptop is powered by either an AMD Ryzen 5 8640U or…

Bywaynewilliams@onmail.com (Wayne Williams)April 13, 20240Comments

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Intel finally brings its latest laptop CPU tech to other platforms but desktop users are shunned — Meteor Lake-PS architecture fuses Core Ultra and LGA socket, targets edge systems instead

[ad_1] It was expected that Intel's LGA1851 socket would house the tech giant’s next-gen Arrow Lake chips, but for now it seems the company might have another use for it. At the recent Embedded World conference, Intel unveiled its Meteor Lake-PS architecture for edge systems, the first Core Ultra processor on an LGA socket.…

Bywaynewilliams@onmail.com (Wayne Williams)April 13, 20240Comments

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Intel piles pressure on Nvidia with launch of new AI accelerator that is faster and cheaper than the H100 — but will it be enough to keep up with the stunningly fast H200?

[ad_1] At Intel Vision 2024, Intel launched its Gaudi 3 AI accelerator which the company is positioning as a direct competitor to Nvidia's H100, claiming that it offers faster training and inference performance on leading GenAI models. The Gaudi 3 is projected to outperform the H100 by up to 50% in various tasks, including training…

Bywaynewilliams@onmail.com (Wayne Williams)April 13, 20240Comments

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A 30,000TB tower powered by a 70-year-old technology — Spectra Logic proves that data tape still has a place in an AI world with storage system that can handle thousands of LTO-9 tapes

[ad_1] Spectra Logic has introduced the Spectra Cube tape library, a cloud-optimized system for on-premise, hybrid cloud, and IaaS environments that is designed to be quickly deployed, dynamically scaled, and easily serviced without tools or downtime. The Spectra Cube library is managed by the company's recently announced LumOS library management software, which provides secure…

Bywaynewilliams@onmail.com (Wayne Williams)April 12, 20240Comments

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Samsung is raising SSD prices — but it could be for a good reason, as AI boom starts to reach its peak

[ad_1] Samsung Electronics has announced plans to raise the price of its enterprise SSDs by 20-25% in Q2 of 2024. This is a significant increase from the initially projected 15%, with the price hike being attributed to the booming AI industry. The past few weeks have seen a global shortage of NAND flash enterprise…

Bywaynewilliams@onmail.com (Wayne Williams)April 8, 20240Comments

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Top AI researcher says AI will end humanity and we should stop developing it now — but don’t worry, Elon Musk disagrees

[ad_1] Here’s something cheery to consider the next time you use an AI tool. Most people involved in artificial intelligence think it could end humanity. That’s the bad news. The good news is that the odds of it happening vary wildly depending on who you listen to. p(doom) is the "probability of doom" or…

Bywaynewilliams@onmail.com (Wayne Williams)April 7, 20240Comments